... information, citizens may be unsure of when action is needed to keep elites responsive and accountable. States thus have an interest in manipulating media sources to prevent citizens from learning politically relevant information. This manipulation can take many forms—propaganda, censorship, media capture...

... factions Congress accountability political institutions formal modeling Intra-party factions have garnered widespread attention in the press for their growing size and influence in the U.S. Congress. In the 115th Congress, almost all incoming legislators had joined an intra-party faction (Thomsen...

... implementation (Turner, 2017). © 2022 I. R. Turner 2022 I. R. Turner Licensed re-use rights only Bureaucracy accountability judicial review policymaking formal theory Policymaking authority is delegated to bureaucratic agencies to take advantage of their policy-relevant expertise...

... to be desired, electorates can still select the best candidates and incentivize elected officials to do a good job. We theoretically compare electoral accountability in a world with a single, rational, representative voter to one with many voters who exhibit the limitations documented in the literature, and we...