Title:
Hiring and firing public officials : rethinking the purpose of elections / Justin Buchler.
Author:
Buchler, Justin.
Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Call Number:
JK1976 .B76 2011
Abstract:
"As Justin Buchler shows, an election is a mechanism by which voters hire and fire public officials. It is not a consumer product market--it is a single employment decision. Thus, the health of democracy depends not on regular competitive elections, but on posing a credible threat to fire public officials who do not perform their jobs well....Thus, competitive elections, by most definitions, are indicative of a failure of the democratic system" -- from cover.
ISBN:
9780199759965
9780199759972
Physical Description:
ix, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Elections and the politics of threats -- What is electoral competition? -- Elections as employment mechanisms -- Market competition -- Electoral actors in the market and employment models -- Competitive elections in the market and employment models -- Competitive behavior and competitive elections -- Corruption and competition -- Policy implications of the market and employment models.
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