The new institutional politics : performance and outcomes /

The New Institutional Politics is a comparative study of the impact of political institutions upon outcomes, and covers some of the major themes in the new institutionalism. It looks at how various democratic institutions like Konkordanzdemokratie or corporatism promote better outcomes than Westmins...

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Autor principal: Lane, Jan-Erik
Altres autors: Ersson, Svante O.
Format: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
Accés en línia:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=881565
Taula de continguts:
  • Introduction : Rousseau's problem
  • What is an institution?
  • Institutions and interests
  • Outputs, outcomes and institutions
  • Federalism : Althusius
  • The institutionalization of human rights : Locke
  • Presidential or parliamentary executives : Linz
  • Impact of legislative institutions
  • Judicial institutions
  • The Duverger theory : impact of election rules
  • Westminster versus consensus democracy
  • a tenable distinction?
  • Kornkordanzdemokratie and corporatism
  • The economic outcomes of market institutions : theory
  • The economic outcomes of market institutions : empirical tests
  • Economic institutions and political freedom : Friedman
  • Conclusion : constitutionalism matters.