Election Promises, Party Behaviour and Voter Perceptions

An exploration of whether politicians are perceived to keep their election promises. While scholars claim that parties act on most of their election promises, citizens hold the opposite view. This 'Pledge Puzzle' guides Naurin in her analysis of the often referred to but not empirically in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Naurin, Elin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2011, 2011
Series:Public Sector Organizations
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:An exploration of whether politicians are perceived to keep their election promises. While scholars claim that parties act on most of their election promises, citizens hold the opposite view. This 'Pledge Puzzle' guides Naurin in her analysis of the often referred to but not empirically investigated, 'conventional wisdom' about election promises
Physical Description:XIV, 193 p online resource
ISBN:9780230319301