Public Choice and the Challenges of Democracy

Edited by José Casas Pardo and Pedro Schwartz

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This timely and important volume addresses the serious challenges faced by democracy in contemporary society. With contributions from some of the world’s most prestigious scholars of public choice and political science, this comprehensive collection presents a complete overview of the threats democracy must confront, by both contesting accepted ideas and offering new approaches. Using theoretical and empirical evidence, this book will be a significant addition to the current literature, providing original and enlightening perspectives on the theory of democracy.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
ISBN: 9781847200648
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Threats Democracy Faces: An Overview

José Casas Pardo

Ch 2 Social Justice Examined: With a Little Help from Adam Smith

Anthony de Jasay

Ch 3 Affective Public Choice

Frans van Winden

Ch 4 Bentham and Public Choice: Utility, Interests and the Agency Problem in Democracy

Pedro Schwartz

Ch 5 Towards a More Consistent Design of Parliamentary Democracy and its Consequences for the European Union

Charles Blankart and Dennis C. Mueller

Ch 6 Democracy, Citizen Sovereignty and Constitutional Economics

Viktor J. Vanberg

Ch 7 Diffuse and Popular Interests versus Concentrated Interests: The Fate of Environmental Policies in Divided Government

Giorgio Brosio

Ch 8 Should the Democratic Model Be Applied to Non-Governmental Organizations and Firms?

Pascal Salin

Ch 9 Citizenship and Democracy in International Organizations

Bruno Frey and Alois Stutzer

Ch 10 Law and Economic Development: Common Law versus Civil Law

Francisco Cabrillo

Ch 11 A Reformulation of Voting Theory

William A. Niskanen

Ch 12 Informational Limits to Public Policy: Ignorance and the Jury Theorem

Roger Congleton

Ch 13 Democratic Decision, Stability of Outcome and Agent Power, with Special Reference to the European Union

Manfred J. Holler and Stefan Napel

Ch 14 The Unequal Treatment of Voters Under a Single Transferable Vote: Implications for Electoral Welfare with an Application to the 2003 Northern Ireland Assembly Elections

Vani Borooah

Ch 15 The Pattern of Democracy in the Twentieth Century: A Study of the Polity Index

Peter Jensen and Martin Paldam

Ch 16 Democracy in Low-Income Countries

Arye Hillman

Ch 17 A Theory of the Democratic Fiscal Constitution

Francesco Forte and Domenico D’Amico

Ch 18 (When) Do Tax Increases Cause Electoral Damage? The Case of Local Property Taxes in Spain

Núria Bosch and Albert Solé-Ollé

Ch 19 The Mystery of Brazil

Gordon Tullock

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