Why Bother with Elections? by Przeworski, Adam; -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Preface 1 Introduction Part I: How Elections Work

2 The Idea of Electing Governments

Why Elections? The Spread of Elections The Myth of Self-Government through Elections Elections as Methods of Choosing Governments

3 Protecting Property

Who Can Be Elected? Who Can Do the Electing? Filtering and Refining the People’s Voice Super-Majoritarian Institutions Counter-Majoritarian Institutions Conquests, Reversals, and Substitutions

4 Jockeying for Partisan Advantage

Voting and Electing: Opposition Instruments at the Disposal of Incumbents Competitive and Non-Competitive Elections

5 Conclusion: What is Inherent in Elections?

Part II: What Elections Can and Cannot Achieve

6 Introduction to Part II 7 Rationality

Common Interests Divergent Interests Conclusion

8 Representation, Accountability, and Control over Governments

Prospective and Retrospective Control Control over Bureaucracy

9 Economic Performance 10 Economic and Social Equality

Why We Can Expect Elections to Equalize Incomes Economic Inequality and Political Equality Political Inequality and Redistribution A Vicious Circle

11 Civil Peace

Elections as a Method of Processing Conflicts Conditions for Peaceful Competitive Elections

12 Conclusions

Elections and Democracy A Crisis of Democracy?

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