02856nam 2200721Ia 450 991082420910332120200520144314.00-19-103935-70-19-924184-81-281-94432-797866119443220-19-152925-7(CKB)111087313308046(EBL)728848(OCoLC)308561777(SSID)ssj0000088824(PQKBManifestationID)11125991(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000088824(PQKBWorkID)10082921(PQKB)10030618(StDuBDS)EDZ0000074592(Au-PeEL)EBL728848(CaPaEBR)ebr10273081(CaONFJC)MIL194432(Au-PeEL)EBL7039101(MiAaPQ)EBC728848(EXLCZ)9911108731330804620000620d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPolitical institutions democracy and social choice /Josep M. Colomer1st ed.Oxford [England] ;New York Oxford University Press20011 online resource (267 p.)Comparative politicsDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-159897-6 0-19-924183-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-243) and index.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; IndexThis 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,Comparative politics (Oxford University Press)DemocracyCultural pluralismComparative governmentSocial choiceDemocracy.Cultural pluralism.Comparative government.Social choice.324.6306.2Colomer Josep Maria167277MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824209103321Political institutions3969560UNINA