The idea of democratic audit in comparative perspective

Parliamentary Affairs

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 567-581

  Beetham, David ^a  

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EID: 0033210666     PISSN: 00312290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pa/52.4.567     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. F. Klug, K. Starmer and S. Weir, The Three Pillars of Liberty (Routledge, 1996); S. Weir and D. Beetham, Political Power and Democratic Control in Britain (Routledge, 1998). The UK Democratic Audit is financed by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust.
2. F. Klug, K. Starmer and S. Weir, The Three Pillars of Liberty (Routledge, 1996); S. Weir and D. Beetham, Political Power and Democratic Control in Britain (Routledge, 1998). The UK Democratic Audit is financed by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust.
3. The 'we' here is the collective 'we', including the above authors and Kevin Boyle of the Human Rights Centre, University of Essex, as programme coordinator.
4. S.M. Lipset, 'Some Social Requisites of Democracy: Economic Development and Political Legitimacy', American Political Science Review, 1959, pp. 69-105.
5. R. Dahl, Polyarchy (Yale University Press, 1971). For a review of the quantitative studies, and a substantial contribution to them, see A. Hadenius, Democracy and Development (Cambridge University Press, 1992).
6. R. Dahl, Polyarchy (Yale University Press, 1971). For a review of the quantitative studies, and a substantial contribution to them, see A. Hadenius, Democracy and Development (Cambridge University Press, 1992).
7. G. Sorensen (ed), Political Conditionality (Frank Cass, 1993).
8. C. Humana, World Human Rights Guide (Oxford University Press, 1992); K.A. Bollen, 'Political Democracy: Conceptual and Measurement Traps' in A. Inkeles (ed), On Measuring Democracy (Transaction Publishers, 1991).
9. C. Humana, World Human Rights Guide (Oxford University Press, 1992); K.A. Bollen, 'Political Democracy: Conceptual and Measurement Traps' in A. Inkeles (ed), On Measuring Democracy (Transaction Publishers, 1991).
10. For a fuller defence of these principles and a list of the audit criteria derivable from them, see Weir and Beetham, op. cit., ch. 1.
11. See S. Weir and W. Hall, EGO TRIP, Democratic Audit Paper No. 2, 1994; Behind Closed Doors, Democratic Audit Paper No. 4, 1995; P. Dunleavy, H. Margetts, B. O'Duffy and S. Weir, Making Votes Count, Democratic Audit Paper No. 11, 1997; P. Dunleavy, H. Margetts and S. Weir, Making Votes Count 2, Democratic Audit Paper No. 14, 1998; all Human Rights Centre, University of Essex.
12. See S. Weir and W. Hall, EGO TRIP, Democratic Audit Paper No. 2, 1994; Behind Closed Doors, Democratic Audit Paper No. 4, 1995; P. Dunleavy, H. Margetts, B. O'Duffy and S. Weir, Making Votes Count, Democratic Audit Paper No. 11, 1997; P. Dunleavy, H. Margetts and S. Weir, Making Votes Count 2, Democratic Audit Paper No. 14, 1998; all Human Rights Centre, University of Essex.
13. See S. Weir and W. Hall, EGO TRIP, Democratic Audit Paper No. 2, 1994; Behind Closed Doors, Democratic Audit Paper No. 4, 1995; P. Dunleavy, H. Margetts, B. O'Duffy and S. Weir, Making Votes Count, Democratic Audit Paper No. 11, 1997; P. Dunleavy, H. Margetts and S. Weir, Making Votes Count 2, Democratic Audit Paper No. 14, 1998; all Human Rights Centre, University of Essex.
14. See S. Weir and W. Hall, EGO TRIP, Democratic Audit Paper No. 2, 1994; Behind Closed Doors, Democratic Audit Paper No. 4, 1995; P. Dunleavy, H. Margetts, B. O'Duffy and S. Weir, Making Votes Count, Democratic Audit Paper No. 11, 1997; P. Dunleavy, H. Margetts and S. Weir, Making Votes Count 2, Democratic Audit Paper No. 14, 1998; all Human Rights Centre, University of Essex.
15. E. Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, L.G. Mitchell (ed), (Oxford University Press, 1993).
16. See I. Budge, Stability and Choice, Democratic Audit Paper, No. 15, 1998.
17. Klug, Starmer and Weir, op. cit., p. 8.
18. Ibid., p. 313.
19. Inter-Parliamentary Union, Declaration on Criteria for Free and Fair Elections (IPU, Geneva, 1994); see also G.S. Goodwin-Gill, Free and Fair Elections (IPU, Geneva, 1994).
20. Inter-Parliamentary Union, Declaration on Criteria for Free and Fair Elections (IPU, Geneva, 1994); see also G.S. Goodwin-Gill, Free and Fair Elections (IPU, Geneva, 1994).
21. P. Dunleavy and H. Margetts, 'The Experiential Approach to Auditing Democracy' in D. Beetham (ed), Defining and Measuring Democracy (Sage, 1994).
22. Weir and Beetham, op. cit., pp. 491-6.
23. For example H. Catt, 'Can the Democratic Audit Detect the Problems for New Zealand's Democracy?', Journal of Comparative Commonwealth Politics, 1999.
24. O. Petersson, J. Hermansson, M. Micheletti and A. Westholm, Democracy and Leadership: Report from the Democratic Audit of Sweden, 1996 (SNS Forlag, 1996); Democracy Across Borders: Report from the Democratic Audit of Sweden, 1997 (SNS Forlag, 1997).
25. O. Petersson, J. Hermansson, M. Micheletti and A. Westholm, Democracy and Leadership: Report from the Democratic Audit of Sweden, 1996 (SNS Forlag, 1996); Democracy Across Borders: Report from the Democratic Audit of Sweden, 1997 (SNS Forlag, 1997).