Organizing democratic choice [electronic resource] : party representation over time / Ian Budge ... [et al.]. Budge, Ian. European Consortium for Political Research. Representative government and representation. Democracy. Policy sciences. Comparative government. JF1051 .O7 2012 321.8 23 At foot of title: ECPR. Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. 'Organizing Democratic Choice' offers a new, invigorating theory of how democracy actually works. It also presents a challenge to democratic pessimists who would have everyone believe that neither political parties nor mass publics are up to the tasks that democracy assigns them. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. 2012. 2012 Text 1 online resource (xvii, 313 p.) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199654932.001.0001 eng Comparative politics Comparative politics.