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Abstract

Indirect representation of the people lies at the very heart of representative democracy and is captured within the mandate theory. Mandate theory states that parties' pre-election behavior should predict their behavior in office. The present study conducts a test of mandate theory by analyzing pledge fulfilment in Austria during the 2008-13 legislative period. It presents a description of the then governing parties' policy outcomes (SPÖ, ÖVP) in comparison to the opposition parties' performance (FPÖ, BZÖ, Greens) based on 574 different pledges. The multivariate analyses show that factors such as governing status, coalition agreements, intra-coalition consensus, and status quo pledges significantly enhance parties' possibilities to fulfil their mandate.

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Title
Die Policy-Bilanz der Regierung Faymann I. Eine Studie zur Anwendbarkeit der Mandatstheorie/The policy-outcome of the cabinet Faymann I. A test of mandate theory
Author
Praprotnik, Katrin
Pages
1-14
Section
Research Article
Publication year
2015
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oesterreichische Gesellschaft fuer Politikwissenschaft
ISSN
16155548
e-ISSN
23135433
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
German
ProQuest document ID
1752516913
Copyright
Copyright Facultas Verlags- und Buchhandels AG 2015