Svante Ersson, Jan-Erik Lane

The New Institutional Politics (eBook, ePUB)

Outcomes and Consequences

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"Political Institutions and Outcomes" looks at various democratic institutions in a comparison of Westminster and the results promoted by other systems. This comprehensive evaluation of performance covers the executive, the legislature and the judicial system, as well as looking at social and economic outcomes. Covering major themes in a very strong market, this book is unusual in its breadth of coverage and will further the authors already excellent reputation in these areas.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134672240
• Artikelnr.: 41502668

Autorenporträt

Jan-Erik Lane is Professor of Political Science at the University of Geneva; he has published widely in public management and political theory.
Svante Ersson is a lecturer at Umea University. They are joint authors of a number of comparative books, including Politics and Society in Western Europe, 4th edition.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part 1 Theoretical Section
Chapter 1 What is an institution?
Chapter 2 Institutions and interests
Chapter 3 Outputs, outcomes and institutions
Part 2 Substantive analyses section
Basic state institutions
Chapter 4 Federalism
Chapter 5 The institutionalization of human rights
The Montesquieu system
Chapter 6 Presidential or parliamentary executives
Chapter 7 Impact of legislative institutions
Chapter 8 Judicial institutions
The Lijphart system
Chapter 9 The Duverger theory
Chapter 10 Westminster versus Consensus democracy - a tenable distinction?
Chapter 11 Konkordanzdemokratie and corporatism
The Friedman system
Chapter 12 The economic outcomes of market institutions
Chapter 13 The economic outcomes of market institutions
Chapter 14 Economic institutions and political freedom
Chapter 15 Conclusion