Do parties still represent?: an analysis of the representativeness of political parties in Western democracies
In: Routledge studies on political parties and party systems
Party membership as linkage / Knut Heidar and Bram Wauters -- Descriptive representation in local party associations and its implications for representation in parliament: findings from the Canadian case / William Cross -- Not exactly a mirror image : British parties' members and voters compared / Tim Bale, Monica Poletti, and Paul Webb -- Do Australian parties represent? / Anika Gauja and Jordan McSwiney -- Germany : the politicization of party membership / Klaus Detterbeck -- Belgium : parties as distorting mirrors : descriptive and substantive representativeness in Flemish parties under scrutiny / Robin Devroe, Benjamin de Vet, Nicolas Van de Voorde and Bram Wauters -- Something for everyone? : political parties, party members and representation in the Netherlands / Josje den Ridder, Ruud Koole and Joop van Holsteyn -- Norwegian parties at work : representative capacities and political trust / Knut Heidar -- A skewed channel of participation in Denmark and an even more skewed recruitment pool / Karina Kosiara-Pedersen -- Representativeness of parties : old problems, new challenges / Knut Heidar and Bram Wauters.