edited by José María Maravall, Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca.
New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2008.
1 online resource (xi, 311 pages) :
illustrations
Cambridge studies in the theory of democracy
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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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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.
Controlling governments.
9780521884105
Comparative government.
Democracy.
Elections, Case studies.
Political participation, Case studies.
Voting, Case studies.
Démocratie.
Élections, Cas, Études de.
Institutions politiques comparées.
Participation politique, Cas, Études de.
Vote, Cas, Études de.
Comparative government.
Democracy.
Democratie.
Elections.
Parlamentswahl
Political participation.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Ideologies-- Democracy.