Politics By Principle, Not Interest - Towards Nondiscriminatory Democracy

Zusammenfassung This book focuses on the effects of applying a generality constraint on the political process. Under this requirement! majorities would be constitutionally prohibited from treating different persons and groups differently. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures and tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Introduction: 1. Generality, law, and politics; Part II. Analysis: 2. Majoritarian democracy; 3. Eliminating the off-diagonals; 4. Extending the argument; 5. Generality and the political agenda; Part III. Application: 6. Generality and externality; 7. Market restriction and the generality norm; 8. The political efficiency of general taxation; 9. Deficit financing and intertemporal discrimination; 10. Generality and the supply of public services; 11. Generality and redistribution; 12. Generality without uniformity: social insurance; 13. Generality without uniformity: federalism; Part IV. Prospect: 14. The political shape of constitutional order; Endnotes; References; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: James M. Buchanan, James M. (George Mason University Buchanan, James M. Congleton Buchanan, Buchanan James M., Roger D. Congleton, Congleton Roger D.
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 23.11.2006
• EAN: 9780521031325
• ISBN: 978-0-521-03132-5
• Seiten: 192
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Political Economy, Politics and government