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  • When the Counting Is Over, Can Governments Govern?

    Author(s)
    Weller, Patrick
    Stevens, Bronwyn
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Weller, Patrick M.
    Year published
    2015
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    Abstract
    Elections determine who will govern but they cannot assure that the newly elected government will be able to govern effectively. Each government has to face unique policy problems and all of them will have to meet the challenges that constrain their ability to govern. This article explores three of those common challenges: the ability to exercise effective leadership, managing the constraints and changes of the institutions of government, and understanding the external events that constantly threaten the government’s standing and derail its best considered policies and strategies.Elections determine who will govern but they cannot assure that the newly elected government will be able to govern effectively. Each government has to face unique policy problems and all of them will have to meet the challenges that constrain their ability to govern. This article explores three of those common challenges: the ability to exercise effective leadership, managing the constraints and changes of the institutions of government, and understanding the external events that constantly threaten the government’s standing and derail its best considered policies and strategies.
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    Journal Title
    Social Alternatives
    Volume
    34
    Issue
    3
    Publisher URI
    http://socialalternatives.com/issues/election-and-aftermath
    Copyright Statement
    Self-archiving of the author-manuscript version is not yet supported by this journal. Please refer to the journal link for access to the definitive, published version or contact the author[s] for more information.
    Subject
    Comparative Government and Politics
    Political Science
    Sociology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/141598
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