Learning to Love Democracy: Electoral Accountability, Government Performance, and the Consolidation of Democracy

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milan Svolik
Keyword(s):  
Government Performance ◽  
Electoral Accountability

scholarly journals Electoral Accountability, Responsibility Attributions, and the Democratic Deficit in Devolved Wales

2018 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-45
Author(s):  
Einion Dafydd ◽  
Sanja Badanjak
Keyword(s):  
Government Performance ◽  
Democratic Deficit ◽  
Election Study ◽  
Electoral Accountability ◽  
Responsibility Attributions ◽  
Retrospective Voting ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Do So ◽  
Voting Model

Abstract This study explores electoral accountability at the devolved level in Wales. The retrospective voting model assumes that electoral accountability requires that citizens assign responsibility accurately and vote on the basis of their evaluation of government performance. Drawing on data from the 2016 Welsh Election Study, we examine whether citizens in Wales can identify devolved policy competences and office holders, and identify factors that are linked to accurate attributions. We then examine whether voters seek to use devolved elections as a sanctioning tool, even if they do not have the information required to do so accurately. The findings indicate that there is an acute accountability deficit at the devolved level in Wales: few have the knowledge or the inclination to hold those in power to account. The conclusion discusses the implications of these findings for democracy in Wales and in other multi-level settings.

scholarly journals Motivated reasoning and democratic accountability

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew T. Little ◽  
Keith Schnakenberg ◽  
Ian R Turner
Keyword(s):  
Political Behavior ◽  
Motivated Reasoning ◽  
Government Performance ◽  
Democratic Accountability ◽  
Substantial Evidence ◽  
Electoral Accountability ◽  
Standard Models ◽  
Fully Bayesian ◽  
The Relationship

Does motivated reasoning harm democratic accountability? Substantial evidence from political behavior research indicates that voters have "directional motives" beyond accuracy, which is often taken as evidence that they are ill-equipped to hold politicians accountable. We develop a model of electoral accountability with voters as motivated reasoners. Directional motives have two effects: (1) divergence -- voters with different preferences hold different beliefs, and (2) desensitization -- the relationship between incumbent performance and voter beliefs is weakened. While motivated reasoning does harm accountability, this is generally driven by desensitized voters rather than polarized partisans with politically motivated divergent beliefs. We also analyze the relationship between government performance and vote shares, showing that while motivated reasoning always weakens this relationship we cannot infer that accountability is also harmed. Finally, we show that our model can be mapped to standard models in which voters are fully Bayesian but have difference preferences or information.

scholarly journals Motivated Reasoning and Democratic Accountability

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
ANDREW T. LITTLE ◽  
KEITH E. SCHNAKENBERG ◽  
IAN R. TURNER
Keyword(s):  
Political Behavior ◽  
Motivated Reasoning ◽  
Government Performance ◽  
Democratic Accountability ◽  
Substantial Evidence ◽  
Electoral Accountability ◽  
Standard Models ◽  
Fully Bayesian ◽  
The Relationship

Does motivated reasoning harm democratic accountability? Substantial evidence from political behavior research indicates that voters have “directional motives” beyond accuracy, which is often taken as evidence that they are ill equipped to hold politicians accountable. We develop a model of electoral accountability with voters as motivated reasoners. Directional motives have two effects: (1) divergence—voters with different preferences hold different beliefs, and (2) desensitization—the relationship between incumbent performance and voter beliefs is weakened. While motivated reasoning does harm accountability, this is generally driven by desensitized voters rather than polarized partisans with politically motivated divergent beliefs. We also analyze the relationship between government performance and vote shares, showing that while motivated reasoning always weakens this relationship, we cannot infer that accountability is also harmed. Finally, we show that our model can be mapped to standard models in which voters are fully Bayesian but have different preferences or information.

Pengaruh Sistem Pengendalian Internal Pemerintah dan Kompetensi Pegawai Terhadap Kinerja Instansi Pemerintah Kabupaten Karimun

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-106
Author(s):  
Doni Putra Utama
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Control Systems ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Government Performance ◽  
Significant Positive Effect ◽  
Internal Control System ◽  
Employee Competencies ◽  
Positive Effect

This research is a causality study with the title "Effect of Government Internal Control Systems and Employee Competence on the Performance of Government Agencies in Karimun Regency." The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the implementation of the Government's Internal Control System on the performance of Karimun Regency government agencies and to determine the effect of employee competence on the performance of Karimun Regency government agencies. Data collection using a questionnaire where the questionnaire contained questions about the Government's Internal Control System, employee competencies and agency performance. Data were tested using multiple linear regression statistical tests. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that the governmental internal control system has a significant positive effect on Government Agency Performance with the results of statistical tests that show a sig value of 0.016 <0.05 (alpha 5%). Employee Competency has a significant positive effect on Government Performance with the results of statistical tests showing a sig value of 0,000.

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