Electoral Systems and Inequalities in Government Interventions

Government Responsibility and Electoral Accountability in Federations

Because federalism can be a threat to accountability, a model of voting behavior in federations must accommodate voters' attributions of responsibility to each order of government for policy outcomes. This study uses a panel survey of Canadians in both federal and provincial elections to ask whether voters are able to hold governments accountable in a federal context. Voters may ignore issues w...

Government market interventions into rice wheat and cotton in iran

Electoral Systems

In previous chapters, we discussed the contextual factors that affect the development of political systems. However, the evolution of political systems is not merely a function of the economic, social, cultural, and international environments. Political democracy is also as much a product of human choices as it is a product of context, particularly the choice of institutions that help shape the...

Monotonicity in Electoral Systems

Climate and government: weather, health and electoral outcome.

Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW. Rosemary Aldrich, BA (Comm), MPH, FAFPHM, Public Health Physician and Conjoint Lecturer. Correspondence: Dr Rosemary Aldrich, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, PO Box 664J, Newcastle, NSW 2300. [email protected] The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 6/20 December 2004 181 11/12 675-676 ©The Medical J...