Politics by principle, not interest: toward nondiscriminatory democracy

This book focuses on the effects of applying a generality constraint on the political process. Under this requirement, majorities would be prohibited constitutionally from treating different persons and groups differently. The generality principle is familiar in application to law; legal systems inc...

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Hauptverfasser: Buchanan, James M. 1919-2013 (VerfasserIn), Congleton, Roger D. 1951- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 1998
Ausgabe:1. publ.
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Zusammenfassung:This book focuses on the effects of applying a generality constraint on the political process. Under this requirement, majorities would be prohibited constitutionally from treating different persons and groups differently. The generality principle is familiar in application to law; legal systems incorporate the ideal that all persons are to be treated equally. In summary, this book extends the generality norm to politics. The primary argument here is centered on political efficiency, which is increased when governments are constrained to treat persons or groups generally rather than differentially. The political efficiency defense of the generality constraint is based on a public choice analysis of the implication of majoritarian discrimination.
Beschreibung:XV, 170 S. graph. Darst.
ISBN:0521621879

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