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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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lane, Jan-Erik
Outros Autores: Ersson, Svante O.
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglês
Publicado em: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
Acesso em linha:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=881565
Sumário:
  • 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.