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Rational foundations of democratic politics /

Democracy is widely accepted today, perhaps as never before, as the most suitable form of government. But what is democracy, and does it always produce good government? Democracy is often associated with the existence of competitive elections. But theory and experience suggest that these are not suf...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Breton, Albert
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Demobilized and demoralized: negative ads and loosening bonds / Michael C. Munger
  • Turning 'citizens' into 'consumers': economic growth and the level of public discourse / Stergios Skaperdas
  • Economic and cultural prerequisites for democracy / Roger D. Congleton
  • Civil society and the contemporary social order / Frédérique Chaumont-Chancelier
  • When does altruism overcome the intransitivity of income redistribution? / Donald Wittman
  • Democratic resilience and necessity of virtue / Alan Hamlin
  • Optimal level of solidarity / Ronald Wintrobe
  • Bonds of democratic politics: an economic perspective / Stefan Voigt
  • Voting rules: a constitutional quandary / Gianluigi Galeotti
  • Citizens' sovereignty, constitutional commitments, and renegotiation: original versus continuing agreement / Viktor J. Vanberg
  • Constitutional rules and competitive politics: their effects on secessionism / Albert Breton, Pierre Salmon.