that, for comparative purposes, it measures government decision making at the local level rather than at the sub … overall ranking of countries on the closeness of their government to the people. The resulting index is associated with higher …

One of the biggest problems with modern democracy is that most of the public is usually ignorant about politics and … government. Many people understand that their votes are unlikely to change the outcome of an election and don't see the point in … evaluate what they do know. Democracy and Political Ignorance mines the depths of public ignorance in America and reveals it as …

credentials and legitimacy. The normative appraisal depends on the conception of democracy adopted. While critics frequently … espouse a majoritarian conception, this paper argues that it is too thin of a model of democracy. Alternatively, it argues … that a pluralistic conception of liberal democracy is thicker, and truer to the fundamental values of liberty and political …

The purpose of the paper is to show that the nature of the relationship between governance and democracy varies … distinctive features of the other we find that governance and democracy are not just mutually reinforcing but even overlapping …, that only when we distinguish on theoretical ground governance from democracy we create the basis for analyzing their …

in government ; government oversight ; public opinion …

government and opposition? We first present a theoretical discussion on the possible heterogeneity of incumbency effects in a … in government. This effect is robust and shows even in state elections that are unrelated to federal elections - calling …

externality effect as well as a preference for divided government effect in opposite directions. -- Regression discontinuity … design ; municipality data ; local election results ; divided government effect ; incumbency externality effect …