Collective Action, Political Parties and Pro-Development Public Policy
Broad consensus exists that the ability of political actors to make credible commitments is key to development. An important and little-explored determinant of the credibility of political commitments is the existence of organizations that facilita...
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okr-10986-34392021-04-23T14:02:09Z Collective Action, Political Parties and Pro-Development Public Policy Keefer, Philip ACCESS TO INFORMATION CANDIDATES CIVIL SERVANTS CIVIL SOCIETY COLLECTIVE COLLECTIVE ACTION COLLECTIVE ACTION PROBLEM COLLECTIVE ACTION PROBLEMS COLLECTIVE INTEREST COLLECTIVE INTERESTS CONSTITUENCY DECISION MAKERS DECISION MAKING DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DICTATORSHIP ECONOMIC POLICIES ELECTION ELECTIONS ELECTORAL SYSTEMS ELECTORATE FRANCHISE GOVERNMENT POLICIES INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS INDIVIDUALS LOYALTY MALFEASANCE MULTI-PARTY DEMOCRACY NATIONAL ELECTIONS NATIONALISM NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS PARTY LEADERS PARTY MEMBERS PARTY POLICY PLEBISCITES POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL CANDIDATES POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL PARTY POLITICAL RISK POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICIANS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC INTEREST PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIETIES VOTING Broad consensus exists that the ability of political actors to make credible commitments is key to development. An important and little-explored determinant of the credibility of political commitments is the existence of organizations that facilitate citizen collective action to sanction political actors who renege. This paper focuses on one essential organization, the political party. Three measures of political parties are used to assess cross-country differences in the degree to which politicians facilitate the ability of citizens to act in their collective interest. Each of these measures is associated with superior development outcomes, above and beyond the effects of competitive elections. These results have implications for understanding the extraordinary economic success of some East Asian countries and notable lags among others: East Asian non-democracies exhibit more institutionalized ruling parties than other non-democracies, while East Asian democracies exhibit equally or less institutionalized parties. The evidence suggests that greater research and policy emphasis be placed on the organizational characteristics of countries that allow citizens to hold leaders accountable. 2012-03-19T18:02:30Z 2012-03-19T18:02:30Z 2011-06-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110602170419 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3439 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5676 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region |
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION CANDIDATES CIVIL SERVANTS CIVIL SOCIETY COLLECTIVE COLLECTIVE ACTION COLLECTIVE ACTION PROBLEM COLLECTIVE ACTION PROBLEMS COLLECTIVE INTEREST COLLECTIVE INTERESTS CONSTITUENCY DECISION MAKERS DECISION MAKING DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DICTATORSHIP ECONOMIC POLICIES ELECTION ELECTIONS ELECTORAL SYSTEMS ELECTORATE FRANCHISE GOVERNMENT POLICIES INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS INDIVIDUALS LOYALTY MALFEASANCE MULTI-PARTY DEMOCRACY NATIONAL ELECTIONS NATIONALISM NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS PARTY LEADERS PARTY MEMBERS PARTY POLICY PLEBISCITES POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL CANDIDATES POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL PARTY POLITICAL RISK POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICIANS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC INTEREST PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIETIES VOTING |
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION CANDIDATES CIVIL SERVANTS CIVIL SOCIETY COLLECTIVE COLLECTIVE ACTION COLLECTIVE ACTION PROBLEM COLLECTIVE ACTION PROBLEMS COLLECTIVE INTEREST COLLECTIVE INTERESTS CONSTITUENCY DECISION MAKERS DECISION MAKING DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DICTATORSHIP ECONOMIC POLICIES ELECTION ELECTIONS ELECTORAL SYSTEMS ELECTORATE FRANCHISE GOVERNMENT POLICIES INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS INDIVIDUALS LOYALTY MALFEASANCE MULTI-PARTY DEMOCRACY NATIONAL ELECTIONS NATIONALISM NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS PARTY LEADERS PARTY MEMBERS PARTY POLICY PLEBISCITES POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL CANDIDATES POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL PARTY POLITICAL RISK POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICIANS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC INTEREST PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIETIES VOTING Keefer, Philip Collective Action, Political Parties and Pro-Development Public Policy |
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Broad consensus exists that the ability
of political actors to make credible commitments is key to
development. An important and little-explored determinant of
the credibility of political commitments is the existence of
organizations that facilitate citizen collective action to
sanction political actors who renege. This paper focuses on
one essential organization, the political party. Three
measures of political parties are used to assess
cross-country differences in the degree to which politicians
facilitate the ability of citizens to act in their
collective interest. Each of these measures is associated
with superior development outcomes, above and beyond the
effects of competitive elections. These results have
implications for understanding the extraordinary economic
success of some East Asian countries and notable lags among
others: East Asian non-democracies exhibit more
institutionalized ruling parties than other non-democracies,
while East Asian democracies exhibit equally or less
institutionalized parties. The evidence suggests that
greater research and policy emphasis be placed on the
organizational characteristics of countries that allow
citizens to hold leaders accountable. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Keefer, Philip |
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Keefer, Philip |
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Keefer, Philip |
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Collective Action, Political Parties and Pro-Development Public Policy |
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Collective Action, Political Parties and Pro-Development Public Policy |
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Collective Action, Political Parties and Pro-Development Public Policy |
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Collective Action, Political Parties and Pro-Development Public Policy |
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Collective Action, Political Parties and Pro-Development Public Policy |
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collective action, political parties and pro-development public policy |
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2012 |
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