Election Promises, Party Behaviour and Voter Perceptions

Part I. Introduction

1. The Pledge Puzzle
Elin Naurin

2. Election Promises in Representative Democratic Theory
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Part II. Empirical Investigations of Parties’ Fulfilment of Election Promises

3. Definitions of Election Promises in Empirical Research
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4. Do Parties Fulfil Their Election Promises?
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Part III. Citizens’ Views on Election Promises

5. How Widely Held Is the Image of the Promise-Breaking Politician?
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6. Just General Distrust?
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7. Citizens’ Definitions of Fulfilled Election Promises
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Part IV. Conclusions

8. Promising Democracy
Elin Naurin

Avainsanat: Political Science and International Relations, Political Science, Comparative Politics, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Electoral Politics, Public Policy