Political Institutions Democracy and Social Choice

Name: Political Institutions Democracy and Social Choice
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ISBN: 9780199241842

ISBN-10: 0199241848

ISBN-13: 9780199241842

Edition: 2003

Authors: Josep H. Colomer

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The role of institutions is to establish the domains of public activity and the rules to select leaders. Democratic regimes organize in simple institutional frameworks to foster the concentration of power and alternative successive absolute winners and losers. They favour political satisfaction of relatively small groups, as well as policy instability. In contrast, pluralistic institutions produce multiple winners, including multiparty co-operation and agreements. They favour stable, moderate, and consensual policies that can satisfy large groups' interests on a great number of issues. The more complex the political institutions, the more stable and socially efficient the outcome will be.…

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List price: $74.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/15/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 266
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English




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