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The Voter's Dilemma and Democratic Accountability

Latin America and Beyond
  • ISBN-13: 9780271033877
  • Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Mona M. Lyne
  • Price: AUD $67.99
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  • Local release date: 14/01/2011
  • Format: Paperback 288 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Politics & government [JP]
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Presents evidence that under certain widespread structural conditions, democratic accountability falls prey to the same N-person prisoner's dilemma that plagues any other decentralized attempt to procure collective goods. Examines four prominent democracies: postwar and contemporary Brazil and pre-Chavez and contemporary Venezuela.


Contents

List of Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

List of Acronyms

Introduction: Theories of Democratic Accountability and Development in Brazil and Venezuela

1. The Voter’s Dilemma: Collective or Clientelistic Goods?

2. Are Voters in Brazil and Venezuela Opting for Policy-Based or Quid Pro Quo Voting?

3. Party Behavior: Policy-Based or Quid Pro Quo Appeals to Voters?

4. Internal Party Organization: Align Individual and Collective Goals to Build a Policy Reputation or to Ensure Efficient Vote Buying?

5. Legislative Organization: Governing Majority Agenda Control or Mutual Veto?

6. Policy Choice: Generate Sustained Growth or Maximize Quid Pro Quo?

Conclusion

Appendixes

References

Index


The Voter’s Dilemma and Democratic Accountability: Latin America and Beyond presents an elegant and sophisticated logic of democratic accountability and makes a significant contribution to the literatures on democratic accountability, clientelism, and Latin American studies.”

—Gustavo A. Flores-Macías, Political Science Quarterly

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