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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824209103321

Autore

Colomer Josep Maria

Titolo

Political institutions : democracy and social choice / / Josep M. Colomer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001

ISBN

0-19-103935-7

0-19-924184-8

1-281-94432-7

9786611944322

0-19-152925-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Collana

Comparative politics

Disciplina

324.6

306.2

Soggetti

Democracy

Cultural pluralism

Comparative government

Social choice

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-243) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1. Politics and Social Choice; 2. Who Can Vote; 3. How Votes Are Counted; 4. What Is Voted For; 5. Choosing Socially Efficient Institutions; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This ground-breaking book examines the relationship between the complexity of political institutions and the stability of socially effective outcomes in more than 40 countries. - ;The role of institutions is to establish the domains of public activity and the rules to select leaders. Democratic regimes organized in simple institutional frameworks to foster the concentration of power and alternative successive absolute winners and losers. They favour political satisfaction of relatively small groups, as well as policy instability. In contrast, pluralistic institutions produce multiple winners,