TY - GEN N2 - The book focuses on the traditional view of party-voter representation, parties and their respective positions, and party systems as central actors, the role of governmental institutions as well on policy inputs, outputs, and outcomes and the agenda setting process. The fundamental characteristics of the political actors such as political parties and the party system and their ideological composition are dealt with. The role governmental institutions play in the policy making process are exemplified covering the characteristics of the agenda-setting power and the consequences for the government's survival. The results of these mechanisms are analyzed while focusing on some classical policies of comparative research such as social and environmental policy. The Editors Erik Baltz is PhD student and lecturer at the Institute for Political Science and Communication Studies at the University of Greifswald. Sven Kosanke is a journalist and project manager at Katapult Magazine. Susanne Pickel is professor for comparative politics at the Department of Political Science at the University of Duisburg-Essen. DO - 10.1007/978-3-658-35133-5 DO - doi AB - The book focuses on the traditional view of party-voter representation, parties and their respective positions, and party systems as central actors, the role of governmental institutions as well on policy inputs, outputs, and outcomes and the agenda setting process. The fundamental characteristics of the political actors such as political parties and the party system and their ideological composition are dealt with. The role governmental institutions play in the policy making process are exemplified covering the characteristics of the agenda-setting power and the consequences for the government's survival. The results of these mechanisms are analyzed while focusing on some classical policies of comparative research such as social and environmental policy. The Editors Erik Baltz is PhD student and lecturer at the Institute for Political Science and Communication Studies at the University of Greifswald. Sven Kosanke is a journalist and project manager at Katapult Magazine. Susanne Pickel is professor for comparative politics at the Department of Political Science at the University of Duisburg-Essen. T1 - Parties, institutions and preferences :the shape and impact of partisan politics / AU - Baltz, Erik, AU - Kosanke, Sven, AU - Pickel, Susanne, CN - JF2051 LA - eng LA - ger LA - English and German. ID - 1446906 KW - Political parties. KW - Opposition (Political science) KW - Divided government. KW - Political participation. SN - 9783658351335 SN - 3658351330 TI - Parties, institutions and preferences :the shape and impact of partisan politics / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-658-35133-5 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-658-35133-5 ER -