Economic conditions and electoral outcomes :: the United States and Western Europe /

Does economics influence elections? How does such influence work? Under what conditions is it more or less likely to occur? These appear to be simple questions, but answering them is difficult. And they may appear to be trivial questions to those who contend that elections in the western democracies...

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Körperschaften: University of Iowa. Department of Political Science, Shambaugh Conference on Economic Conditions and Electoral Outcomes
Weitere Verfasser: Eulau, Heinz, 1915-2004, Lewis-Beck, Michael S.
Format: Elektronisch Tagungsbericht E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Agathon Press, ©1985.
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Zusammenfassung:Does economics influence elections? How does such influence work? Under what conditions is it more or less likely to occur? These appear to be simple questions, but answering them is difficult. And they may appear to be trivial questions to those who contend that elections in the western democracies are, at best, placebos that disguise the real dynamics of power in societies still mostly characterized by the capitalist mode of production, even if the economy is directed by government. This is an argument we do not propose to address. We do believe that free, popular elections matter and that they make a difference precisely because, at periodic intervals, they set the limits or constraints within which capitalist as well as anticapitalist elites pursue their economic and political goals. To oppose the voice of the people to the people's manipulation by elites, it seems to us, creates an unnecessary dualism. This dualism is not useful because it cannot come to grips with the question of how and why popular electorates respond as they do to more or less elite-managed economies, and how and why elites, in turn, take account of or are responsive to whatever messages they may receive from the electorate.
Beschreibung:"Papers ... originally presented at the Shambaugh Conference on Economic Conditions and Electoral Outcomes, sponsored by the Department of Political Science of the University of Iowa and held there in March 1984"--Preface
Beschreibung:1 online resource (248 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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