Election Finance in the U.S. and Germany

Abstract

CLOSED closed doors many closed meetings few roll calls little lobbying INDEPENDENT, BIPARTISAN bipartisan, unpredictable voting drafts its own legislation relies on own bureaucracies majority controls policy process but not policy substance strong on information weak on consensus weak on collective accountability DEPENDENT, PARTISAN partisan, predictable voting relies on administration relies on administration majority controls policy substance but not policy process weak on information strong on consensus strong on collective accountability DECENTRALIZED, CHAOTIC organization like market and clan allocation of values through exchange and seniority many unwritten rules pluralistic trust CENTRALIZED, DISCIPLINED democratic organization with elected authority allocation of values through elections with minority rights many written rules corporatistic distrust