1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452017403321

Titolo

Democratic constitutional design and public policy [[electronic resource] ] : analysis and evidence / / edited by Roger D. Congleton and Birgitta Swedenborg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006

ISBN

1-282-09765-2

9786612097652

0-262-27073-0

1-4294-7725-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CongletonRoger D

SwedenborgBirgitta <1941->

Disciplina

320.6

Soggetti

Comparative government

Political science - Decision making

Rational choice theory

Political planning

Policy sciences

Economic policy

Constitutional law

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers originally presented at a conference sponsored by the Center for Business and Policy Studies.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : Rational choice politics and institutions / Roger D. Congleton and Birgitta Swedenborg -- Direct democracy : designing a living constitution / Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer -- Constitutions and economic policy / Torsten Persson and Guido Tabellini -- Party-line voting and committee assignments in the mixed-member system / Thomas Stratmann -- The effects of constitutions on coalition governments in parliamentary democracies / Daniel Diermeier, Hülya Eraslan, and Antonio Merlo -- On the merits of bicameral legislatures : intragovernmental bargaining and policy stability / Roger D. Congleton



-- Bicameralism and political compromise in representative democracy / John Charles Bradbury and W. Mark Crain -- Federalism : a constitutional perspective / Dennis C. Mueller -- Common tax pool problems in federal systems / Brian Knight -- Judicial independence and economic development / Lars P. Feld and Stefan Voigt -- Constitutions and prosperity : the impact of legal and economic institutions on the wealth of nations / Randall G. Holcombe, Robert A. Lawson, and James D. Gwartney -- Amendment procedures and constitutional stability / Bjørn Erik Rasch and Roger D. Congleton -- Designing constitutional stability / Barry R. Weingast.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910148762003321

Autore

Barker Pat

Titolo

Eye in the Door, The (Volume 2)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

HarperCollins UK

ISBN

0-00-722912-7

Disciplina

823.914

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Musica

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

The second book in the Regeneration trilogy, read by Paul McGann.Written with immense power, it is the story not just of one young man suffering from the trauma of war, but from a generation, condemned to the unending slaughter of the trenches, and all the charged agony of class and gender that had its own bitter harvest. But for all the pain she portrays, Barker's novel, with its wry humour and exquisite observation, explodes with life..