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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.
Sommario
- PART I: THE PROBLEM
- 1. Democracy in America
- 2. Democracy in Other Parts of the World
- PART II: THE CONSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE
- 3. The Constitutional Premise
- 4. Why Have Government?
- 5. The Nature of a Constitution
- PART III: INSTITUTIONS TO REVEAL AND ADVANCE A COMMUNITY'S INTERESTS
- 6. Federalism
- 7. Direct Democracy
- 8. Representative Democracy - Proportional Representation
- 9. Representative Democracy - Two-Party Government
- 10. The Two Systems Compared
- 11. The Parliamentary Voting Rule
- PART IV: INSTITUTIONS TO CONSTRAIN GOVERNMENT
- 12. The Referendum
- 13. Bicameralism
- 14. Rights
- 15. The Market and the State
- 16. Redistribution
- 17. The Executive Branch
- 18. Dictatorship
- 19. The Judiciary
- PART V: GETTING STARTED
- 20. Citizenship
- 21. The Constitutional Convention
- PART VI: COMING TO AN END
- 22. Epilogue
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Dennis C. Mueller is Professor of Economics at the University of Vienna.
