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Elite--Mass Linkages in Representative Democracy: Introduction

Warren E. Miller

Mass--Elite Issue Linkages and the Responsible Party Model of Representation

Roy Pierce

Political Communication between Political Elites and Mass Publics: The Role of Belief Systems

Jacques Thomassen

The Language of Politics: A Study of Elite and Mass Understandings of Ideological Terminology in the United States and the Netherlands

Richard Herrera

Collective Policy Congruence Compared

Soren Holmberg

Not All Politics is Local: The Geographical Dimension of Policy Representation

Peter Esaiasson

System Characteristics Matter: Empirical Evidence from Ten Representation Studies

Bernhard Wessels

Conclusion: Mixed Signals

Roy Pierce

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