Titlebook: Economic Inequality and Political Representation in Switzerland; Jan Rosset Book 2016 Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 D

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,Is it appropriate to ask “What is truth?”,scusses the concepts of political representation as well as political equality and their different dimensions. It is argued that despite equal rights, inequalities in opportunities between individuals might lead to systematic inequalities in political outcomes, specifically with regard to the repres

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87308-0characteristics of voters such as participation or knowledge can vary systematically across income groups influencing their ability to voice their preferences. Furthermore, descriptive representation, and the fact that those running in elections tend to come from specific income strata, might create

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Lymphomas and Total Body Irradiation, preferences of citizens’ and political actors’ positions or public policy. The choice of focusing on one or the other method, as well as the definition of political actors to be taken into account, depends on the researchers’ emphasis on different aspects of representation. It is argued that in the

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Basic Reaction Kinetics and Mechanismsal choice according to some issues and not others. This multidimensionality of electoral competition can result in a substantial gap between the preferences of voters and those of elected officials. Based on survey data on the positioning of citizens and parties, the analysis shows that a very large

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2198-7289 ncome groups, party finance, the fact that representatives tend to come from higher economic strata, and the failure of the party-system structure to reflect the complexity of policy preferences among citizens..978-3-319-80078-3978-3-319-27117-0Series ISSN 2198-7289 Series E-ISSN 2198-7297