Politicians in Hard Times Spanish and South European MPs Facing Citizens after the Great Recession /

Politicians in Hard Times Spanish and South European MPs Facing Citizens after the Great Recession /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Coller, Xavier (Editor), Sánchez-Ferrer, Leonardo (Editor)
Summary:	XXIX, 402 p. 46 illus. text
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Edition:	1st ed. 2021.
Subjects:	Europe > Politics and government. Comparative government. Political sociology. European Politics. Comparative Politics. Political Sociology.
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70242-7
Format:	Electronic Book

Table of Contents:

1. Democracy, Politicians and Citizens
2. Do MPs Represent Us?
3. The Personality of MPs and Citizens: Differentiation and Congruence
4. Political Socialisation
5. New Political Scenario, New Motivations?
6. Democratic, Yet Representative? Selecting MPs in a Multilevel Polity
7. Obliged to Respond? MP’s Modes of Political Representation
8. Responsiveness Towards Street Protests. MPs’ and citizens’ Normative Views
9. How Democracy Works: Divergent Perspectives of Representatives and Citizens
10. Elite and Citizens’ Attitudes Towards Territorial Organisation
11. Territorial and National Identities in Times of Change
12. Euroscepticism in Spain: A Phenomenon of Extremes?
13. Ideological Congruence Following the Great Recession
14. Ideological and Policy Congruence in Italy and Spain
15. Ideological Coherence Within Parties: Portugal and Spain
16. Are Challengers Better Representatives? Greece and Spain
17. Left-Right Ideological Congruence in Southern Europe
18. Leadership in Hard Times?.