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Public choice and the challenges of democracy /

(Number (ISBN

1283220334

(Number (ISBN

1847205283

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9781283220330

(Number (ISBN

9781847205285

Erroneous ISBN

1847200648

Erroneous ISBN

9781847200648

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b730707

Title Proper

Public choice and the challenges of democracy /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by José Casas Pardo, Pedro Schwartz.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Northampton, MA :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Edward Elgar,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2007.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xii, 366 pages) :

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illustrations

Series Title

New thinking in political economy

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Introduction / José Casas Pardo and Pedro Schwartz -- Threats democracy faces: an overview / José Casas Pardo -- Social justice examined: with a little help from Adam Smith / Anthony de Jasay -- Affective public choice / Frans van Winden -- Bentham on public choice: utility, interests and the agency problem in democracy / Pedro Schwartz -- Towards a more consistent design of parliamentary democracy and its consequences for the European Union / Charles B. Blankart and Dennis C. Mueller -- Democracy, citizen sovereignty and constitutional economics / Viktor J. Vanberg -- Diffuse and popular interests versus concentrated interests: the fate of environmental policies in divided government / Giorgio Brosio -- Should the democratic model be applied to non-governmental organizations and firms? / Pascal Salin -- Citizenship and democracy in international organizations / Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer -- Law and economic development: common law versus civil law / Francisco Cabrillo -- A reformulation of voting theory / William A. Niskanen -- Informational limits to public policy: ignorance and the jury theorem / Roger D. Congleton -- Democratic decision, stability of outcome and agent power, with special reference to the European Union / Manfred J. Holler and Stefan Napel -- The unequal treatment of voters under a single transferable vote: implications for electoral welfare with an application to the 2003 Northern Ireland Assembly elections / Vani K. Borooah -- The pattern of democracy in the twentieth century: a study of the Polity index / Peter Sandholt Jensen and Martin Paldam -- Democracy and low-income countries / Arye L. Hillman -- A theory of the democratic fiscal constitution / Francesco Forte and Domenico D' Amico -- (When) do tax increases cause electoral damage?: the case of local property taxes in Spain / Núria Bosch Roca and Albert Solé-Ollé -- The mystery of Brazil / Gordon Tullock.

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This timely and important volume addresses the serious challenges faced by democracy in contemporary society. With contributions from some of the world's most prestigious scholars of public choice and political science, this comprehensive collection presents a complete overview of the threats democracy must confront, by both contesting accepted ideas and offering new approaches. Using theoretical and empirical evidence, this book will be a significant addition to the current literature, providing original and enlightening perspectives on the theory of democracy.

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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

Title

Public choice and the challenges of democracy.

International Standard Book Number

1847200648

Democracy.

Social choice.

Democracy.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Ideologies-- Democracy.

Social choice.

JPHV

POL-- 007000

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Edition

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Book number

Casas Pardo, José.

Schwartz, Pedro,1935-

Date of Transaction

20201203134454.0

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