Legislative voting and accountability /
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 the...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in comparative politics
Cambridge studies in comparative politics |
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Table of Contents:
- To whom are legislators accountable?
- Collective accountability and its discontents
- The supply of visible votes
- Demand for visible votes
- Counting votes
- Explaining voting unity
- The individual-collective balance