The Dilemma of Developing Financial Accountability without Election – A Study of China's Recent Budget Reforms |
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Authors: | Jun Ma |
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Institution: | Sun Yat-sen University, P.R. China |
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Abstract: | Until recently, the discussion on political accountability focused on accountability in democratic systems with free and regular elections. Using China as a case study, this article contends that there exists a possibility of financial accountability without election. However, as election serves the important function of potentially changing the chain of accountability, the route of creating financial accountability without election has its limitations. |
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Keywords: | financial accountability non-electoral regime budget reform |
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