Constitutional Democracy

Zusatztext Well informed and well written. I strongly recommend it for courses on constitutional democracy at law schools and in political science! economics and philosophy departments. H. Kliemt! Public choice 1999. Klappentext Constitutional Democracy systematically examines how the basic constitutional structure of governments affects what they can accomplish. This relationship is especially important at a time when Americans are increasingly disillusioned about government's fundamental ability to reach solutions for domestic problems! and when countries in the former Soviet block and around the world are rewriting their constitutions. Political economist Mueller illuminates the links between the structure of democratic government and the outcomes it achieves by drawing comparisons between the American system and other government systems around the world. Working from the "public choice" perspective in political science! the book analyzes electoral rules! voting rules! federalism! bicameralism! citizenship! and separation of powers. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of political economy. Zusammenfassung This study examines how the basic constitutional structure of a government affects what it can accomplish. It also examines the links between the structure of democratic government and the outcomes it achieves, by drawing comparisons between the American system and other forms of government.

Product details

• Authors: Dennis C Mueller, Dennis C. Mueller, Dennis C. Mueller, Dennis C. (Professor of Economics Mueller
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.03.1996
• EAN: 9780195095883
• ISBN: 978-0-19-509588-3
• No. of pages: 394
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, Political structures: democracy, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, Political structures / systems: democracy