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Electoral Democratic Representation and the Market Economy: Irreconcilable Assumptions, Driving Forscusses 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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Explaining Unequal Representation,characteristics 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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Empirical Study of Unequal Representation in Switzerland: Towards an Analytical Framework, 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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Unequal Representation in Switzerland,across income groups in the relevant policy domains; and whether differences in policy congruence between poor and rich citizens can be explained by their levels of political participation and information. The empirical analyses demonstrate that regarding the policy domains in which the preferences

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The Moderating Effect of Party Finance Regulations,acked by actors with a contrasting level of wealth, parties might have an incentive to cater to the demands of their potential donors. In addition, unequal resources across parties lead to sometimes large differences in campaign budgets with potential influence on electoral outcomes. It is argued th

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