The calculus of consent and constitutional design / by Keith L. Dougherty.
Buchanan and Tullock's seminal work, The Calculus of Consent, linked economic methodology to substantive questions in political science. Among the major contributions of their book is a connection between constitutional decision making and contractarianism, a philosophical tradition that propon...
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from Springer Complete |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | New York ; London : Springer, 2011. |
| Series: | Studies in public choice ;
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| Summary: | Buchanan and Tullock's seminal work, The Calculus of Consent, linked economic methodology to substantive questions in political science. Among the major contributions of their book is a connection between constitutional decision making and contractarianism, a philosophical tradition that proponents believe can give institutions legitimacy. In other words, a major contribution of their book is a clear connection between empirical decision making and normative principles. The current book formalizes and extends their foundational ideas as it attempts to show how economic and philosophical argume. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 117 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780387981710 0387981713 9786613085313 6613085316 |
| Access: | Access limited to authorized users. |