LP-145: Theory of Democratic Accountability | Why Legitimate Power Must Always Remain Answerable
Theory of Democratic Accountability LP-145: Theory of Democratic Accountability | Why Legitimate Power Must Always Remain Answerable Discover an evidence-based theory of democratic accountability showing why legitimate public power must remain transparent, answerable, scrutinised and open to correction. LP-145 – Theory of Democratic Accountability explains why democracy requires more than elections. It presents an evidence-based framework showing how authority, transparency, scrutiny, answerability, correction and proportionate consequences work together to create legitimate, trustworthy and accountable public power. 1. THE CENTRAL QUESTION Democracy is commonly understood as the process by which citizens choose representatives. But elections alone do not constitute democratic accountability. A deeper question follows: What makes the exercise of public power democratically answerable to the people affected by it? LP-145 develops a Theory of Democratic Accountability around that questio...