Cabinets and coalition bargaining: the democractic life cycle in Western Europe
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Parliamentary democracy is the most common way of organizing delegation and accountability in contemporary democracies. Yet knowledge of this type of regime has been incomplete and often unsystematic. Aiming to provide conceptual clarity, this book shows how representation issues can be understood
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 70, Heft 2, S. 562-563
ISSN: 1468-2508
In: Political research quarterly: PRQ ; official journal of Western Political Science Association, Pacific Northwest Political Science Association, Southern California Political Science Association, Northern California Political Science Association, Band 61, Heft 3, S. 537-542
ISSN: 1065-9129
In: Political research quarterly: PRQ ; official journal of the Western Political Science Association and other associations, Band 61, Heft 3, S. 537-542
ISSN: 1938-274X
In: Delegation and Accountability in Parliamentary Democracies, S. 55-106
In: Parties Without Partisans, S. 180-204
In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 37, Heft 3, S. 261-289
ISSN: 1475-6765
Abstract. Parliamentary democracy has been widely embraced by politicians and especially by the scholarly community but remains less widely understood. In this essay, I identify the institutional features that define parliamentary democracy and suggest how they can be understood as delegation relationships. I propose two definitions: one minimal and one maximal (or ideal–typical). In the latter sense, parliamentary democracy is a particular regime of delegation and accountability that can be understood with the help of agency theory, which allows us to identify the conditions under which democratic agency problems may occur. Parliamentarism is simple, indirect, and relies on lessons gradually acquired in the past. Compared to presidentialism, parliamentarism has certain advantages, such as decisional efficiency and the inducements it creates toward effort. On the other hand, parliamentarism also implies disadvantages such as ineffective accountability and a lack of transparency, which may cause informational inefficiencies. And whereas parliamentarism may be particularly suitable for problems of adverse selection, it is a less certain cure for moral hazard. In contemporary advanced societies, parliamentarism is facing the challenges of decaying screening devices and diverted accountabilities.
In: American political science review, Band 94, Heft 1, S. 209-210
ISSN: 1537-5943
In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 37, Heft 3, S. 261-290
ISSN: 0304-4130
In: The journal of legislative studies, Band 4, Heft 1, S. 21-59
ISSN: 1743-9337
In: Legislative studies quarterly, Band 23, Heft 1, S. 127-144
ISSN: 0362-9805
In: The journal of legislative studies, Band 3, Heft 1, S. 155-174
ISSN: 1743-9337