Accountability impasses: dilemmas and alternatives of political representation

One crucial element of electoral democracies is accountability, which guarantees the connection between those who represent and those who are represented. Nonetheless, the expectations that have been deposited in it find but its pale reflection in political practice. The ability that constituents ha...

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Main Authors: Luís Felipe Miguel, Paulo H. de M. Arruda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná
Series:Revista de Sociologia e Política
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Online Access:http://socialsciences.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-44782006000200003&lng=en&tlng=en