1st Edition
Democracy in Poland Representation, participation, competition and accountability since 1989
1. Introduction 2. Evaluating the Quality of Democracy 3. Representation: Descriptive Characteristics of Parliamentary Representatives 4. Participation: Voter Turnout, Membership in Civil Society Organizations and Direct Legislation 5. Competition: Party and Party System Institutionalization 6. Accountability: Executive-Legislative Relations and the Constitutional Tribunal 7. Conclusions
Biography
Anna Gwiazda is a Lecturer in Comparative Politics at King's College London, UK
"Gwiazda used a different and more empirical measure of democracy that does not simply focus on the standard qualities of free and fair elections, civil rights, and the rule of law. Instead, she focused on whether and how Polish democracy achieved what she posits as the standard democratic goals of being representative, participatory, competitive, and accountable."
– Jane Leftwich Curry, Santa Clara University
