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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811377003321

Autore

Mueller Dennis C.

Titolo

Constitutional democracy / / Dennis C. Mueller [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-773310-7

1-280-45112-2

9786610451128

0-19-802560-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (395 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

321.8

321.87

Soggetti

Democracy

Representative government and representation

Comparative government

Democracy - United States

United States Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliography: p351-370. _ Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1996.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (351-370) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I: The Problems; II: The Constitutional Perspective; III: Institutions to Reveal and Advance a Community's Interests; IV: Institutions to Constrain Government; V: Getting Started; VI: Coming to an End; Glossary; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This study examines how the basic constitutional structure of a government affects what it can accomplish. It also examines the links between the structure of democratic government and the outcomes it achieves, by drawing comparisons between the American system and other forms of government.