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This essay is organized around three main linkages of democratic responsiveness: (1) structuring choices, which is the connection between citizens’ preferences and their electoral choices, (2) institutional aggregation, which is the connection between citizens’ electoral choices and the selection of policymakers, and (3) policymaking, which is the connection between the selection of policymakers and the policies that are chosen and implemented. I first elucidate the major conceptual and theoretical difficulties at each linkage. I then sketch principal “subversions” that have been found to jeopardize each linkage, identifying them conceptually and noting institutions or behavioral patterns that raise warning flags. This discussion is followed by consideration of facilitating conditions, which encourage or help sustain each linkage of democratic responsiveness. Finally, I draw on the previous analysis to offer some suggestions about measurement of democratic responsiveness. |
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| Powell, G.. "On Democratic Responsiveness" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL, Sep 02, 2004 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p61128_index.html> |
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| Powell, G. , 2004-09-02 "On Democratic Responsiveness" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p61128_index.html |
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Abstract: This essay is organized around three main linkages of democratic responsiveness: (1) structuring choices, which is the connection between citizens’ preferences and their electoral choices, (2) institutional aggregation, which is the connection between citizens’ electoral choices and the selection of policymakers, and (3) policymaking, which is the connection between the selection of policymakers and the policies that are chosen and implemented. I first elucidate the major conceptual and theoretical difficulties at each linkage. I then sketch principal “subversions” that have been found to jeopardize each linkage, identifying them conceptually and noting institutions or behavioral patterns that raise warning flags. This discussion is followed by consideration of facilitating conditions, which encourage or help sustain each linkage of democratic responsiveness. Finally, I draw on the previous analysis to offer some suggestions about measurement of democratic responsiveness. |
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| On Democratic Responsiveness G. Bingham Powell Jr. University of Rochester Prepared for delivery at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association September 2 - September 5 2004. Copyright by the American Political Science Association Democratic Responsiveness and the Quality of Democracy. For the purposes of this discussion democracy is identified by the institutional features of universal adult suffrage free and competitive elections of the policymakers multiple information sources multiple political parties and civil and political rights.1 |
| level of economic development which is largely beyond the immediate control of policymakers a significant predictor of citizen's satisfaction with the working of democracy. However level of economic development may be a proxy for a variety of factors such as effective mass media education and political party development that encourage genuinely greater responsiveness not merely an indicator of economic well-being. 18 33 See Hans-Dieter Klingemann "Mapping Political Support in the 1990s " in Pippa Norris ed. Critical Citizens: Global |
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