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Keith L. Dougherty () and Julian Edward ()
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Keith L. Dougherty: University of Georgia
Julian Edward: Florida International University

Chapter Chapter 7 in The Calculus of Consent and Constitutional Design, 2011, pp 97-113 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Roughly a half-century has passed since The Calculus of Consent was first published. Yet the questions raised by Buchanan and Tullock’s pioneering book seem to be more relevant today than they were in 1962. The spread of democracy, advances in technology, and population growth have increased the demand for new constitutions. Since The Calculus of Consent was written, more than half of the 160 countries in the world have thrown out their old constitution and adopted an entirely new one. Some have done so more than once (Goldwin and Kaufman, 1988, p. vii).

Keywords: Public Choice; Social Choice; Majority Rule; Pareto Optimality; Vote Rule (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-98171-0_7

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