Explaining the electoral performance of incumbents in democracies / Belén Barreiro -- How can governments be accountable if voters vote ideologically? / Ignacio Sánchez-cuenca -- Enduring ethnicity : the political survival of incumbent ethnic parties in Western democracies / Sonia Alonso -- Performance or representation? : the determinants of voting in complex political contexts / Paloma Aguilar and Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca -- Political knowledge and the logic of voting : a comparative study / Marta Fraile -- The political consequences of internal party democracy / José María Maravall -- Choosing rules for government : the institutional preferences of early socialist parties / Alberto Penadés -- Constitutions and democratic breakdowns / Alicia Adserà And Carles Boix
Summary
This text combines academic and comparative analysis to identify how much information voters must have to select a politician for office, or for holding a government accountable
