James M. Buchanan, Roger D. Congleton

Politics by Principle, Not Interest

Towards Nondiscriminatory Democracy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses on the effects of applying a generality constraint on the political process.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 436g
• ISBN-13: 9780521621878
• ISBN-10: 0521621879
• Artikelnr.: 21925083

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures and tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I. Introduction: 1. Generality, law, and politics
Part II. Analysis: 2. Majoritarian democracy
3. Eliminating the off-diagonals
4. Extending the argument
5. Generality and the political agenda
Part III. Application: 6. Generality and externality
7. Market restriction and the generality norm
8. The political efficiency of general taxation
9. Deficit financing and intertemporal discrimination
10. Generality and the supply of public services
11. Generality and redistribution
12. Generality without uniformity: social insurance
13. Generality without uniformity: federalism
Part IV. Prospect: 14. The political shape of constitutional order
Endnotes
References
Index.