Self-restraining state power and accountability in new democracies
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TextPublication details: London Lynne Rienner Publishers 1999Description: x,395 p. 24 cmISBN: - 9781555877743
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-379) and index.
1. Introduction / Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner and Andreas Schedler -- Pt. 1. Conceptual and Normative Issues. 2. Conceptualizing Accountability / Andreas Schedler. 3. Horizontal Accountability in New Democracies / Guillermo O'Donnell. 4. Comments on O'Donnell: Democracy and Constitutionalism / Richard L. Sklar. Comments on O'Donnell: The Limits of Horizontal Accountability / Philippe C. Schmitter. Comments on O'Donnell: Traditions of Accountability / Marc F. Plattner. Comments on O'Donnell: A Response to My Commentators / Guillermo O'Donnell -- Pt. 2. Electoral Administration. 5. A Brief History of Electoral Commissions / Robert A. Pastor. 6. Off the Streets and into the Courtrooms: Resolving Postelectoral Conflicts in Mexico / Todd A. Eisenstadt. 7. Institutionalizing Credible Elections in Ghana / E. Gyimah-Boadi. 8. The Third Dimension of Accountability: The International Community in National Elections / Robert A. Pastor -- Pt. 3. Judicial Systems.
9. A Brief History of Judicial Review / Herman Schwartz. 10. Judicial Independence and Judicial Reform in Latin America / Pilar Domingo. 11. Building Judicial Independence in Common Law Africa / Jennifer Widner. 12. Surprising Success: The New Eastern European Constitutional Courts / Herman Schwartz -- Pt. 4. Corruption Control. 13. A Brief History of Anticorruption Agencies / Michael Johnston. 14. Corruption, Democracy, and Reform in Benin / John R. Heilbrunn. 15. Combating Corruption in South Korea and Thailand / Jon S. T. Quah. 16. The Global Coalition Against Corruption: Evaluating Transparency International / Fredrik Galtung and Jeremy Pope -- Pt. 5. Central Banks. 17. A Brief History of Central Bank Independence in Developing Countries / Sylvia Maxfield. 18. Misguided Autonomy: Central Bank Independence in the Russian Transition / Juliet Johnson.
19. Learning from Failure: The International Financial Institutions as Agencies of Restraint in Africa / Paul Collier -- Pt. 6. Conclusion. 20. Restraining the State: Conflicts and Agents of Accountability / Andreas Schedler.
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