The illusion of accountability : transparency and representation in American legislatures
著者
書誌事項
The illusion of accountability : transparency and representation in American legislatures
Cambridge University Press, 2022
- : hardback
大学図書館所蔵 全1件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-277) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Does open governance strengthen democracy? The Illusion of Accountability contends that it does not. Leveraging a wealth of data from decades of legislative politics in the American states, the book assesses the causes and consequences of 'open meetings laws,' which require public access to proceedings in state legislatures. The work traces the roots of these laws back to the founding constitutions of some states and analyzes the waves of adoptions and exemptions to open meetings that occurred in the twentieth century. The book then examines the effects of these transparency laws on a host of politically consequential outcomes both inside and outside the legislature. This analysis consistently finds that open meetings do not influence legislators' behavior or citizens' capacity to alter that behavior. Instead, a link between transparent legislatures and an expanded system of organized interests is established. This illuminating work concludes that transparency reform only creates the illusion of accountability in state government.
目次
- 1. Sunshine in the Statehouse
- Part I. Transparency and State Legislatures: 2. The Open Meetings Movement
- 3. Measuring Legislative Transparency
- 4. Compromise
- 5. Representation
- Part II. Transparency and the Mass Public: 6. Public Demand for Open Meetings
- 7. Attitudinal Consequences of Open Meetings
- 8. The Electoral Connection
- 9. Does Democracy Require Transparency
- References
- Index.
「Nielsen BookData」 より