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

• Autore: Colomer Josep Maria
• Pubblicazione: Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (267 p.)
• Disciplina: 324.6; 306.2
• Soggetto topico: Democracy; Cultural pluralism; Comparative government; Social choice
• 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,
• Titolo autorizzato: Political institutions
• ISBN: 0-19-103935-7; 0-19-924184-8; 1-281-94432-7; 9786611944322; 0-19-152925-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824209103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Comparative politics (Oxford University Press)