Representative versus Responsible Government and May’s Law: The Case of the Czech Christian Democratic Party

0372623 - SOÚ 2012 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Linek, Lukáš - Lyons, Pat
Representative versus Responsible Government and May’s Law: The Case of the Czech Christian Democratic Party.
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review. Roč. 47, č. 6 (2011), s. 1149-1190. ISSN 0038-0288. E-ISSN 0038-0288
R&D Projects: GA ČR GAP408/10/0584
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z70280505
Keywords : party members * May’s Law * policy positions
Subject RIV: AD - Politology ; Political Sciences
Impact factor: 0.357, year: 2011
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This study using May’s law and a theoretically informed case study of the Czech Christian Democrat Party (KDU-ČSL) demonstrates that (1) the opinion structure within a governance rather than representation oriented party is largely homogeneous revealing the origins of the representation deficit; and (2) the observed opinion differences among members of a party frequently in government have their origins in society rather than within the party.
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