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Accountability reconsidered : voters, interests, and information in US policymaking / edited by Charles M. Cameron [and three others].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Government accountability--United States.
- Government accountability.
- Representative government and representation--United States.
- Representative government and representation.
- Political participation--United States.
- Political participation.
- Communication in politics--Technological innovations.
- Communication in politics.
- Social media--Political aspects--United States.
- Social media.
- Elite (Social sciences)--United States.
- Elite (Social sciences).
- United States--Politics and government.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 374 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- The last two decades have witnessed a substantial change in the media environment, growing polarization of the two dominant parties, and increasing inequality of wealth and income. These profound changes necessitate updating our understanding of political accountability. Accountability Reconsidered examines how political accountability functions in the US today given the dramatic changes in voting behavior, media, congressional dynamics, and relations between branches. With particular attention to policymaking, this volume uses original research to analyze micro-foundations of voter behavior, examining its implications for incentives and offering insight into the accountability relationships among voters, interest groups, legislators, and government bureaucracy. Combining contributions from leading experts who write about the political system synoptically with those who focus on specific elements, Accountability Reconsidered brings together distinct perspectives to focus on the effect of the informational environment on government officials, bridging up-to-date knowledge about accountability mechanisms with our overall understanding of political accountability.
- Contents:
- 1. Candidate Evaluation and Selection
- 2. The Media and the Informational Environment
- 3. Policymaking, Information Provision, and Accountability
- 4. Outside the Public Eye? Private Interests and Policymaking.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Feb 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781009168311 (ebook)
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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