Rational foundations of democratic politics /:

Democracy is widely accepted today, perhaps as never before, as the most suitable form of government. But what is democracy, and does it always produce good government? Democracy is often associated with the existence of competitive elections. But theory and experience suggest that these are not suf...

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Other Authors: Breton, Albert
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Democracy is widely accepted today, perhaps as never before, as the most suitable form of government. But what is democracy, and does it always produce good government? Democracy is often associated with the existence of competitive elections. But theory and experience suggest that these are not sufficient for democracy to function reasonably well. In this book, a number of experts from North America and Europe use a rational choice approach to understand the 'foundations' of democracy - what makes democracy successful, and why. In doing so, they consider diverse problems of democratic governance such as the importance of morals or virtue in political life, negative advertising, the role of social capital and civil society in sustaining democracy, the constitutional and cultural prerequisites of democracy, and the interaction of democracy and markets.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 262 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0511062001
9780511062001
9780511510519
0511510519
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9781280430985
0511070462
9780511070464
9786610430987
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0521184282
9780521184281

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