edited by José María Maravall, Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xi, 311 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
SERIES
Series Title
Cambridge studies in the theory of democracy
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
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.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Controlling governments.
International Standard Book Number
9780521884105
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
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.