Politicians in Hard Times

Spanish and South European MPs Facing Citizens after the Great Recession

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

AvXavier Coller,Leonardo Sánchez-Ferrer,Leonardo Sanchez-Ferrer

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Comparing these data with those of a simultaneous survey carried out on Spanish citizens and with data from previous research a decade ago, the book examines the changes that have occurred in representation during the course of the Great Recession and provides evidence of the growing distance between citizens and parliamentary elites.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-04-29
Mått148 x 210 x 24 mm
Vikt555 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor402
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030702441

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Xavier Coller is Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Unversidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain. He has taught in several universities in Europe and the US. He has authored or co-authored over a hundred works on social theories, research methods, collective identities, complex organizations, and political elites.Leonardo Sánchez-Ferrer is Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Burgos, Spain. He has taught and researched in different European universities. He has authored or co- authored works on public policies, educational reforms, voting, political elites and leaders.

1. Democracy, Politicians and Citizens.- 2. Do MPs Represent Us?.- 3. The Personality of MPs and Citizens: Differentiation and Congruence.- 4. Political Socialisation.- 5. New Political Scenario, New Motivations?.- 6. Democratic, Yet Representative? Selecting MPs in a Multilevel Polity.- 7. Obliged to Respond? MP’s Modes of Political Representation.- 8. Responsiveness Towards Street Protests. MPs’ and citizens’ Normative Views.- 9. How Democracy Works: Divergent Perspectives of Representatives and Citizens.- 10. Elite and Citizens’ Attitudes Towards Territorial Organisation.- 11. Territorial and National Identities in Times of Change.- 12. Euroscepticism in Spain: A Phenomenon of Extremes?.- 13. Ideological Congruence Following the Great Recession.- 14. Ideological and Policy Congruence in Italy and Spain.- 15. Ideological Coherence Within Parties: Portugal and Spain.- 16. Are Challengers Better Representatives? Greece and Spain.- 17. Left-Right Ideological Congruence in Southern Europe.- 18. Leadership in Hard Times?.