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Genre/Form: | Aufsatzsammlung |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Adam Przeworski; Susan Carol Stokes; Bernard Manin |
ISBN: | 0521641535 9780521641531 0521646162 9780521646161 |
OCLC Number: | 40256085 |
Description: | ix, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Elections and representation / Bernard Manin, Adam Przeworski, and Susan C. Stokes -- Electoral accountability and the control of politicians: selecting good types versus sanctioning poor performance / James D. Fearon -- What do policy switches tell us about democracy? / Susan C. Stokes -- Accountability and authority: toward a theory of political accountability / John Ferejohn -- Accountability and manipulation / José María Maravall -- Party government and responsiveness / James A. Stimson -- Democracy, elections, and accountability for economic outcomes / José Antonio Cheibub and Adam Przeworski -- Accountability in Athenian politics / Jon Elster -- Government accountability in parliamentary democracy / Michael Laver and Kenneth A. Shepsle -- Mixing elected and nonelected officials in democratic policy making: fundamentals of accountability and responsibility / Delmer D. Dunn -- Situating democratic political accountability / John Dunn. |
Series Title: | Cambridge studies in the theory of democracy. |
Responsibility: | edited by Adam Przeworski, Susan C. Stokes, Bernard Manin. |
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Abstract:
This book examines whether the mechanisms of accountability characteristic of democracies, are sufficient to induce the representatives to act in the best interest of the represented.
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"In an introductory essay to Democracy, Accountability, and Representation, Przeworski, Stokes, and Manin helpfully lay out a set of definitions for thinking about mass-elite linkages." Comparative Politics, Andrew Roberts, The Quality of Democracy Read more...
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