Elections and Democracy: Representation and Accountability

By: Thomassen, Jacques

Elections and Democracy addresses the contrast between two different views on representative democracy. According to the first view elections are a mechanism to hold government accountable. In the second view elections are primarily a means to ensure that citizens' views and interests are properly represented in the democratic process. The majoritarian and consensus models of democracy are the embodiment in institutional structures of these two different...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198716338
• ISBN13: 9780198716334
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"