Electoral Control in New Democracies: The Perverse Incentives of Fluid Party Systems

How do fluid party systems that exist in many new democracies affect democratic accountability? To address this question, the authors analyze a new database of all legislative incumbents and all competitive elections that took place in Poland since 1991. They find that when district-level economic o...

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Veröffentlicht in:	World politics 2005-04, Vol.57 (3), p.365-395
Hauptverfasser:	Zielinski, Jakub, Slomczynski, Kazimierz M., Shabad, Goldie
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Accountability Control theory Democracy Economic Development Elections Electoral behaviour Electoral districts Empirical research Incumbents Opposition parties Party politics Party systems Poland Political Affiliation Political elections Political Parties Politicians Reelection Unemployment Voters Voting
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