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Vol. 43 No. 1 (2023)

Is a responsive government possible? Dilemmas in quality of democracy concepts

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4067/s0718-090x2023005000104
Submitted
April 10, 2023
Published
2023-06-09 — Updated on 2024-04-23
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Abstract

This is a theoretical paper in the field of democratic theory. It reviews the discussions on one of the elements proposed to measure the quality of democracies: government responsiveness to citizens’ preferences. It analyses theoretical discussions on democracy, quality of democ­racy and in particular the debate on whether responsiveness is useful to measure quality, what challenges it implies and what are its conceptual and empirical limits. It concludes with a research agenda on this topic.

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