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This edited volume presents the first comprehensive analysis of recall processes which have spread globally since the end of the Cold War, and which are now re-configuring the political dynamics of electoral democracy. Drawing on the expertise of country experts, the book provides a coherent and theoretically informed framework for mapping and evaluating this fast-evolving phenomenon. While the existing literature on the subject has so far focused on isolated single-country studies, the collection brings recall experiments to centre stage as it relates them to current crises in the traditional variants of representative democracy. It explains why the spread of recall innovations is set to continue, and to pass a threshold from inattention to urgent engagement. The authors further provide original insights into the rationale for recall, as well as guidance on minimising the accompanying risks.

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Author:   Yanina Welp ,  Laurence Whitehead
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   2020 ed.
Weight:   0.483kg
ISBN:  

9783030376093

ISBN 10:   3030376095
Pages:   251
Publication Date:   28 February 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Politics of Recall ElectionsYanina Welp and Laurence Whitehead Chapter 2: Recall: Democratic Advance, Safety Valve, or Risky Adventure?Yanina Welp and Laurence Whitehead Chapter 3: The Political Theory of the Recall. A Study in the History of the IdeasMatt Qvortrup Chapter 4: The debate on the recall in France: imperative mandate or political irresponsibility under the Fifth Republic?Clara Egger and Raul Magni-Berton Chapter 5: Recall Elections in the US: Its Long Past and Uncertain FutureJoshua Spivak Chapter 6: Recall in Japan as a Measure of Vertical AccountabilityMitsuhiko Okamoto and Uwe Serdult Chapter 7: Explaining institutional change towards recall in GermanyBrigitte Geissel and Stefan Jung Chapter 8: Recall Referendums in Central and Eastern Europe: From Citizen Accountability to Partisan Account SettlingSergiu Miscoiu Chapter 9: The recall revival and its mixed implications for democracy: Evidence from Latin AmericaYanina Welp and Laurence Whitehead Chapter 10: Reselection and Deselection in the Political PartyJonathan White and Lea Ypi Chapter 11: Narratives of Executive Downfall: Recall, Impeachment, or Coup?Anibal Perez-Linan Chapter 12: On Reconciling Recall with RepresentationLaurence Whitehead

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Yanina Welp is Associate Researcher in the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy, Graduate Institute, Geneva, Switzerland. Her main areas of study are the introduction and practices of mechanisms of direct and participatory democracy, and digital media and politics. She has published extensively on these topics in academic journals such as International Political Science Review, Democratization and Revista Española de Ciencia Política and books. Laurence Whitehead is Senior Research Fellow in Politics at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, UK, and editor of the Oxford Studies in Democratisation series. His publications include the books Democratisation: Theory and Experience (2002), and Let the People Rule? Direct Democracy in the Twenty-First Century (with Y. Welp, 2017), as well as the article ""Recall of Elected Officeholders: The Growing Incidence of a Venerable, but Overlooked, DemocraticInstitution"" published in Democratization (October 2018).

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