Descriptive and Substantive Representation of Poor Citizens in Switzerland

Lloren, Anouk; Rosset, Jan; Wüest, Reto

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2733015

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“…The findings contribute to scholarship on political representation and elite behavior. Prior work established that affluent voters have an easier time converting preferences into policy in Sweden (Persson and Branham 2020), Switzerland (Lloren et al 2015), and elsewhere (Adams and Ezrow 2009;Bartels 2008;Giger et al 2012;Gilens 2009;Schakel 2019). The patterns uncovered here suggest that unequal exposure to voters can partially explain these dynamics, by producing distorted beliefs about public preferences.…”

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Understanding and Reducing Biases in Elite Beliefs About the Electorate

Pereira¹

2020

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To be responsive, politicians have to rely on beliefs about public will. Previous research suggests that perceptions of public opinion are often distorted. However, it remains unclear (1) why reelection-seeking officials misperceive constituent preferences, and (2) how to mitigate these distorted beliefs. I argue that misperceptions result in part from unequal exposure to different subconstituencies, and a tendency of legislators to project their own preferences on voters. A six-wave panel of Swedish MPs combined with mass surveys provides support for these arguments. Elite beliefs disproportionately reflect the preferences of more privileged subconstituencies and the personal positions of legislators. Additionally, an experiment with Swiss representatives leveraging real political events reveals how misperceptions can be reduced by encouraging a more balanced exposure to voters. The study concludes that economic and political inequalities are rooted in elite beliefs about public preferences and reveals ways to bolster the links between voters and their representatives.

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Understanding and Reducing Biases in Elite Beliefs About the Electorate

Pereira¹

2020

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“…The relevant literature distinguishes between four mechanisms that may explain why representatives promote the interests and views of a social group they belong to: shared experiences, socialization, motivation to represent and electoral incentives (Boas and Smith 2019; Lloren, Rosset and Wüest 2015; Mansbridge 1999; Phillips 1995; Sobolewska, McKee and Campbell 2018). While this study does not empirically test the extent to which each of these mechanisms applies, they serve as a useful basis for discussing whether (and why) we would expect disabled politicians to display similar preferences as disabled citizens.…”

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“…The most prominent mechanism thought to link descriptive and substantive representation is that of shared experiences giving rise to shared interests and a commitment to promoting them among political elites (Boas and Smith 2019; Lloren, Rosset and Wüest 2015; Mansbridge 1999; Phillips 1995). Disabled politicians are likely to have encountered similar physical, social, economic and legal barriers as other disabled people.…”

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Do Disabled Candidates Represent Disabled Citizens?

Reher

2021

Brit. J. Polit. Sci.

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Whether citizens are better represented by politicians ‘like them’ has been the subject of much debate and analysis. Yet, this scholarship has largely ignored the 1 in 5 people who are disabled and experience economic, social and political marginalization. Linking voter and candidate data from the 2015 British general election, this study examines whether disabled citizens are better represented by disabled elites. It analyses the effects of disability on both preferences and preference congruence. The findings reveal that disabled citizens and candidates are more supportive of healthcare and general public spending, even within parties. At the same time, the views of disabled citizens are rarely more congruent with the positions of disabled candidates than those of non-disabled candidates, except on healthcare spending. The study provides ground-breaking insights into the role of disability in policy preferences and political representation while also highlighting broader implications of how the descriptive–substantive representation link is analysed.

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“…It means that the weather of the quality of the attraction, services, locals, views and other facilities are affecting the level satisfaction of one's tourist. This is further supported by Lloren, (2015) who stated that the classical aesthetic point-of-view, the beauty of the past is measured in proportion, by the discipline of ordered arrangements, symmetry and harmonious content. The community and tourists should keep their discipline while visiting the city of our ancestors "Intramuros" by avoiding vandalism, illegal parking, and proper solid waste disposal to preserve the heritage.…”

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Effects of the visual pollution in Intramuros: basis for heritage preservation

Marcelo¹,

Parco²,

Coniendo³

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IJRSM

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Heritage sites are arguably the physical component of a city's identity. The lived-in architecture, the strategic locations and the uses of these buildings reveal unique stories telling of how our city came to be and can offer predictions of where it might be going. One of the hindrances of preserving, an architectural heritage is a modernization of the place, or most likely is the visual pollution. Visual pollution does not only destroy heritage attractions but it also affects human's state of calmness from these views which supposed to calm and relaxes the mind like how nature does. This research focuses on the "Effects of Visual Pollution in Intramuros: Basis for Heritage Preservation". Its objective is to preserve the architectural heritage of our country particularly in walled city or the Intramuros by specifically analyzing the effects of visual pollution. The researchers also believed that this study could contribute on how to preserve these heritage sites, and keep Intramuros as one of the 12 worldwide sites according to the GHF or Global Heritage Fund. This study employed the descriptive method of research to determine the effects of visual pollution in Intramuros and the findings were used as basis for heritage preservation. The researchers sampling techniques was non-probability, where they took a part of a whole. In relation to this, non-probability will be used as the sampling technique for this research study. Conclusion and recommendation have been formulated for the study particularly in the implementation of projects and activities of the Intramuros Administration supported by the Department of Tourism.

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Descriptive and Substantive Representation of Poor Citizens in Switzerland

Cited by 8 publications

References 23 publications

Understanding and Reducing Biases in Elite Beliefs About the Electorate

Understanding and Reducing Biases in Elite Beliefs About the Electorate

Do Disabled Candidates Represent Disabled Citizens?

Effects of the visual pollution in Intramuros: basis for heritage preservation

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