A government is accountable when citizens can hold it responsible for its actions and, consequently, punish or reward it with their vote at election time. This is the core argument of why democracy may induce representation: governments can lose elections because they ar
There is a saying that people get the government they vote for. The implication of the maxim is th...
Public accountability is the hallmark of modern democratic governance. Democracy remains a paper pro...
none1noThis paper identifies three different components of accountability: taking into account, keep...
Abstract: This article discusses the relation between corruption and accountability, showing that th...
Abstract: Does electoral accountability exist under democracy? Given its normative importance, this...
It is a basic tenet of democratic thought that governments are accountable to the sovereign people. ...
We introduce a concept of accountability traps. Two conditions characterize an ac-countability trap:...
In democracies, elections are the primary mechanism for making politicians act in voters’ interests,...
The standard theory of electoral accountability treats the electorate as an appraiser of government ...
If democracy is to have the good effects said to justify it, it must be self-enforcing in that incum...
Most theoretical studies of coalition politics have focused on selection, rather than accountability...
The main theoretical objection pressed against empowered citizens’ assemblies is that randomly selec...
The framers of the Australian Constitution adopted a set of institutions which they called responsib...
There are two very different logics of voting, the logic of ideology and the logic of incumbent’s pe...
The American system of governance includes a network of state and local units identified as either g...
There is a saying that people get the government they vote for. The implication of the maxim is th...
Public accountability is the hallmark of modern democratic governance. Democracy remains a paper pro...
none1noThis paper identifies three different components of accountability: taking into account, keep...
Abstract: This article discusses the relation between corruption and accountability, showing that th...
Abstract: Does electoral accountability exist under democracy? Given its normative importance, this...
It is a basic tenet of democratic thought that governments are accountable to the sovereign people. ...
We introduce a concept of accountability traps. Two conditions characterize an ac-countability trap:...
In democracies, elections are the primary mechanism for making politicians act in voters’ interests,...
The standard theory of electoral accountability treats the electorate as an appraiser of government ...
If democracy is to have the good effects said to justify it, it must be self-enforcing in that incum...
Most theoretical studies of coalition politics have focused on selection, rather than accountability...
The main theoretical objection pressed against empowered citizens’ assemblies is that randomly selec...
The framers of the Australian Constitution adopted a set of institutions which they called responsib...
There are two very different logics of voting, the logic of ideology and the logic of incumbent’s pe...
The American system of governance includes a network of state and local units identified as either g...
There is a saying that people get the government they vote for. The implication of the maxim is th...
Public accountability is the hallmark of modern democratic governance. Democracy remains a paper pro...
none1noThis paper identifies three different components of accountability: taking into account, keep...
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