Hiring and firing elected officials

"As Justin Buchler shows, an election is a mechanism by which voters hire and fire public officials. It is not a consumer product market--it is a single employment decision. Thus, the health of democracy depends not on regular competitive elections, but on posing a credible threat to fire public officials who do not perform their jobs well....Thus, competitive elections, by most definitions, are indicative of a failure of the democratic system" -- from cover.

Year

2010

Language

English

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Editions

1

Pages

260

ISBN

9780199759965

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