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Economic Inequality and Political Representation in Switzerland

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Authors:
  1. Jan Rosset

    1. Mannheim Centre for European Social Rese, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

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  • Investigates economically rooted inequalities in the political representation of citizens’ policy preferences
  • Offers new theories on why wealthy citizens’ voices are better heard
  • Based on data from a survey of more than 3000 citizens and 1500 candidates running in parliamentary elections

Part of the book series: Contributions to Political Science (CPS)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Jan Rosset
    Pages 1-9

  3. Electoral Democratic Representation and the Market Economy: Irreconcilable Assumptions, Driving Forces and Outcomes

    • Jan Rosset
    Pages 11-23

  4. Explaining Unequal Representation

    • Jan Rosset
    Pages 25-51

  5. Empirical Study of Unequal Representation in Switzerland: Towards an Analytical Framework

    • Jan Rosset
    Pages 53-76

  6. Unequal Representation in Switzerland

    • Jan Rosset
    Pages 77-89

  7. Unequal Representation by Parties: Explanations Based on the Elites’ Side of the Representation Process

    • Jan Rosset
    Pages 91-108

  8. The Structure of Party Competition and Electoral Choice: Explanations Based on the Electoral Behaviour of Citizens

    • Jan Rosset
    Pages 109-127

  9. The Moderating Effect of Party Finance Regulations

    • Jan Rosset
    Pages 129-142

  10. Conclusion

    • Jan Rosset
    Pages 143-149
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This book analyzes the link between economic and political inequalities and investigates the mechanisms that lead to economically rooted inequalities in the political representation of citizens’ policy preferences. Focusing on the case of Switzerland and evaluating data from the post-electoral survey, Selects 2007, the author demonstrates that the policy preferences of members of the Federal Assembly best reflect those of rich citizens. This pattern is explained by differential levels of political participation and knowledge across income groups, party finance, the fact that representatives tend to come from higher economic strata, and the failure of the party-system structure to reflect the complexity of policy preferences among citizens.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Mannheim Centre for European Social Rese, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

    Jan Rosset

About the author

Jan Rosset is a post-doctoral researcher at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), University of Mannheim, with a fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation. Prior to that, he has worked as senior researcher at FORS, the Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences, and as lecturer at the University of Lausanne.  He received his PhD in political science from this latter institution in 2013. His research interests include comparative politics, political representation and the link between economic and political inequality.

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