This collective volume - with contributions from experts on these regions - examines broader questions about the current crises (The Great Recession and The Commodity Crisis) and the associated changes in political representation in both regions.

It provides a general overview of political representation studies in Southern Europe and Latin America and builds bridges between the two traditions of political representation studies, affording greater understanding of developments in each region and promote future research collaboration between Southern Europe and Latin America. Finally, the book addresses questions of continuity and change in patterns of political representation after the onset of the two economic crises, specifically examining issues such as changes in citizens' democratic support and trust in political representatives and institutions, in-descriptive representation (in the sociodemographic profile of MPs) and in-substantive representation (in the link between voters and MPs in terms of ideological congruence and/or policy/issue orientations).

This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of political elites, political representation, European and Latin American politics/studies, and more broadly to comparative politics.

About the Author

Andre Freire is Full Professor at the ISCTE-IUL, University Institute of Lisbon, and CIES-IUL, Portugal.

Melany Barragan is Researcher at the University of Salamanca, Spain.

Xavier Coller is Full Professor at Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (UNED), Madrid, Spain.

Marco Lisi is Assistant Professor at the Nova University Lisbon, FCSH-UNL, and IPRI-UNL, Portugal.

Emmanouil Tsatsanis is Senior Researcher at CIES-IUL, and Invited Assistant Professor at the ISCTE-IUL, University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal.

Book Information
ISBN 9781032235714
Author Andre Freire
Format Paperback
Page Count 280
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 440g