Democratic Erosion, Legitimacy, and Accountability in Contemporary Europe

257 Democratic Erosion, Legitimacy, and Accountability in Contemporary Europe

Friday, July 10, 2015: 11:00 AM-12:45 PM

S10 (13 rue de l'Université)

Chair:

Armin Schäfer

Discussant :

Michael Blauberger

Electoral Rules, Legitimacy, and the Exercise of Supermajoritatian Powers: Evidence from Survey Experiments Around the 2014 Hungarian Elections
Jason Wittenberg, University of California, Berkeley; Daniel Ziblatt, Harvard University; John Ahlquist, University of Wisconsin; Nahomi Ichino, University of Michigan

The Paradox of Accountability: Supranational Organizations, the Debt Crisis, and Democracy in Europe
Lisa Jene Piergallini, Claremont Graduate University; Congli Huang, Claremont Graduate University; Mohammad Waleed Mahroos, Claremont Graduate University

In the Business of Meddling with Politics? Sovereign Rating Agencies and Elections
Zsofia Barta, SUNY Albany Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy; Alison Johnston, Oregon State University

How Democracy Should Deal with Anti-Democratic Political Parties?
Alessandra Pearce de Carvalho Monteiro, University of Coimbra - Portugal

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