TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lyne,Mona M.
TI  - The voter's dilemma and democratic accountability: Latin America and beyond 
SN  - 9780271033877
AV  - JL 2492 L988v 2008
U1  - 324.981 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - University Park, Pa.
PB  - Pennsylvania State University Press
KW  - Elections
KW  - Brazil
KW  - Venezuela
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Elecciones
KW  - Brasil
KW  - Democracia
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-288) and index; Introduction : theories of democratic accountability and development in Brazil and Venezuela -- The voter's dilemma : collective or clientelistic goods? -- Are voters in Brazil and Venezuela opting for policy-based or quid pro quo voting? -- Party behavior : policy-based or quid pro quo appeals to voters? -- Internal party organization : align individual and collective goals to build a policy reputation or to ensure efficient vote buying? -- Legislative organization : governing majority agenda control or mutual veto? -- Policy choice : generate sustained growth or maximize quid pro quo?
N2  - "Presents evidence that under certain widespread structural conditions, democratic accountability falls prey to the same N-person prisoner's dilemma that plagues any other decentralized attempt to procure collective goods. Examines four prominent democracies: postwar and contemporary Brazil and pre-Chavez and contemporary Venezuela"--Provided by publisher
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0814/2008012391.html
ER  -