par Deschouwer, Kris;Van Haute, Emilie 
Référence Vices and Virtues of Decentralization: Challenges in European Multi-level Democracies (25-26 November 2016: Mannheim)
Publication Non publié, 2016-11-25
Référence Vices and Virtues of Decentralization: Challenges in European Multi-level Democracies (25-26 November 2016: Mannheim)
Publication Non publié, 2016-11-25
Communication à un colloque
| Résumé : | One of the ways in which ‘good’ representation can be measured and assessed is the degree of congruence between the preferences of the population and the preferences and policies of the political elite. One of the arguments for defending decentralization is that governmental institutions at a smaller territorial scale can be closer to the population and provide policies that are better adapted to and more responsive to the population of the substates. This argument of better representation is often made in Belgium, where voters in Flanders traditionally vote center-right, while the voters of Wallonia vote center-left. In this paper we test the assumption that decentralization provides a better fit between the demands of the population and the orientation of the government. We use data from electoral surveys from 1991 to 2014 to compare the left-right orientation of the population and of governmental coalitions at the different institutional levels and in the different regions. |
