This course is available on the BSc in International Social and Public Policy with Politics, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, BSc in Politics, BSc in Politics and Economics, BSc in Politics and History, BSc in Politics and International Relations, BSc in Politics and Philosophy and BSc in Social Policy with Government. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
This course is available on the BSc in International Social and Public Policy with Politics, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, BSc in Politics, BSc in Politics and Economics, BSc in Politics and History, BSc in Politics and International Relations, BSc in Politics and Philosophy and BSc in Social Policy with Government. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
This course provides a minimum of 20 hours of seminars in the Michaelmas Term. This year, some or all of this teaching will be delivered through a combination of online and on-campus seminars. There will be a reading week in MT Week 6.
Students will be expected to produce 2 presentations in the MT. The formative coursework involves two-class group presentations. The assignment will help students to connect empirical work in the field of electoral accountability to the theories introduced in the first part of the course.
Przeworski, Manin and Stokes (eds), Democracy, Accountability and Representation, Cambridge UP Diamond and Morlino (eds), Assessing the Quality of Democracy, A Journal of Democracy Book; Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005, Ferejohn J. 1986. ?Incumbent Performance and Electoral Control.? Public Choice 50:5-26. Besley, T. 2005. ?Political Selection.? Journal of Economic perspectives 19(3): 43-60 Achen and Bartels. 2016. Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government. Princeton Studies in Political Behavior. Princeton University Press Simpser. 2013. Why Governments and Parties Manipulate Elections: Theory, Practice, and Implications. Cambridge University Press Stokes et al., 2013, Brokers, Voters, and Clientelism: The Puzzle of Distributive Politics, Cambridge University Ferraz and Finan, 2008, ?Exposing Corrupt Politicians: The Effects of Brazils Publicly Released Audits on Electoral Outcomes,? Quarterly Journal of Economics. Grossman and Michelitch. 2018. ?Information Dissemination, Competitive Pressure, and Politician Performance between Elections: A Field Experiment in Uganda.? American Political Science Review George Kwaku Ofosu (2019). Do Fairer Elections Increase the Responsiveness of Politicians??American Political Science Review
Coursework (20%, 1000 words) in the MT. Essay (80%, 2500 words) in the LT. Essay outline (20%): students will produce an assessed essay outline in week 10 consisting of a research question, an overview of the argument, a draft structure and an indicative reading list.? Feedback will be provided via email and/or individual sessions with students. Final essay (2,500 words) (80%)