Rational Foundations of Democratic Politics - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521822548 ISBN 13 : 9780521822541

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

North American and European experts use rational choice theory to explore what makes democracy successful in this 2003 text.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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, which was originally published in 2003, 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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521822548
• ISBN 13: 9780521822541
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 270
• Éditeur: Breton Albert, Galeotti Gianluigi, Salmon Pierre, Wintrobe Ronald
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Avery; https://www.avery.fr/; ; chemin des peupliers 27; Dardilly; France