Special Issue: Assessing political representation in Europe

Christine Arnold & Mark N. Franklin: Issue Congruence and Political Responsiveness

Rory Costello, Jacques Thomassen & Martin Rosema: European Parliament Elections and Political Representation: Policy Congruence between Voters and Parties

Tom Louwerse: Mechanisms of Issue Congruence: The Democratic Party Mandate

James Adams, Lawrence Ezrow & Debra Leiter: Partisan Sorting and Niche Parties in Europe

Ron Lehrer: Intra-Party Democracy and Party Responsiveness

Robert Rohrschneider & Stephen Whitefield: Institutional Context and Representational Strain in Party–Voter Agreement in Western and Eastern Europe

Christine Arnold, Eliyahu V. Sapir & Catherine de Vries: Parties' Positions on European Integration: Issue Congruence, Ideology or Context?

Lorenzo De Sio & Mark N. Franklin: Strategic Incentives, Issue Proximity and Party Support in Europe

Armen Hakhverdian: The Causal Flow between Public Opinion and Policy: Government Responsiveness, Leadership, or Counter Movement?

Christopher Wlezien & Stuart N. Soroka: Political Institutions and the Opinion–Policy Link

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