Table of Contents

Contents
List of Figures and Tables vii
Contributors xi
Preface xv
Chapter One: Between-Election Democracy: An Introductory Note
Peter Esaiasson and Hanne Marthe Narud 1
Chapter Two: Communicative Responsiveness and Other Central Concepts
in Between-Election Democracy
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam and Mikael Persson 15
Chapter Three: Is Anyone Listening?
The Perceived Effectiveness of Electoral and Non-Electoral Participation
Sofie Marien and Marc Hooghe 35
Chapter Four: Issue Uptake in the Shadow of Elections
Audrey André, Sam Depauw and Kris Deschouwer 53
Chapter Five: Nominations, Campaigning and Representation: How the
Secret Garden of Politics Determines the Style of Campaigning and
Roles of Representation
Rune Karlsen and Hanne Marthe Narud 77
Chapter Six: Institutional Incentives for Participation in Elections and
Between Elections
Henrik Serup Christensen 103
Chapter Seven: Political Parties in the Streets: The Development and
Timing of Party-Sponsored Protests in Western Europe
Swen Hutter 127
Chapter Eight: Signalling Through Voting Intention Polls Between Elections
Ann-Kristin Kölln and Kees Aarts 151
Chapter Nine: `We Need to Decide!’: A Mixed Method Approach to
Responsiveness and Equal Treatment
Liz Richardson 171
Chapter Ten: The Impact of Social Movements on Agenda Setting:
Bringing the Real World Back In
Roy Gava, Marco Giugni, and Frédéric Varone 189
Index 209

About the Author

Peter Esaiasson is professor of political science at the University of Gothenburg. He has published several books on political representation, election campaigning and empirical democratic theory. His articles have appeared in journals including British Journal of Political Science; European Journal of Political Research; Electoral Studies; Governance; European Political Science Review and Party Politics. Hanne-Marthe Narud (1958-2012) was professor of political science at the University of Oslo. A member of the ECPR Executive Committee 2003-2009, she was elected into the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in 2009. Professor Narud published 14 books on elections, parties, and political representation, and her articles appeared in journals including European Journal of Political Research; Electoral Studies; Journal of Theoretical Politics; Comparative Sociology and Party Politics.