This article compares how Portuguese voters and deputies evaluated the role of legislators and the representation process before and after the economic crisis (2008 and 2012, respectively). It makes use of a set of six issues characterising two views of representation: one institutional–independent and another participatory–mandatory. It also includes an analysis of two core policy issues. The research draws upon surveys of Portuguese voters and deputies carried out in 2008 and 2012. Findings reveal significant changes in the patterns of representation, a tendency for greater deputy–voter correspondence on the issues of representation, and lesser correspondence among government parties on core policy issues. Finally, voters’ views of repres...
This study analyses the degree to which Portuguese parties represent their electorates. In this ins...
One of the “bailout countries” during the Great Recession, Portugal is an interesting case-study to ...
This article tests the personalisation thesis in Portugal (2002–2015), as well as its causes, focus...
Representative democracies are facing huge challenges that stem from long trends of citizens’ dissat...
Notwithstanding the prolific research on the crisis of democracy since the 1980s, the attention that...
International economic crises are critical periods for any political regime. The 2008 global financi...
Most political science research is concerned with the supply side of politics, i. e. the ability of...
This article discusses the 2011 legislative election results in Portugal and the context in which th...
In recent years the financial and economic crisis of 2008–09 has progressed into an equally importan...
This book examines how patterns of political representation, party system, and political culture hav...
3The Portuguese case provides a unique opportunity to study the opposition's behaviour in a variety ...
UID/CPO/04627/2013 SFRH/BD/79450/2011 SFRH/BD/87140/2012.In this article we analyze the evolution of...
ips.sagepub.com Representation in times of crisis: deputy–voter congruence on views of representatio...
Published online: 06 Nov 2017This article tests the personalisation thesis in Portugal (2002–2015), ...
International audienceThe article focuses on the politicization of Portuguese Labour Code reforms si...
This study analyses the degree to which Portuguese parties represent their electorates. In this ins...
One of the “bailout countries” during the Great Recession, Portugal is an interesting case-study to ...
This article tests the personalisation thesis in Portugal (2002–2015), as well as its causes, focus...
Representative democracies are facing huge challenges that stem from long trends of citizens’ dissat...
Notwithstanding the prolific research on the crisis of democracy since the 1980s, the attention that...
International economic crises are critical periods for any political regime. The 2008 global financi...
Most political science research is concerned with the supply side of politics, i. e. the ability of...
This article discusses the 2011 legislative election results in Portugal and the context in which th...
In recent years the financial and economic crisis of 2008–09 has progressed into an equally importan...
This book examines how patterns of political representation, party system, and political culture hav...
3The Portuguese case provides a unique opportunity to study the opposition's behaviour in a variety ...
UID/CPO/04627/2013 SFRH/BD/79450/2011 SFRH/BD/87140/2012.In this article we analyze the evolution of...
ips.sagepub.com Representation in times of crisis: deputy–voter congruence on views of representatio...
Published online: 06 Nov 2017This article tests the personalisation thesis in Portugal (2002–2015), ...
International audienceThe article focuses on the politicization of Portuguese Labour Code reforms si...
This study analyses the degree to which Portuguese parties represent their electorates. In this ins...
One of the “bailout countries” during the Great Recession, Portugal is an interesting case-study to ...
This article tests the personalisation thesis in Portugal (2002–2015), as well as its causes, focus...