Constitutional democracy / Dennis C. Mueller.

By:

Mueller, Dennis C

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Oxford University Press paperbackPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 382 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

1423760727
9781423760726
1602568537
9781602568532

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Constitutional democracy.DDC classification:

321.8 22

LOC classification:

JC423 .M744 2000eb

Other classification:

89.35

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Contents:

I: The Problems; 1 Democracy in America; 2 Democracy in Other Parts of the World; II: The Constitutional Perspective; 3 The Constitutional Premise; 4 Why Have Government?; 5 The Nature of a Constitution; III: Institutions to Reveal and Advance a Community's Interests; 6 Federalism; 7 Direct Democracy; 8 Representative Democracy: Proportional Representation; 9 Representative Democracy: Two-Party Government; 10 The Two Systems of Representation Compared; 11 The Parliamentary Voting Rule; IV: Institutions to Constrain Government; 12 The Referendum; 13 Bicameralism; 14 Rights.

Summary: This work examines how the basic constitutional structure of governments affects what they can accomplish. The author illuminates the links between the structure of democratic government and it achievements, by drawing comparisons between the American and other government systems around the world.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-370) and indexes.

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This work examines how the basic constitutional structure of governments affects what they can accomplish. The author illuminates the links between the structure of democratic government and it achievements, by drawing comparisons between the American and other government systems around the world.

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