| Description |
1 online resource (x, 267 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Theories of institutional design
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Theories of institutional design.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-263) and index. |
| Contents |
Democratic desires. On human nature: beyond homo economicus -- Moral dispositions -- Economising on virtue -- Political mechanisms -- Mechanisms and dispositional choice -- Problems of democratic politics -- Democratic devices. Voting and elections -- Political representation -- Political parties -- The separation of powers -- The division of power. |
| Summary |
This book offers a novel approach to the analysis of democracy, and an application of that approach to a variety of democratic institutions, including elections, representation, political parties and the separation of powers. Standard economic approaches to politics concentrate on the design of institutions and the role of individuals motivated by self-interest. The authors incorporate a broader view of political motivation, assuming individuals are moral as well as rational, and provide a wide-ranging discussion of the design of democratic institutions. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Democracy -- Economic aspects.
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Democracy -- Economic aspects. |
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Political science -- Economic aspects.
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Political science -- Economic aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hamlin, Alan P., 1951-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Brennan, Geoffrey, 1944- Democratic devices and desires. Oxford ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000 0521630207 0521639778 (DLC) 99036185 (OCoLC)41565267 |
| ISBN |
0511040075 (electronic book) |
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9780511040078 (electronic book) |
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9780511490194 (electronic book) |
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0511490194 (electronic book) |
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0521630207 |
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9780521630207 |
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9780511050893 (electronic book) |
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0511050895 (electronic book) |
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0511156316 |
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9780511156311 |
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0521630207 |
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9780521630207 |
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0521639778 |
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9780521639774 |
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