This book explains why contemporary liberal democracies are based on historical templates rather than revolutionary reforms.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Roger D. Congleton is Professor of Economics and Senior Research Associate, Center for Study of Public Choice, at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, where he has taught since 1988. His research focuses on the political economy of constitutions and public policy. Professor Congleton's most recent books include 40 Years of Research on Rent Seeking (two edited volumes, 2008), which surveys the theoretical and applied literatures on rent seeking; Democratic Constitutional Design and Public Policy (2006), which surveys the empirical literature on the effects of democratic constitutional design on public policies and economic growth; Improving Democracy through Constitutional Reform (2003), which analyzes the effects of constitutional reform on policies and economic developments within Sweden during the past two centuries; and Politics by Principle Not Interest (Cambridge University Press, 1998, written with Nobel prize winner James Buchanan), which analyzes how a generality rule can improve the performance of democratic governments. In addition to his books, Professor Congleton has published more than 100 papers in academic journals and edited volumes on such topics as the politics of constitutional reform, the importance of information in democratic decision making, the emergence and significance of norms, and analyzed policy-making within national governments and international organizations.
Inhaltsangabe
1. On the origins of Western democracy 2. Team production, organization, and governance 3. Organizational governance in the long run 4. The origins of territorial governance 5. Constitutional exchange and divided governance 6. The power of the purse and constitutional reform 7. Suffrage without democracy 8. Ideology, interest groups, and adult suffrage 9. Setting the stage: philosophical, economic and political developments prior to the nineteenth century 10. Liberalism and reform in the transformative century 11. Fine-grained constitutional bargaining 12. An overview of British constitutional history: the English king and the medieval parliament 13. Constitutional exchange in England: from the Glorious Revolution to universal suffrage 14. The Swedish transition to democracy 15. Constitutional reform in the Netherlands: from republic to kingdom, to parliamentary democracy 16. Germany: constitutional exchange in an emerging state during the nineteenth century 17. The Japanese transition to democracy and back 18. The United States, an exception or further illustration? 19. Quantitative evidence of gradual reform 20. Ideas, interests, and constitutional reform Appendix: methodological approach, limits, and extensions.
1. On the origins of Western democracy 2. Team production, organization, and governance 3. Organizational governance in the long run 4. The origins of territorial governance 5. Constitutional exchange and divided governance 6. The power of the purse and constitutional reform 7. Suffrage without democracy 8. Ideology, interest groups, and adult suffrage 9. Setting the stage: philosophical, economic and political developments prior to the nineteenth century 10. Liberalism and reform in the transformative century 11. Fine-grained constitutional bargaining 12. An overview of British constitutional history: the English king and the medieval parliament 13. Constitutional exchange in England: from the Glorious Revolution to universal suffrage 14. The Swedish transition to democracy 15. Constitutional reform in the Netherlands: from republic to kingdom, to parliamentary democracy 16. Germany: constitutional exchange in an emerging state during the nineteenth century 17. The Japanese transition to democracy and back 18. The United States, an exception or further illustration? 19. Quantitative evidence of gradual reform 20. Ideas, interests, and constitutional reform Appendix: methodological approach, limits, and extensions.
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