Controlling governments : voters, institutions, and accountability /

This text combines academic and comparative analysis to identify how much information voters must have to select a politician for office, or for holding a government accountable.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Maravall, José María, Sánchez-Cuenca, Ignacio
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Colección:Cambridge studies in the theory of democracy.
Temas:
Voting > Case studies.
Elections > Case studies.
Political participation > Case studies.
Comparative government.
Democracy.
Democracy
Vote > Études de cas.
Élections > Études de cas.
Participation politique > Études de cas.
Institutions politiques comparées.
Démocratie.
comparative politics.
democracy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
Comparative government
Elections
Political participation
Voting
Vergleichende politische Wissenschaft
Regierung
Politische Beteiligung
Parlamentswahl
Politische Kontrolle
Wahl
Verkiezingen.
Democratie.
Verantwoordingsplicht.
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Explaining the electoral performance of incumbents in democracies / Belén Barreiro
  • How can governments be accountable if voters vote ideologically? / Ignacio Sánchez-cuenca
  • Enduring ethnicity : the political survival of incumbent ethnic parties in Western democracies / Sonia Alonso
  • Performance or representation? : the determinants of voting in complex political contexts / Paloma Aguilar and Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca
  • Political knowledge and the logic of voting : a comparative study / Marta Fraile
  • The political consequences of internal party democracy / José María Maravall
  • Choosing rules for government : the institutional preferences of early socialist parties / Alberto Penadés
  • Constitutions and democratic breakdowns / Alicia Adserà And Carles Boix.

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