Democratic Devices and Desires |
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| Author:
| Brennan, Geoffrey
Hamlin, Alan |
| Series title: | Theories of Institutional Design Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-511-49019-4 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2009 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | AUD $200.00 |
Book Description:
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This book offers an approach to the analysis of democracy, and an application of that approach to a variety of democratic institutions, including elections, representation, parties and the separation of powers. They develop standard economic approaches to politics by assuming individuals are moral, as well as rational and self-interested.
This book offers an approach to the analysis of democracy, and an application of that approach to a variety of democratic institutions, including elections, representation, parties and the separation of powers. They develop standard economic approaches to politics by assuming individuals are moral, as well as rational and self-interested.