Horizontal Accountability in New Democracies
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Journal of Democracy - Volume 9, Number 3, July 1998
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Legal institutions function as effective checks against executive overreach through horizontal accountability.
“O'Donnell (1998) highlights the importance of horizontal accountability, whereby legal institutions function as effective checks against executive overreach.”
From The Role of Law in Strengthening Democratic Governance (2025) · cites this paper as O'Donnell (1998)
Legal instruments such as freedom of information laws and anti-corruption statutes enhance governmental accountability and public oversight.
“Legal instruments such as freedom of information laws and anti-corruption statutes enhance governmental accountability and public oversight (O'Donnell, 1998 ; Fukuyama, 2014).”
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- Authors
- O'Donnell, G. A.
- Corresponding author
- O'Donnell, Guillermo A
- Venue
- Journal of Democracy
- Publisher
- Project MUSE
- Published
- 1998-07
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 112-126
- ISSN
- 1045-5736 (ISSN-L)
- 1086-3214
- OpenAlex
- W2093748330
- Cited by
- 1,175
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 70 · 2025: 54 · 2024: 57 · 2023: 31 · 2022: 31 · 2021: 40 · 2020: 93 · 2019: 76 · 2018: 48 · 2017: 34 · 2016: 43 · 2015: 58 · 2014: 41 · 2013: 39 · 2012: 50
- FWCI
- 87.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of democracy (publishedVersion)
- Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political Theory and Democracy
- Social Sciences › Law › Judicial and Constitutional Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Conflict and Governance
- Keywords
- horizontal accountability, new democracies, political accountability, civil society, political parties, democratization
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