Promoting Government Accountability in Democracy

Promoting Government Accountability in Democracy

Various Discussion Boards

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Accountability and responsiveness are seen as crucial components of good governance. Efforts to empower citizens have to be accompanied by state mechanisms to make sure that there is accountability and responsiveness. One of the mechanisms of promoting accountability and responsiveness in government is through a formal top-down process such as elections. Through elections there is promotion of participation whereby citizens paly a role in choosing their leaders and telling them what to do. This means that through elections citizens are bale to provide input when it comes to how…