The recall of elected officeholders the growing incidence of a venerable, but overlooked, democratic institution
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6253466 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laurence Whitehead (0000-0002-1088-9806, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford Nuffield College, Oxford, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1341-1357 |
| Publication date | 2018-11-17 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Democratization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1351-0347 • E-ISSN: 1743-890X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13510347.2018.1455665 |
| OpenAlex | W2884037494 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 8 |
Scattered case studies of recall procedures can be found in the literature on particular countries, and recent literature has drawn attention to the growth and diffusion of this family of practices. But the long genealogy, and the wide international distribution, of the recall process has been overlooked in the broader study of democratization, institutional design, and political representation. This article presents the two original country studies and situates them within the emerging field of comparative research. Four major themes are highlighted: the multiple and often subterranean sources of these experiments; their fluctuating profiles and (mostly) low external visibility; the relative weight of diffusion versus independent invention; and the resulting design pitfalls, as well as the potential benefits when carefully introduced
Cognitive psychology · Democracy · Democratization · Development economics · Economics · Field (mathematics · Geography · Institution · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Recall · Representation (politics · Social science · Sociology · Visibility · Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism · Law · Psychology · Public Policy and Administration Research
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |