Political Parties and Political Representation

Abstract

Despite the contested and polarised nature of contemporary politics, political parties remain of continuing importance. This panel includes papers which consider the role and claim-making of political parties and their effects on representation. The papers consider who and what gets represented in party manifestos and whose pledges get fulfilled by parties in government. There is also consideration of the place of non-ideologues within parties and parties’ broader role in political representation and representative claim-making. While not specifically focused on parties, this panel also includes a paper which considers the continuing importance of geography and its political construction by elected representatives.

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“A New Kind of Political Party”?: Visions of Representative Renewal in ‘Your Party’	View Paper Details
Manifesto? Gendered Patterns of Programmatic Issue Congruence in Western Europe	View Paper Details
Political Parties and Representative Claim-Making	View Paper Details
Representing the Extra-Party: Candidate Support Interventions for Non-Ideologues	View Paper Details
Promises for the Powerful? Unequal Patterns of Pledge Fulfilment	View Paper Details
Geographical (Re)presentations in Czech Parliamentary Speeches	View Paper Details