Mass-Elite Representation Gap in Old and New Democracies

Introduction
1. Global Mass-Elite Discrepancy: An Introduction
Jaemin Shim

Part I. Varieties of Mass-Elite Discrepancy: Global and EU-Level Conceptualization
2. Fifty Shades of Mass-Elite Discrepancy: Varieties of Political Dimensions and Discrepancy Forms
Jaemin Shim
3. European Integration and Its Different Guises across Europe: A Sub-dimensional Perspective on Mass-Elite Discrepancy
Andrea Parschi, Gianfranco Baldini, and Matteo Giglioli

Part II. Theorizing Causes behind Mass-Elite Discrepancy in Old and New Democracies
4. Shadow of a Critical Juncture: Asymmetric Politicization and Elite Agency
Jaemin Shim
5. Polarization, Political Cleavages, and Elites in Old and New Democracies
Simon Bornschier

Part III. Critical Junctures and Mass-Elite Discrepancy: Religious and Foreign Policy Issues
6. Mass-Elite Religious-Secular Discrepancy in Tunisia: The Revolution as a Critical Juncture
Mahmoud Farag
7. Lost in Translation? Re-democratization and Mass-Elite Discrepancy in Indonesian Politics
Andreas Ufen
8. Mass-Elite Discrepancy over Foreign Policy: Constitutional Revision in Japan
Kenneth McElwain
9. Domesticizing Foreign Policy? The Opportunistic Engagement of Bulgarian Elites with Mass Attitudes on EU Integration
Petar Bankov and Sergiu Gherghina

Conclusion
10. Conclusion: What the Book Does and What Further Research Might Follow From It
Stephen Whitefield and Robert Rohrschneider
Author Bios

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• Teoria e ciência política
• Eleições e referendos
• Sistemas legais

Representation; Issue congruence; Opinion congruence; Preference gap; Critical juncture; Elite agency; Political division; Political cleavage; Political dimension; Historical institutionalism; Mass-elite; Polarization; Party competition; Politicization; Democratic transition; Global approach; New democracies; Japan; Tunisia; Indonesia; Bulgaria; Political sociology; Party politics; Western Europe; Eastern Europe; South America