Mechanisms of Democracy
Subtitle: Institutional Design Writ Small
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: June 27, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780195333466
Subjects: Constitution: government & the state; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Political Science; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Constitutional; Political Ideologies - Democracy; Political Science / Constitutions; Constitutions
Description: In established constitutional polities, Vermeule argues, law can and should - and to some extent already does - provide mechanisms of democracy: small-scale institutional devices and innovations that can have surprisingly large effects, promoting democratic values of impartial, accountable and deliberative government.