Dennis C. Mueller

Constitutional Democracy (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP eBook
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 1996
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780198025603
• Artikelnr.: 54563747

Autorenporträt

Dennis C. Mueller is Professor of Economics at the University of Vienna.

Inhaltsangabe

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