scholarly journals Issue Voting and Government Responsiveness to Policy Preferences

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Guntermann ◽  
Mikael Persson
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Voting Behavior ◽  
Election Study ◽  
Policy Responsiveness ◽  
Issue Voting ◽  
Policy Shift ◽  
Conventional Models ◽  
Government Responsiveness

AbstractDoes citizens’ voting behavior influence government policy? Conventional models of democratic representation assume that issue voting by citizens induces government responsiveness to citizens’ preferences. However, existing research has not tested whether voting behavior makes any difference to responsiveness. We present a theoretical model of issue voting and policy responsiveness. We leverage Swedish election study panels and a corresponding dataset on policy implementation to empirically evaluate the influence of issue voting on the adoption by governments of popular policies. We find that parties that enter government are more likely to implement popular policies if supporters of a policy shift their votes towards those parties. Thus, issue voting can lead to government responsiveness as long as it does not force parties to be inconsistent with their prior positions.

Responsive Government? Public Opinion and Government Policy Preferences in Britain and Denmark

2005 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 379-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Binzer Hobolt ◽  
Robert Klemmemsen
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
The United States ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Policy Preferences ◽  
Policy Responsiveness ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Government Responsiveness ◽  
The Relationship

The ability of a political system to respond to the preferences of its citizens is central to democratic theory and practice; yet most empirical research on government responsiveness has concentrated on the United States. As a result, we know very little about the nature of government policy responsiveness in Europe and we have a poor understanding of the conditions that affect cross-national variations. This comparative study examines the relationship between public opinion and policy preferences in the United Kingdom and Denmark during the past three decades. We address two key questions: First, are the government's policy intentions driven by public opinion or vice versa? Second, do political institutions influence the level of government responsiveness? We suggest that public opinion tends to drive the government's policy intentions due to the threat of electoral sanction, and that this is more pronounced in proportional systems than in majoritarian democracies.

Governing Young Poor in Switzerland and Reinforcing Their Work Ethics

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 471-497
Author(s):  
Yann Bochsler
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Moral Justification ◽  
Integration Step ◽  
Policy Field ◽  
Policy Shift ◽  
Political Alignment ◽  
And Training

Abstract The present research deals with the policies directed at young adults on social assistance (YAS) without vocational training and the way implementers themselves as well as the YAS perceive policy implementation. In Switzerland, a currently on-going strategic shift in the policy field of welfare and youth policies has renewed emphasis on vocational education and training (VET) as a first and primary integration step. This policy shift has implications for the socio-political alignment of the cantonal administration. As a guideline, the renewed emphasis on “education first” dictates an approach that follows an economic and paternalistic logic. Building on collected data within cantonal administrations (Basel-City and Geneva) and encounters with YAS, this paper discusses the underlying narratives of these policies and their moral justification patterns.

E-Government Policy Implementation in Brunei

2012 ◽  
pp. 359-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Habibur Rahman ◽  
Patrick Kim Cheng Low ◽  
Mohammad Nabil Almunawar ◽  
Fadzliwati Mohiddin ◽  
Sik-Liong Ang
Keyword(s):  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Policy Success ◽  
Brunei Darussalam ◽  
Potential Success ◽  
Slow Progress ◽  
Multiple Challenges

Policy reform initiative in e-Government and other public management areas such as good governance has been momentous and visible in many societies in recent years. However, in many countries, reasonably good policies have made somewhat slow progress at the implementation stage. It has to be appreciated that policy implementation occurs in several ways, manifesting multiple challenges. Taking a key interest in Brunei Darussalam and Singapore, this chapter has made an attempt to see how these challenges or critical factors play a key role in making e-Government policy a success. The authors have examined e-Government strategies in Brunei in the light of policy success in Singapore. Based on their empirical research in these two small countries in South-East Asia, this chapter highlights the salient features and success factors that have enabled e-Government policies to be successfully implemented in Singapore. Learning lessons from Singapore, the authors have proposed potential success ingredients for an effective e-Government policy implementation in Brunei.

Economic Expectations and Voting Behavior in United States House and Senate Elections

1981 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 436-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
James H. Kuklinski ◽  
Darrell M. West
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Voting Behavior ◽  
Economic Voting ◽  
United States Senate ◽  
Election Study ◽  
Senate Elections ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Public ◽  
National Election Study ◽  
Economic Expectations

Past individual-level studies of economic voting (1) have incorrectly operationalized the model they employ by using past-oriented rather than future-oriented questions and (2) have failed to examine the level of economic voting in United States Senate elections. Using the 1978 National Election Study, we show that economic voting exists in Senate but not House elections, presumably due to the differences in electoral context. Even when economic voting occurs, however, there is no guarantee that the public will influence the direction of macroeconomic policy.

scholarly journals That Woman from Michigan: How Gender Resentment Shapes the Efficacy of Stay-at-Home Policies

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 983-990
Author(s):  
Nicole Kalaf-Hughes ◽  
Debra Leiter
Keyword(s):  
Government Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Election Study ◽  
Female Leaders ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
National Election Study ◽  
American National Election Study ◽  
Using Data ◽  
At Home

