Democracy Accountability And Representation
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Democracy Accountability And Representation
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Author : Adam Przeworski
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1999-09-13
Democracy Accountability And Representation written by Adam Przeworski and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-09-13 with Political Science categories.
6 Party Government and Responsiveness: James A. Stimson
Controlling Governments
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Author : José María Maravall
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2008
Controlling Governments written by José María Maravall and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Political Science categories.
How much influence do citizens have to control the government? What guides voters at election time? Why do governments survive? How do institutions modify the power of the people over politicians? The book combines academic analytical rigor with comparative analysis to identify how much information voters must have to select a politician for office, or for holding a government accountable; whether parties in power can help voters to control their governments; how different institutional arrangements influence voters' control; why politicians choose particular electoral systems; and what economic and social conditions may undermine not only governments, but democracy. Arguments are backed by vast macro and micro empirical evidence. There are cross-country comparisons and survey analyses of many countries. In every case there has been an attempt to integrate analytical arguments and empirical research. The goal is to shed new light on perplexing questions of positive democratic theory.
The Oxford Handbook Of Political Representation In Liberal Democracies
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Author : Robert Rohrschneider
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
The Oxford Handbook Of Political Representation In Liberal Democracies written by Robert Rohrschneider and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Political Science categories.
"How can democracies effectively represent citizens? The goal of this Handbook is to evaluate comprehensively how well the interests and preferences of mass publics become represented by institutions in liberal democracies. It first explores how the idea and institutions of liberal democracies were formed over centuries and became enshrined in Western political systems. The contributors to this Handbook, made up of the world's leading scholars on the various aspects of political representation, examine how well the political elites and parties who are charged with the representation of the public interest meet their duties. Clearly, institutions often fail to live up to their own representation goals. With this in mind, the contributors explore several challenges to the way that the system of representation is organized in modern democracies. For example, actors such as parties and established elites face rising distrust among electorates. Also, the rise of international problems such as migration and environmentalism suggests that the focus of democracies on nation states may have to shift to a more international level. All told, this Handbook illuminates the normative and functional challenges faced by representative institutions in liberal democracies"--
Citizens And Community
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Author : Allan Kornberg
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1992-04-24
Citizens And Community written by Allan Kornberg and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-04-24 with Political Science categories.
This book addresses political legitimacy and system support in one democracy, Canada.
Elections And Democracy
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Author : J. J. A. Thomassen
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
Release Date : 2014
Elections And Democracy written by J. J. A. Thomassen and has been published by Oxford University Press (UK) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Medical categories.
'Elections and Democracy' is based on data from the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems, spanning 36 countries. It considers the majoritarian and consensus models of democracy and how their embodiment in institutional structures influence vote choice, political participation and satisfaction within a functioning democracy.
Information And Democracy
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Author : Stuart N. Soroka
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2022-02-03
Information And Democracy written by Stuart N. Soroka and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-03 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
A large-scale empirical investigation into the frequency and accuracy of media coverage of public policy.
The Principles Of Representative Government
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Author : Bernard Manin
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1997-02-28
The Principles Of Representative Government written by Bernard Manin and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-02-28 with Political Science categories.
The thesis of this original and provocative book is that representative government should be understood as a combination of democratic and undemocratic, aristocratic elements. Professor Manin challenges the conventional view that representative democracy is no more than an indirect form of government by the people, in which citizens elect representatives only because they cannot assemble and govern in person. The argument is developed by examining the historical moments when the present institutional arrangements were chosen from among the then available alternatives. Professor Manin reminds us that while today representative institutions and democracy appear as virtually indistinguishable, when representative government was first established in Europe and America, it was designed in opposition to democracy proper. Drawing on the procedures used in earlier republican systems, from classical Athens to Renaissance Florence, in order to highlight the alternatives that were forsaken, Manin brings to the fore the generally overlooked results of representative mechanisms. These include the elitist aspect of elections and the non-binding character of campaign promises.
Legislative Voting And Accountability
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Author : John M. Carey
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2008-12-15
Legislative Voting And Accountability written by John M. Carey and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-15 with Political Science categories.
Legislatures are the core representative institutions in modern democracies. Citizens want legislatures to be decisive, and they want accountability, but they are frequently disillusioned with the representation legislators deliver. Political parties can provide decisiveness in legislatures, and they may provide collective accountability, but citizens and political reformers frequently demand another type of accountability from legislators – at the individual level. Can legislatures provide both kinds of accountability? This book considers what collective and individual accountability require and provides the most extensive cross-national analysis of legislative voting undertaken to date. It illustrates the balance between individualistic and collective representation in democracies, and how party unity in legislative voting shapes that balance. In addition to quantitative analysis of voting patterns, the book draws on extensive field and archival research to provide an extensive assessment of legislative transparency throughout the Americas.
The Impression Of Influence
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Author : Justin Grimmer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
The Impression Of Influence written by Justin Grimmer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Political Science categories.
Constituents often fail to hold their representatives accountable for federal spending decisions-even though those very choices have a pervasive influence on American life. Why does this happen? Breaking new ground in the study of representation, The Impression of Influence demonstrates how legislators skillfully inform constituents with strategic communication and how this facilitates or undermines accountability. Using a massive collection of Congressional texts and innovative experiments and methods, the book shows how legislators create an impression of influence through credit claiming messages.Anticipating constituents' reactions, legislators claim credit for programs that elicit a positive response, making constituents believe their legislator is effectively representing their district. This spurs legislators to create and defend projects popular with their constituents. Yet legislators claim credit for much more-they announce projects long before they begin, deceptively imply they deserve credit for expenditures they had little role in securing, and boast about minuscule projects. Unfortunately, legislators get away with seeking credit broadly because constituents evaluate the actions that are reported, rather than the size of the expenditures.The Impression of Influence raises critical questions about how citizens hold their political representatives accountable and when deception is allowable in a democracy.