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The quality of democracy in Eastern Europe : = public preferences and policy reforms /

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	The quality of democracy in Eastern Europe :/ Andrew Roberts.
其他題名:	public preferences and policy reforms /
作者:	Roberts, Andrew Lawrence,
面頁冊數:	1 online resource (xi, 239 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
附註:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
標題:	Democracy - Europe, Eastern. -
標題:	Europe, Eastern - Politics and government - 1989- -
電子資源:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511757365
ISBN:	9780511757365 (ebook)

The quality of democracy in Eastern Europe : = public preferences and policy reforms /
Roberts, Andrew Lawrence,1970-

The quality of democracy in Eastern Europe :public preferences and policy reforms /Andrew Roberts. - 1 online resource (xi, 239 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Introduction -- Conceptual analysis -- Assessing the quality of democracy -- Statistical analysis -- Electoral accountability -- Mandate responsiveness -- Policy responsiveness -- Case study analysis -- The politics of pension reforms -- The politics of housing reforms -- Implications -- Explaining democratic quality -- Conclusions.

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.

ISBN: 9780511757365 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

564832
Democracy
--Europe, Eastern.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

566925
Europe, Eastern
--Politics and government--1989-

LC Class. No.: JN96.A91 / R63 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 320.947

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