AbstractThe United States has the highest number of COVID-19 cases, yet many Americans have responded indifferently toward policies designed to combat the spread of the virus. While nearly all 50 states have implemented some type of stay-at-home policy to encourage social distancing, there has been high variation in the degree of compliance. We argue that this variance is partly driven by gender resentment. Gender resentment reduces trust in female political leaders and thus decreases compliance with government policy and recommendations. Using data from SafeGraph and the 2016 American National Election Study, we demonstrate that the effect of stay-at-home policies on social distancing is reduced when gender resentment increases in states with female leaders. However, when gender resentment is low, there is no difference in the effect of policies on behavior. This research has important implications for understanding unseen barriers that can mediate the efficacy of female political leaders.

Government Responsiveness and Political Competition in Comparative Perspective

2007 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Binzer Hobolt ◽  
Robert Klemmensen
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Public Expenditure ◽  
Political Competition ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Responsiveness ◽  
Primary Mechanism ◽  
Time Series Analyses ◽  
Democratic Systems ◽  
Government Responsiveness

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.

Resetting the agenda: the makings of ‘A New Era’ of HIV policy in NSW

Sexual Health ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darryl O'Donnell ◽  
Diana Perche
Keyword(s):  
Government Policy ◽  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
New South ◽  
Punctuated Equilibrium Theory ◽  
New Era ◽  
Incremental Change ◽  
Long Period ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Policy Shift ◽  
Policy Direction

The New South Wales Government’s NSW HIV Strategy 2012–2015: A New Era represented a punctuated shift of policy direction, and was remarkable for its ground-breaking declaration that HIV transmission could be virtually ended by 2020. This significant policy shift occurred after a long period of stability and only incremental change, some of it represented by policy decline as political and public interest in HIV waned. This article uses punctuated equilibrium theory to explore the conditions that allowed for change, and the roles played by new and long-standing actors in the HIV policy subsystem. It explains the importance of challenges to the policy image and the policy venue as key mechanisms that allowed new possibilities, created by advances in the scientific understanding of HIV, to be incorporated rapidly into government policy.

IdentityversusIdentity: Israel and Evangelicals and the Two-Front War for Jewish Votes

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 395-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric M. Uslaner ◽  
Mark Lichbach
Keyword(s):  
Republican Party ◽  
Voting Behavior ◽  
Democratic Party ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Election Study ◽  
American Jews ◽  
Democratic Attitudes ◽  
National Election Study ◽  
American National Election Study

AbstractRepublicans made major efforts to win a larger share of the Jewish vote in 2004 by emphasizing their strong support for Israel. They partially succeeded, but did not make a dent in the overall loyalty of American Jews to the Democratic party, since they lost approximately as many votes because of Jews' negative reactions to the party's evangelical base. We argue that both Israel and worries over evangelical influence in the country reflect concerns about Jewish identity, above and beyond disagreements on specific social issues. We compare American Jewish voting behavior and liberalism to the voting behavior of non-Jews in 2004 using a survey of Jews from the National Jewish Democratic Coalition and the American National Election Study. For non-Jews, attitudes toward evangelicals are closely linked to social issues, but for Jews this correlation is small. The Jewish reaction to evangelicals is more of an issue of identity and the close ties of evangelicals to the Republican Party keep many Jews Democratic. Attitudes toward evangelicals are far more important for Jewish voting behavior than for non-Jewish voters.

scholarly journals The implementation of e-government policies to realize smrat government in the city of Bandung

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Budi Nugraha
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Work Units ◽  
Government Management ◽  
Smart Governance ◽  
The City ◽  
Descriptive Method

ABSTRACT This research was conducted due to the main problem, namely E-Government towards Smart Governance in Bandung that was still not effective. It might be caused by the implementation of E-Government Policy towards  Smart Governance in the Office of Communications and Information Technology of Bandung that was not maximum yet . The approach of this research was about policy implementation in the context of public policy and public administration’s view as the main theory to develop insight of public administration. The purpose of this research was to analyze the implementation of e-government policy towards smart governance in the Office of Communications and Information Technology of Bandung. This research used qualitative research approach and descriptive method. The results showed that E-Government Policy’s implementation   towards Smart Governance in the Office of Communications and Information Technology of Bandung was good, but there were still many disadvantages. It based on the findings after observation and interviews,  including: Firstly, the environmental conditions in the Office of Communications and Information Technology of Bandung are already good. Secondly, although there is already a pattern of cooperation related to E-Government Management   towards Smart Governance but in fact, the supervision is not maximum yet. Thirdly, although it already exist but not maximum yet for  E-Government. Fourthly, the pattern of correlation between work units and the prevailing norms must be improve in implementation. Furthermore, the conclusion of this research is the Implementation of E-Government Policy towards Smart Governance in the Office of Communications and Information Technology of Bandung has been running properly but it has not implement to all aspects yet. Keywords: Policy Implementation, E-Government Management.

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