Collusion, Competition and Democracy

Stefano Bartolini

Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2000, vol. 12, issue 1, 33-65

Abstract: In the first part of this work, published in the Journal of Theoretical Politics 11(4), I discussed the nature of competitive interaction as opposed to other types of social interaction such as conflict, negotiation and cooperation. I subsequently analysed the relationship which exists between political competition and the two basic aspects of democratic accountability and responsiveness. Finally I introduced four concepts (`contestability', `electoral availability', `offer's decidability' and `electoral vulnerability') which identify distinct and independent dimensions of the overall process of politico-electoral competition. Only the first two were discussed in the first part. In this second part the remaining two (`offer's decidability' and `electoral vulnerability') will be considered, before concluding with a discussion of the ambivalent relationships which link these dimensions and how they can be organized for an empirical study of politico-electoral competition.

Keywords: collusion; competition; democracy; parties; responsiveness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1177/0951692800012001002

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