Del i serien Routledge Studies on Political Parties and Party Systems

Democratic Mandates: What Politicians Promise and (Fail to) Deliver

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Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the established and expanding body of research on promissory representation.It examines how context shapes what political parties promise during campaigns and whether they deliver once in power. The book focuses on established Western democracies such as the USA, UK, France, Germany, and Australia, as well as emerging and non-Western democracies, namely Ukraine, Indonesia and India. It reveals tactical promises designed to win votes but never meant to be fulfilled, vague promises that avoid accountability, contentious pledges that undermine liberal values when implemented, and long-term commitments that defer responsibility across generations. The book shows how formal and informal institutions shape promise-making and keeping, and how research on election pledges can hold politicians to account.This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of political parties and party politics, elections and campaigning, and more broadly democracy and comparative politics.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-08-20
Mått156 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt700 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Studies on Political Parties and Party Systems
Antal sidor272
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781041235293

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1. Election Pledges and Democratic Representation 2. Election Pledges and the Common-Pool Resource Problem in Coalition Governments 3. Pledge Specificity in France and Germany: The Impact of Institutions 4. Pledge-Making in the United States, 1948–2024 5. The Process of Drafting Pre-Electoral Coalition Agreements in Italy: Inter-Party Negotiations Before the Ballot 6. Tactical Promises in Single-Party Governments in Australia and the United Kingdom 7. Narratives of Election Pledges in Austria 8. Conceptualizing Long-Term Pledges: When Promises Outlast Electoral Terms 9. Electoral Competition and Election Pledges in Ukraine 10. Campaign Promises in Mayoral Elections in Indonesia 11. Contentious Pledges and Public Reason: The Citizenship Pledge in India 12. A Decade of Australian and Canadian Pledge-Tracking: Comparing Digital Subgenres and Experiences 13. Election Pledge Research in an Era of Populism and Technological Transformation