03590nam 2200613 a 450 991045722060332120210111125408.01-283-21580-297866132158020-19-987729-7(CKB)2550000000043084(StDuBDS)AH24088592(SSID)ssj0000523155(PQKBManifestationID)12222989(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000523155(PQKBWorkID)10539160(PQKB)11571271(MiAaPQ)EBC3054241(EXLCZ)99255000000004308420110906d2011 my 0engur|||||||||||txtccrHiring and Firing Public Officials[electronic resource] Rethinking the Purpose of Elections /by Justin BuchlerNew York OUP USA20111 online resource (272 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-19-975996-0 1. Elections and the Politics of Threats 2. What is Electoral Competition? 3. Elections as Employment Mechanisms 4. Market Competition 5. Electoral Actors in the Market and Employment Models 6. Competitive Elections in the Market and Employment Models 7. Competitive Behavior and Competitive Elections 8. Corruption and Competition 9. Policy Implications of the Market and Employment Models 10. Conclusions ReferencesConventional theories of elections hold that an election is analogous to a consumer product market. According to the market paradigm, voters are consumers, candidates are competing firms, and an election is a market in which voters exchange votes for policy by voting for the candidates whose policies they prefer. According to this logic, a healthy democracy requires frequent competitive elections. The market analogy underlies decades of electoral theory, but in Hiring and Firing Public Officials, Justin Buchler contends that it does not capture the real nature of elections. In fact, our widespread dissatisfaction with the current state of electoral politics derives from a fundamental misunderstanding of what elections are and what purpose they serve. 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. However, the purpose of that threat is to force public officials to act as faithful public servants so that they do not have to be fired. Thus, competitive elections, by most definitions, are indicative of a failure of the democratic system.ElectionsPolitical aspectsUnited StatesVotingUnited StatesCompetitionUnited StatesGovernment - U.SHILCCLaw, Politics & GovernmentHILCCPolitical Rights - U.SHILCCElectronic books.lcshElectionsPolitical aspectsVotingCompetitionGovernment - U.S.Law, Politics & GovernmentPolitical Rights - U.S.324.973Buchler Justin980989StDuBDSStDuBDSUkPrAHLSBOOK9910457220603321Hiring and Firing Public Officials2238632UNINA