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200 10$aArchitects of political change $econstitutional quandaries and social choice theory /$fNorman Schofield$b[electronic resource]
210  1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2006.
215   $a1 online resource (xiv, 317 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s)
225 1 $aPolitical economy of institutions and decisions
300   $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
311   $a0-521-53972-2 
311   $a0-521-83202-0 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aConstitutional 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.
330   $aThis work offers a set of extended interpretations of Madison's argument in Federalist X of 1787, using ideas from social choice theory and from the work of Douglass North, Mancur Olson, and William Riker. Its focus is not on rational choice theory itself, but on the use of this theory as a heuristic device to better understand democratic institutions. The treatment adapts a formal model of elections to consider rapid constitutional change at periods when societies face quandaries. The topics explored in the book include Britain's reorganization of its fiscal system in the eighteenth century to prosecute its wars with France; the Colonies' decision to declare independence in 1776; Madison's argument about the 'probability of fit choice' during the Ratification period of 1787-88; the argument between Hamilton and Jefferson in 1798-1800 over the long run organization of the US economy and the election of Lincoln in 1860. 
410  0$aPolitical economy of institutions and decisions.
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606   $aConstitutional history$zUnited States
606   $aElections$xMathematical models
607   $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$xPhilosophy
615  0$aPolitical science$xEconomic aspects.
615  0$aSocial choice$xPolitical aspects.
615  0$aConstitutional history
615  0$aElections$xMathematical models.
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