The recall of elected officeholders the growing incidence of a venerable, but overlooked, democratic institution

Scattered case studies of recall procedures can be found in the literature on particular countries, and recent literature has drawn attention to the growth and diffusion of this family of practices. But the long genealogy, and the wide international distribution, of the recall process has been overl...

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Published in:Democratization 2018-11, Vol.25 (8), p.1341-1357
Main Author: Whitehead, Laurence
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accountability
Adoption of innovations
Case studies
Comparative analysis
comparative politics
Democratization
Experiments
Genealogy
Legitimacy
Political representation
Politics
Profiles
Recall of government officials
Recall referendum
Referendums
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Summary:Scattered case studies of recall procedures can be found in the literature on particular countries, and recent literature has drawn attention to the growth and diffusion of this family of practices. But the long genealogy, and the wide international distribution, of the recall process has been overlooked in the broader study of democratization, institutional design, and political representation. This article presents the two original country studies and situates them within the emerging field of comparative research. Four major themes are highlighted: the multiple and often subterranean sources of these experiments; their fluctuating profiles and (mostly) low external visibility; the relative weight of diffusion versus independent invention; and the resulting design pitfalls, as well as the potential benefits when carefully introduced.
ISSN:1351-0347
1743-890X
DOI:10.1080/13510347.2018.1455665