1996
DOI: 10.1017/s0007123400007419
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Testing the Mandate Model in Britain and the United States: Evidence from the Reagan and Thatcher Eras

Abstract: The hypothesis that parties are better able to carry out mandates in Britain than the United States is tested for the Reagan and Thatcher years. A list of specific pledges was compiled and it was determined whether or not the pledges were fulfilled. The primary finding is that more Conservative party pledges were fulfilled, compared to those of the Republican and Democratic parties in the United States. In each country policy took a conservative turn, but because more pledges were fulfilled in Britain, the ‘Co… Show more

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“…Pomper & Lederman, 1980;Rallings, 1987;Royed, 1996;Thomson, 2001;Artés & Bustos, 2008;Naurin, 2011;2014;Kostadinova, 2013). We contribute to this growing body of comparative research by examining how economic conditions influence pledge fulfilment.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Pomper & Lederman, 1980;Rallings, 1987;Royed, 1996;Thomson, 2001;Artés & Bustos, 2008;Naurin, 2011;2014;Kostadinova, 2013). We contribute to this growing body of comparative research by examining how economic conditions influence pledge fulfilment.…”
Section: This Is the Author Version Of An Article Published In Irish mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This definition follows the definition proposed by Royed (1996). In line with Thomson (2001), we add that for a statement to be a pledge, it must identify the 'criteria on the basis of which we can examine whether the pledge is fulfilled'.…”
Section: Identifying Election Pledges and Measuring Fulfilment And Otmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Recent pledge research (Kostadinova, 2013;Toros, 2015;Praprotnik, 2015;Thomson et al, 2014;Naurin, 2013;Dobos and Gyulai, 2015) mostly takes inspiration from a small selection of classic pieces in pledge research (Royed, 1996;Artés, 2013;Artés and Bustos, 2008;Naurin, 2011;Moury, 2011;Mansergh and Thomson, 2007;Costello and Thomson, 2008; and the APSA papers by a group of first generational pledge scholars: Thomson et al, 2010; and the theoretical literature these classic pieces make reference to.…”
Section: Iv1 the Theoretical Sources Of Pledge Researchmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…On the one hand, 'saliency'-based approaches (such as the classic study by Budge and Hofferbert, 1990) map general trends in policy-making (often relying on budgetary data) in order to gauge the relevance of party manifestos in setting the direction of government. 'Pledge' research, by contrast, singles out individual commitments and the fulfillment thereof, regardless of overarching tendencies in governance (see e.g., Royed, 1996;Thomson, 2001;Thomson et al, 2014). As the latter approach has generated a more extensive literature, in the following pledge research serves as our main focus.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For some scholars, such an attitude entails that promises be not satisfied and then their political legitimacy be depleted. Many empirical studies have tested the mandate theory by matching emphases of party platforms and government expenditures (Artes and Bustos, 2008;Budge and Hofferbert, 1990;Pe´try, 1995;Royed, 1996). The main conclusion entails that about 60-80 percent of pledges contained in parties' manifestoes are fulfilled.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%