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Rational Foundations of Democratic P...

Breton, Albert.

Rational Foundations of Democratic Politics.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Rational Foundations of Democratic Politics.
Author:	Breton, Albert.
other author:	Galeotti, Gianluigi.
Published:	Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2003.
Description:	272 p.
Subject:	Democracy.
Online resource:	Click here to view book
ISBN:	9780511510519# (electronic bk.)

Rational Foundations of Democratic Politics.
Breton, Albert.

Rational Foundations of Democratic Politics.[electronic resource]. - Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2003. - 272 p.

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction; POSTSCRIPT: SOME TENTATIVE CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH; REFERENCES; 2 Demobilized and Demoralized: Negative Ads and Loosening Bonds; 3 Turning ��itizens��into ��onsumers�� Economic Growth and the Level of Public Discourse; 4 Economic and Cultural Prerequisites for Democracy; 5 Civil Society and the Contemporary Social Order; 6 When Does Altruism Overcome the Intransitivity of Income Redistribution?; 7 Democratic Resilience and the Necessity of Virtue; 8 The Optimal Level of Solidarity

Uses the modern theory of rational choice to explore the 'foundations' of democracy. The authors consider diverse problems of modern democratic politics such as the importance of civic virtue, negative advertising, the interaction of democracy and markets, and the role of constitutions and of civil society in sustaining democracy.

Electronic reproduction.

Available via World Wide Web.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780511510519# (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

174816
Democracy.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: JC423 .R3234 2003eb

Dewey Class. No.: 321.801

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505 8 $a 9 The Bonds of Democratic Politics ��An Economic Perspective10 Voting Rules: A Constitutional Quandary; 11 Citizens��Sovereignty, Constitutional Commitments, and Renegotiation: Original versus Continuing Agreement; 12 Constitutional Rules and Competitive Politics: Their Effects on Secessionism; Index
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