The Quality of Democracy in Eastern Europe: Public Preferences and Policy Reforms

ROBERTS, Andrew Lawrence. The Quality of Democracy in Eastern Europe: Public Preferences and Policy Reforms. New York: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2009, 252 s. ISBN 978-0-521-11033-4.

Základní údaje

Originální název

The Quality of Democracy in Eastern Europe: Public Preferences and Policy Reforms

Autoři

ROBERTS, Andrew Lawrence

Vydání

New York, 252 s. 2009

Nakladatel

CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS

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Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Odborná kniha

Obor

50601 Political science

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Forma vydání

tištěná verze "print"

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ne

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

ISBN

978-0-521-11033-4

Klíčová slova anglicky

democracy; democratic quality; postcommunist Europe; representation

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

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Anotace

V originále

How does democracy work in the new democracies of Eastern Europe? Do the people actually rule as one would expect in a democracy or do the legacies of communism and the constraints of the transition weaken popular control? This book presents a new framework for conceptualizing and measuring democratic quality and applies this framework to multiple countries and policy areas in the region. It defines democratic quality as the degree to which citizens are able to hold leaders accountable for their performance and keep policy close to their preferences. Its surprising conclusion, drawn from large-N statistical analyses and small-N case studies, is that citizens exercise considerable control over their rulers in Eastern European democracies. Despite facing difficult economic circumstances and an unfavorable inheritance from communism, these countries rapidly constructed relatively high-quality democracies.