Party Mandates and Democracy

When people discuss politics, they often mention the promises politicians make during election campaigns. Promises raise hopes that positive policy changes are possible, but people are generally skeptical of these promises. Party Mandates and Democracy reveals the extent to and conditions under whic...

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description When people discuss politics, they often mention the promises politicians make during election campaigns. Promises raise hopes that positive policy changes are possible, but people are generally skeptical of these promises. Party Mandates and Democracy reveals the extent to and conditions under which governments fulfill party promises during election campaigns. Contrary to conventional wisdom a majority of pledges—sometimes a large majority—are acted upon in most countries, most of the time. The fulfillment of parties’ election pledges is an essential part of the democratic process. This book is the first major, genuinely comparative study of promises across a broad range of countries and elections, including the United States, Canada, nine Western European countries, and Bulgaria. The book thus adds to the body of literature on the variety of outcomes stemming from alternative democratic institutions.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1760842026-06-12T05:05:05Z Party Mandates and Democracy Royed, Terry J. Naurin, Elin Robert, Thomson Election promises Electoral pledges Campaigns Representative Democracy Political parties Program-to-policy-linkage Mandates Policy-making Government capacity Comparative Party Pledges Project Do parties fulfill their election pledges United Kindom UK United States US Canada Spain Portugal Sweden Ireland Italy Germany Austria Netherlands Bulgaria thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPB Comparative politics thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWC Political campaigning and advertising thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes::JPHF Elections and referenda / suffrage When people discuss politics, they often mention the promises politicians make during election campaigns. Promises raise hopes that positive policy changes are possible, but people are generally skeptical of these promises. Party Mandates and Democracy reveals the extent to and conditions under which governments fulfill party promises during election campaigns. Contrary to conventional wisdom a majority of pledges—sometimes a large majority—are acted upon in most countries, most of the time. The fulfillment of parties’ election pledges is an essential part of the democratic process. This book is the first major, genuinely comparative study of promises across a broad range of countries and elections, including the United States, Canada, nine Western European countries, and Bulgaria. The book thus adds to the body of literature on the variety of outcomes stemming from alternative democratic institutions. 2026-05-01T05:02:29Z 2026-05-01T05:02:29Z 2026-04-30T10:10:39Z 2019 book ONIX_20260429T161216_9780472907236_10 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/112752 9780472907236 9780472131211 9780472124671 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/176084 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/112752/1/9780472907236.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/112752/1/9780472907236.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/112752/1/9780472907236.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/112752/1/9780472907236.pdf Michigan State University Press 10.3998/mpub.9796088 10.3998/mpub.9796088 aa7f6664-5117-41d8-90f8-c3af56526b92 9780472907236 9780472131211 9780472124671 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) University of Michigan Press European Studies Backlist 2026 KU Partner Collections 2026 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Partner Collections 2026 University of Michigan Press European Studies Backlist 2026 368 open access
spellingShingle Election promises
Electoral pledges
Campaigns
Representative
Democracy
Political parties
Program-to-policy-linkage
Mandates
Policy-making
Government capacity
Comparative Party Pledges Project
Do parties fulfill their election pledges
United Kindom
UK
United States
US
Canada
Spain
Portugal
Sweden
Ireland
Italy
Germany
Austria
Netherlands
Bulgaria
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPB Comparative politics
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWC Political campaigning and advertising
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes::JPHF Elections and referenda / suffrage
Party Mandates and Democracy
title Party Mandates and Democracy
title_full Party Mandates and Democracy
title_fullStr Party Mandates and Democracy
title_full_unstemmed Party Mandates and Democracy
title_short Party Mandates and Democracy
title_sort party mandates and democracy
topic Election promises
Electoral pledges
Campaigns
Representative
Democracy
Political parties
Program-to-policy-linkage
Mandates
Policy-making
Government capacity
Comparative Party Pledges Project
Do parties fulfill their election pledges
United Kindom
UK
United States
US
Canada
Spain
Portugal
Sweden
Ireland
Italy
Germany
Austria
Netherlands
Bulgaria
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPB Comparative politics
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWC Political campaigning and advertising
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes::JPHF Elections and referenda / suffrage
topic_facet Election promises
Electoral pledges
Campaigns
Representative
Democracy
Political parties
Program-to-policy-linkage
Mandates
Policy-making
Government capacity
Comparative Party Pledges Project
Do parties fulfill their election pledges
United Kindom
UK
United States
US
Canada
Spain
Portugal
Sweden
Ireland
Italy
Germany
Austria
Netherlands
Bulgaria
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPB Comparative politics
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWC Political campaigning and advertising
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes::JPHF Elections and referenda / suffrage
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