Legislative Voting and Accountability

by John M. Carey

Book Overview

Legislatures are the core representative institutions in modern democracies. Citizens want legislatures to be decisive, and they want accountability, but they are frequently disillusioned with the representation legislators deliver. Political parties can provide decisiveness in legislatures, and they may provide collective accountability, but citizens and political reformers frequently demand another type of accountability from legislators - at the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521711916
• ISBN13: 9780521711913
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.7"