Parties’ Representational Claims—A New Framework for Evaluating Parties’ Representative Intentions and Its Implications for Intra- and Inter-Party Politics in Israel, the Netherlands and Belgium.

• In Event: Party Manifestos and Their Implications

Brief Overview

The paper offers a new way to study parties’ representative role using campaign ads and manifestos to determine who and/or what parties claim to represent. The resultant classification is tested empirically in Israel, the Netherlands, and Belgium.

Author

• Alona O Dolinsky, Johns Hopkins University