Bibliograph

Understanding democracy, economic and political perspectives, Albert Breton [and others]

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Label

Understanding democracy, economic and political perspectives, Albert Breton [and others]

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Understanding democracy

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1170746554

Responsibility statement

Albert Breton [and others]

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

economic and political perspectives

Summary

Democracy has moved to the centre of systemic reflections on political economy, gaining a position which used to be occupied by the debate about socialism and capitalism. Certitudes about democracy have been replaced by an awareness of the elusiveness and fluidity of democratic institutions and of the multiplicity of dimensions involved. This is a book which reflects this intellectual situation. It consists of a collection of essays by well-known economists and political scientists from both North America and Europe on the nature of democracy, on the conditions for democracy to be stable, and on the relationship between democracy and important economic issues such as the functioning of the market economy, economic growth, income distribution and social policies.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Democratic stability as a self-enforcing equilibrium / Barry R. Weingast -- Democracy, competition, and the principle of isonomia: an economic analysis of the political exchange as an incomplete contract / Michele Grillo -- Constitutional democracy: an interpretation / Dennis C. Mueller -- Necessary and sufficient conditions for a viable democracy / Peter Bernholz -- Government spending and economic growth under democracy and dictatorship / José Antonio Cheibub and Adam Przeworski -- Rent seeking and redistribution under democracy versus dictatorship / Ronald Wintrobe -- Democratic governments, economic growth, and income distribution / Pierre Salmon -- Democracy and the public machinery: the case of the headless Leviathan / Gianluigi Galeotti -- Democracy and empowerment / Albert Breton and Margot Breton -- Political participation, voting, and economic policy: three problems of modern democracies / Luigi Campiglio -- Components of the democratic ideal / Ian Shapiro -- Democracy on the margin / Russell Hardin

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