Controlling governments
Subtitle: voters, institutions, and accountability
By: edited by José María Maravall, Ignacio Sanchez-Cuenca.
Contributors: Maravall, José María.; Sanchez-Cuenca, Ignacio.
Series: Cambridge studies in the theory of democracy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521884105; 9780521711104
Subjects: Voting -- Case studies; Elections -- Case studies; Political participation -- Case studies; Comparative government; Democracy
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Explaining the electoral performance of incumbents in democracies / Belén Barreiro; title: How can governments be accountable if voters vote ideologically? / Ignacio Sánchez-cuenca; title: Enduring ethnicity : the political survival of incumbent ethnic parties in Western democracies / Sonia Alonso; title: Performance or representation? : the determinants of voting in complex political contexts / Paloma Aguilar and Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca; title: Political knowledge and the logic of voting : a comparative study / Marta Fraile; title: The political consequences of internal party democracy / José María Maravall; title: Choosing rules for government : the institutional preferences of early socialist parties / Alberto Penadés; title: Constitutions and democratic breakdowns / Alicia Adserà And Carles Boix.