Decision Costs and Democracy: Trade-offs in Institutional Design
Subtitle: Trade-offs in Institutional Design
Edition: First edition.
Series: Routledge Revivals
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781315185712
Subjects: Democracy; Representative government and representation; Political science; Decision making; Costs; Sociology & Social Policy; Gouvernement représentatif; Politique; Prise de décision; Coût
Description: "This title was first published in 2001. This text addressses the variations in democratic institutional design and seeks to determine not only if these differences matter, but also to explain how they matter. Using data from established, economically weel-off systems, the book shows that not only are there a multitude of ways to construct a democracy but also how a democracy is constructed influences the outcomes produced by that system. That is to say, institutional differences create distinct incentives for behaviour that in turn influence the type of outcome produced."--Provided by publisher.