Political Parties and Political Representation
Political Parties and Political Representation
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政党和政治代表
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1985
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R. Dalton
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R. Dalton
大多数西方民主国家的政治代表都是通过政党实现的。本文基于对九个西欧国家选民和政党精英的平行调查，探讨了政党履行代表角色的情况。对 40 个政党的选民和政党精英的意见进行了比较。在某些情况下，这些观点之间存在密切的对应关系（例如，经济和安全问题），但在其他情况下，选民政党同意的证据要弱得多（例如，外交政策）。对政党特征和背景因素的考察表明，以集中的政党结构和非中间主义意识形态为代表的政党立场的明确性强烈影响政党联系过程的效率。
Political representation in most Western democracies occurs through and by political parties. Based on parallel surveys of voters and party elites in nine West European nations, this article examines how well parties perform their representation role. The opinions of voters and party elites are compared for 40 party dyads. In some cases there is close correspondence between these opinions (e.g., economic and security issues), but in other instances the evidence of voter-party agreement is substantially weaker (e.g., foreign policy). An examination of party characteristics and contextual factors suggests that the clarity of party positions, represented by a centralized party structure and noncentrist ideology, strongly influences the efficiency of the party linkage process.