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" Public choice and the challenges of democracy / "
edited by José Casas Pardo, Pedro Schwartz.
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976337
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b730707
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Public choice and the challenges of democracy /\ edited by José Casas Pardo, Pedro Schwartz.
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| Publication Statement
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Cheltenham, UK ;Northampton, MA :: Edward Elgar,, ©2007.
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New thinking in political economy
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1 online resource (xii, 366 pages) :: illustrations
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1283220334
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: 1847205283
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: 9781847205285
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1847200648
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9781847200648
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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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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Democracy.
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Social choice.
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Democracy.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Ideologies-- Democracy.
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Social choice.
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| Dewey Classification
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321.8
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JC423.P8837 2007eb
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Casas Pardo, José.
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Schwartz, Pedro,1935-
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