Title Controlling governments : voters, institutions, and accountability / edited by José María Maravall, Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca.

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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

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Description	1 online resource (xi, 311 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Cambridge studies in the theory of democracy
	Cambridge studies in the theory of democracy.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents	Explaining the electoral performance of incumbents in democracies / Belén Barreiro -- How can governments be accountable if voters vote ideologically? / Ignacio Sánchez-cuenca -- Enduring ethnicity : the political survival of incumbent ethnic parties in Western democracies / Sonia Alonso -- Performance or representation? : the determinants of voting in complex political contexts / Paloma Aguilar and Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca -- Political knowledge and the logic of voting : a comparative study / Marta Fraile -- The political consequences of internal party democracy / José María Maravall -- Choosing rules for government : the institutional preferences of early socialist parties / Alberto Penadés -- Constitutions and democratic breakdowns / Alicia Adserà And Carles Boix.
Summary	This text combines academic and comparative analysis to identify how much information voters must have to select a politician for office, or for holding a government accountable.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Voting -- Case studies.
	Voting.
Genre/Form	Case studies.
Subject	Elections -- Case studies.
	Elections.
	Political participation -- Case studies.
	Political participation -- Case studies.
	Political participation.
	Comparative government.
	Comparative government.
	Democracy.
	Democracy.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Case studies.
Added Author	Maravall, José María.
	Sánchez-Cuenca, Ignacio.
Other Form:	Print version: Controlling governments. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 9780521884105 (DLC) 2007017745 (OCoLC)123955129
ISBN	9780511371011 (electronic book)
	0511371012 (electronic book)
	0511370547 (electronic book)
	9780511370540 (electronic book)
	9780511611414 (electronic book)
	0511611412 (electronic book)
	9780511370007
	0511370008
	9780521884105 (hardback)
	0521884101 (hardback)
	9780521711104 (paperback)
	052171110X (paperback)

Title Controlling governments : voters, institutions, and accountability / edited by José María Maravall, Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca.

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