Democratic Devices and Desires (Theories of Institutional Design)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 24, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780521630207
Subjects: Political science & theory; Political structures: democracy; Political Ideologies - Democracy; Democracy; Economics (Specific Aspects); Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Political Science; History & Theory - General; Democracy--Economic aspects; Political Science / History & Theory; Economic Conditions; Economic aspects
First sentence: It seems self-evident that any account of the operation of democratic political institutions must depend on assumptions made about human nature - and specifically about human motivation.