Andrew Roberts

Quality of Democracy in Eastern Europe (eBook, PDF)

Public Preferences and Policy Reforms

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

How does democracy work in the new democracies of Eastern Europe? Do the people actually rule as one would expect in a democracy or do the legacies of communism and the constraints of the transition weaken popular control? This book presents a framework for conceptualizing and measuring democratic quality and applies this framework to multiple countries and policy areas in the region. It defines democratic quality as the degree to which citizens are able to hold leaders accountable for their performance and keep policy close to their preferences. Its surprising conclusion, drawn from large-N statistical analyses and small-N case studies, is that citizens exercise considerable control over their rulers in Eastern European democracies. Despite facing difficult economic circumstances and an unfavorable inheritance from communism, these countries rapidly constructed relatively high-quality democracies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511756733
• Artikelnr.: 38197178

Autorenporträt

Andrew Roberts is a husband, father, minister, writer and speaker. He is the author of the book Holy Habits (Malcolm Down Publishing, 2016) and co-editor of the BRF Holy Habits resource booklets. He was previously director of training for Fresh Expressions.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
Part I. Conceptual Analysis: 2. Assessing the quality of democracy
Part II. Statistical Analysis: Introduction to the Statistical Analyses: 3. Electoral accountability
4. Mandate responsiveness
5. Policy responsiveness
Part III. Case Study Analysis: Introduction to the Case Studies: 6. The politics of pension reforms
7. The politics of housing reforms
Part IV. Implications: 8. Explaining democratic quality
9. Conclusions
Bibliography.