Policy-driven democratization : geometrical perspectives on transparency, accountability, and corruption / by Peride K. Blind.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blind, Peride K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democratization--History.

Democratization.

Democracy--History.

Democracy.

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 208 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2014]

Summary:

Substantive democracies allow governments to introduce, implement, maintain, and strengthen the cross-cutting democratic principles. Policy-Driven Democratization takes a middle-ground approach to democratization in order to situate it between elections and culture. The book argues that the gap between public administration and democratization could be bridged by the common democratic catalysts of transparent, accountable policy-making and corruption control. Peride K. Blind takes these complex concepts and defines, synthesizes, and demystifies them through heuristics from geometry. She then links them together to propose a continuous and policy-based understanding of substantive democratization. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The Concentric Circles of Democratization: Teasing Out the Common Drivers 5

2 The Transparency Triangle: Differentiating Inputs, Outputs and Outcomes 51

3 The Accountability Cube: Moving from Dichotomy to Continuity 83

4 The Corruption Pentagon: Linking Causes, Controls and Consequences 107.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137294777

1137294779

OCLC:

863632708