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R E P C O N G | Representation in Europe: Policy Congruence between Citizens and Elites | repcong.univie.ac.at Reviews

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Representative democracy is premised on the notion that there should be a reasonable degree of congruence between the priorities of citizens and elites. The quality of representation is important as it affects citizens’ perception of representation and their attitudes toward representative democracy. In most representative democracies, policy congruence is partial for various reasons: representatives may deviate from what they promised when electoral sanctioning is unlikely, parties have informational advan

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Representative democracy is premised on the notion that there should be a reasonable degree of congruence between the priorities of citizens and elites. The quality of representation is important as it affects citizens’ perception of representation and their attitudes toward representative democracy. In most representative democracies, policy congruence is partial for various reasons: representatives may deviate from what they promised when electoral sanctioning is unlikely, parties have informational advan