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Government Responsiveness and Political Competition in Comparative Perspective

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Governments in democratic systems are expected to respond to the issue preferences of citizens.
Yet we have a limited understanding of the factors that cause levels of responsiveness to vary across time and
between countries. In this article, the authors suggest that political contestation is the primary mechanism driving
policy responsiveness and that this, in turn, is mediated by political institutions and government popularity. To test this proposition, the authors analyze the responsiveness of executive policy promises (speeches) and policy actions (public expenditure) in Britain, Denmark, and the United States in the period from 1970 to 2005. These time-series analyses show that higher levels of political contestation are associated with more responsive executives.

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Series Title

Comparative Political Studies

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Publisher

California : Sage Publications., 2008

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Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

0010-4140

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Edition

Vol. 41, No. 3, Page 309-337

Subject(s)

Competition
Budget
responsiveness
Speeches
Representation
Government Responsiveness

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