UID:
almahu_9947414180102882
Format:
1 online resource (vii, 359 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781139173629 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Studies in rationality and social change
Content:
The eleven essays in this volume, supplemented by an editorial introduction, centre around three overlapping problems. First, why would a society want to limit its own sovereign power by imposing constitutional constraints on democratic decision-making? Second, what are the contributions of democracy and constitutions to efficient government? Third, what are the relations among democracy, constitutionalism, and private property? This comprehensive discussion of the problems inherent in constitutional democracy will be of interest to students in a variety of social sciences. It illuminates particularly the current efforts of many countries, especially in Latin America, to establish stable democratic regimes.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Gag rules or the politics of omission / Stephen Holmes -- Democracy as a contigent outcome of conflicts / Adam Przeworski -- Consequences of constitutional choice / Jon Elster -- Liberal constitutionalism and its critics / Rune Slagstad -- Democracy and the rule of law / Francis Sejersted -- Neo-federalism? / Bruce A. Ackerman -- Precommitment and the paradox of democracy / Stephen Holmes -- American constitutionalism and the paradox of private property / Jennifer Nedelsky -- From liberal constitutionalism to corporate pluralism / Francis Sejersted -- Arguments for constitutional choice / Jon Elster -- Constitutions and democracies / Cass R. Sunstein.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521345309
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139173629
URL:
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