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UNINA9910806104403321 |
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Autore |
Schofield Norman <1944-> |
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Architects of political change : constitutional quandaries and social choice theory / / Norman Schofield [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2006 |
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1-107-16071-5 |
1-280-48012-2 |
0-511-22046-4 |
0-511-22097-9 |
0-511-21897-4 |
0-511-31620-8 |
0-511-60689-3 |
0-511-21965-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 317 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Political economy of institutions and decisions |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Political science - Economic aspects |
Social choice - Political aspects |
Constitutional history - United States |
Elections - Mathematical models |
United States Politics and government Philosophy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Constitutional quandaries and social choice -- Power and social choice -- Franklin and the War of Independence -- Madison, Jefferson, and Condorcet -- Lincoln and the Civil War -- Johnson and the critical realignment of 1964 -- Keynes and the Atlantic constitution -- Preferences and beliefs -- Political change. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This work offers a set of extended interpretations of Madison's argument in Federalist X of 1787, using ideas from social choice theory and from the work of Douglass North, Mancur Olson, and William Riker. Its focus is not on rational choice theory itself, but on the use of this theory as a heuristic device to better understand democratic institutions. The treatment adapts a formal model of elections to |
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