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Pogge (2008) and Wenar (2008) have recently argued that we are responsible for the persistence of the so-called 'resource curse'. But their analyses are limited in important ways. I trace these limitations to their undue focus on the ways in which the international rules governing resource transactions undermine government accountability. To overcome the shortcomings of Pogge's and Wenar's analyses, I propose a normative framework organized around the social value of government responsiveness and discuss the implications of adopting this framework for future normative assessment of the resource curse and our relationships to it.

Responsiveness bias, the degree to which governments respond unequally to the public policy preferences of various community subpopulations, is a previously unstudied dimension of political inequality. An empirical examination of responsiveness bias in the 51 cities of the Permanent Community Sample, based on simulations of subcommunity preferences, reveals that responsiveness is usually biased to favor the advantaged, though a few communities favor the disadvantaged. Larger & wealthier cities, with well-organized interest groups having little minority representation, are likeliest to bias their policies to favor the advantaged. 8 Tables, Appendix. Modified HA.

Does the disposition of public opinion affect the progressivism of public policy? While scholars devote a significant amount of attention to opinion–policy linkages at the national, state, and even county levels in such a manner, a similarly defined relationship in local domains remains untested. In this research note, the author offers an alternative for understanding local representation through an investigation of the relationship between the public's ideology and government spending patterns in twenty-six urban areas across multiple policy areas. The results indicate that the ideological preferences of citizens are reflected in the spending decisions of governments.

Does the disposition of public opinion affect the progressivism of public policy? While scholars devote a significant amount of attention to opinion-policy linkages at the national, state, and even county levels in such a manner, a similarly defined relationship in local domains remains untested. In this research note, the author offers an alternative for understanding local representation through an investigation of the relationship between the public's ideology and government spending patterns in twenty-six urban areas across multiple policy areas. The results indicate that the ideological preferences of citizens are reflected in the spending decisions of governments. Adapted from the source document.

AbstractResponsiveness is not merely a characteristic of a special methodology for evaluation. It is also an epistemic and moral virtue that signals a particular relation to the social world and a distinctive way of being and knowing within that world.