Policy Accumulation and the Democratic Responsiveness Trap

摘要: The responsiveness to societal demands is both the key virtue and problem of modern democracies. On one hand, a central cornerstone democratic legitimacy. other inevitably entails policy accumulation. While accumulation often positively reflects modernisation human progress, it also undermines government in three main ways. First, renders content increasingly complex, which crowds out substance from public debates leads an unhealthy discursive prioritisation politics over policy. Secondly, comes with aggravating implementation deficits, as produces administrative backlogs incentivises selective implementation. Finally, pursuit evidence-based policy, because threatens our ability evaluate complex interactions within growing mixes. authors argue that stability systems will crucially depend on their make more sustainable.