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Additional Physical Format: | Erscheint auch als: Druck-Ausgabe |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Jon Elster; Rune Slagstad |
ISBN: | 9781139173629 1139173626 9780521345309 0521345308 9780521457217 0521457211 |
OCLC Number: | 967399390 |
Notes: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 359 pages) |
Contents: | 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. |
Series Title: | Studies in rationality and social change |
Other Titles: | Constitutionalism et Democracy |
Responsibility: | edited by Jon Elster and Rune Slagstad. |
Abstract:
This comprehensive discussion of the problems inherent in constitutional democracy will be of interest to students in a variety of social sciences.
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"This book provides a needed candid eye; it combines theoretical reach and historical perspective; it is at once timely and topical. It will prove valuable to all those who are looking at the problems of democracy anywhere in today's world." Choice "The esays in this volume touch on all fields, are of a high quality, and thus afford a compendious review of the rather high state of the art of constitutional theory." Ethics Read more...
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