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The Self-Restraining State : Power and Accountability in New Democracies / ed. by Andreas Schedler, Marc F. Plattner, Larry Diamond.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©1999Description: 1 online resource (398 p.)Content type:
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- Part 1 Conceptual and Normative Issues -- 2 Conceptualizing Accountability -- 3 Horizontal Accountability in New Democracies -- 4 Comments on O’Donnell -- Part 2 Electoral Administration -- 5 A Brief History of Electoral Commissions -- 6 Off the Streets and into the Courtrooms: Resolving Postelectoral Conflicts in Mexico -- 7 Institutionalizing Credible Elections in Ghana -- 8 The Third Dimension of Accountability: The International Community in National Elections -- Part 3 Judicial Systems -- 9 A Brief History of Judicial Review -- 10 Judicial Independence and Judicial Reform in Latin America -- 11 Building Judicial Independence in Common Law Africa -- 12 Surprising Success: The New Eastern European Constitutional Courts -- Part 4 Corruption Control -- 13 A Brief History of Anticorruption Agencies -- 14 Corruption, Democracy, and Reform in Benin -- 15 Combating Corruption in South Korea and Thailand -- 16 The Global Coalition Against Corruption: Evaluating Transparency International -- Part 5 Central Banks -- 17 A Brief History of Central Bank Independence in Developing Countries -- 18 Misguided Autonomy: Central Bank Independence in the Russian Transition -- 19 Learning from Failure: The International Financial Institutions as Agencies of Restraint in Africa -- Part 6 Conclusion -- 20 Restraining the State: Conflicts and Agents of Accountability -- Bibliography -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: The authors reflect on how new democracies can be made not only accountable to the electorate, but also subject to restraint and oversight by other public agencies.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- Part 1 Conceptual and Normative Issues -- 2 Conceptualizing Accountability -- 3 Horizontal Accountability in New Democracies -- 4 Comments on O’Donnell -- Part 2 Electoral Administration -- 5 A Brief History of Electoral Commissions -- 6 Off the Streets and into the Courtrooms: Resolving Postelectoral Conflicts in Mexico -- 7 Institutionalizing Credible Elections in Ghana -- 8 The Third Dimension of Accountability: The International Community in National Elections -- Part 3 Judicial Systems -- 9 A Brief History of Judicial Review -- 10 Judicial Independence and Judicial Reform in Latin America -- 11 Building Judicial Independence in Common Law Africa -- 12 Surprising Success: The New Eastern European Constitutional Courts -- Part 4 Corruption Control -- 13 A Brief History of Anticorruption Agencies -- 14 Corruption, Democracy, and Reform in Benin -- 15 Combating Corruption in South Korea and Thailand -- 16 The Global Coalition Against Corruption: Evaluating Transparency International -- Part 5 Central Banks -- 17 A Brief History of Central Bank Independence in Developing Countries -- 18 Misguided Autonomy: Central Bank Independence in the Russian Transition -- 19 Learning from Failure: The International Financial Institutions as Agencies of Restraint in Africa -- Part 6 Conclusion -- 20 Restraining the State: Conflicts and Agents of Accountability -- Bibliography -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book

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The authors reflect on how new democracies can be made not only accountable to the electorate, but also subject to restraint and oversight by other public agencies.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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