By José María Maravall, Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca
This ebook contributes to debates in optimistic democratic idea approximately responsibility and illustration. It bridges the distance among formal versions and theoretically vulnerable empirical analyses. The chapters remain with reference to the result of the formal literature, yet they supply a extra reasonable description of ways the democratic keep watch over of governments operates. The ebook stories the numerous hindrances that electorate face to carry governments in charge: (1) citizens mix judgments of prior functionality with different issues - similar to ideological or ethnic standards; (2) events in workplace may perhaps restrict the knowledge of electorate; and (3) associations bias the workout of responsibility.
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With his resignation, he intended to improve the electoral support of his party. A severe economic recession and the failure to find a solution to the Quebec problem made him unpopular. 25 15:41 P1: ICD 9780521884105c01 CUFX184/Maravall 978 0 521 88410 5 Printer: cupusbw October 25, 2007 Belen ´ Barreiro death gave citizens the opportunity to put an end to an authoritarian style of government. Parties’ or coalitions’ internal struggles were the main reason for extreme electoral losses in Saint Lucia (1982) and Ecuador (1984 and 1992).
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3 a brief description of some political and socioeconomic indicators, comparing the context of extreme losses with the rest of the observations. The table has only an illustrative purpose. 1 years in elections with losses over 20 percentage points. These elections are also more frequent in presidential systems, although the institutional design of democracy does not necessarily account for this finding. Presidential countries are economically and politically weaker. 5 percent are presidential elections.
