Politics by Principle, Not Interest Towards Nondiscriminatory Democracy

Name: Politics by Principle, Not Interest Towards Nondiscriminatory Democracy
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ISBN: 9780521621878

ISBN-10: 0521621879

ISBN-13: 9780521621878

Edition: 1998

Authors: James M. Buchanan, Roger D. Congleton

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This text focuses on the effects of applying a generality constraint on the political process. Under this requirement, majorities would be constitutionally prohibited from treating different persons and groups differently.

Book details

List price: $116.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/28/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 190
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Roger D. Congleton is Professor of Economics and Senior Research Associate at the Center for Study of Public Choice at George Mason University and Senior Research Associate at the Center for Business and Policy Studies (SNS) in Stockholm.



List of figures and tables


Preface


Acknowledgements



Introduction



Generality, law, and politics



Analysis



Majoritarian democracy



Eliminating the off-diagonals



Extending the argument



Generality and the political agenda



Application



Generality and externality



Market restriction and the generality norm



The political efficiency of general taxation



Deficit financing and intertemporal discrimination



Generality and the supply of public services



Generality and redistribution



Generality without uniformity: social insurance



Generality without uniformity: federalism



Prospect



The political shape of constitutional order


Endnotes


References


Index