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Democratic devices and desires /

This book offers a novel approach to the analysis of democracy, and an application of that approach to a variety of democratic institutions, including elections, representation, political parties and the separation of powers. Standard economic approaches to politics concentrate on the design of inst...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brennan, Geoffrey, 1944-
Otros Autores: Hamlin, Alan P., 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Colección:Theories of institutional design.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Democratic desires. On human nature: beyond homo economicus
  • Moral dispositions
  • Economising on virtue
  • Political mechanisms
  • Mechanisms and dispositional choice
  • Problems of democratic politics
  • Democratic devices. Voting and elections
  • Political representation
  • Political parties
  • The separation of powers
  • The division of power.