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Electoral competition, political promises and the "Responsible Party Government" hypothesis

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This essay reviews the literature on the two main issues that characterize the responsible party government hypothesis: whether political parties have clear and distinct positions, and whether they hold to their pledges once elected. It brings together and summarizes the knowledge that has been gained in political economy and related disciplines since the first developments. Based on a critical confrontation of theories with the empirical literature, this essay concludes that the Downsian conception of political markets-i.e., partial or complete convergence of platforms towards moderate policies-is not necessarily adequate to explain political outcomes. As a matter of fact, parties are in most cases shown to be responsible in the sense that they differentiate their policies and hold to their political promises once elected. Several other causes of the current political distrust and disaffection are being identified. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023. All rights reserved.
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hal-04127208 , version 1 (13-06-2023)

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Benoît Le Maux. Electoral competition, political promises and the "Responsible Party Government" hypothesis. Power and Responsibility: Interdisciplinary Perspectives for the 21st Century in Honor of Manfred J. Holler, Springer International Publishing, pp.305-329, 2023, 978-303123015-8; 978-303123014-1. ⟨10.1007/978-3-031-23015-8_17⟩. ⟨hal-04127208⟩
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