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Counting The Many - The Origins And Limits Of Supermajority Rule

by Melissa Schwartzberg

33,13€ + 10% CARD

 Examines the history underlying the use of supermajority voting rules and offers a critique of their ability to remedy the defects of majority decision making.
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Counting The Many - The Origins And Limits Of Supermajority Rule

by Melissa Schwartzberg

33,13€ + 10% CARD

 Examines the history underlying the use of supermajority voting rules and offers a critique of their ability to remedy the defects of majority decision making.
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The Legal Foundations Of Inequality - Constitutionalism In The Americas, 1776â€“1860

by Roberto Gargarella

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 This book explores the influence of opposing constitutional ideals during the 'founding period' of constitutionalism in the Americas. Examining a range of countries, including the United States, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela, Roberto Gargarella outlines these views and traces their influence to the present day.
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Counting The Many - The Origins And Limits Of Supermajority Rule

by Melissa (New York University) Schwartzberg

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 Examines the history underlying the use of supermajority voting rules and offers a critique of their ability to remedy the defects of majority decision making.
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Counting The Many - The Origins And Limits Of Supermajority Rule

by Melissa (New York University) Schwartzberg

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 Examines the history underlying the use of supermajority voting rules and offers a critique of their ability to remedy the defects of majority decision making.
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Democracy And The Limits Of Self-Government

by Adam (New York University) Przeworski

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 The book addresses central issues in democratic theory by analyzing the sources of widespread dissatisfaction with democracies around the world. The focus is on the generic limits of democracy in promoting equality, effective participation, control of governments by citizens, and liberty.
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Democracy And The Limits Of Self-Government

by Adam (New York University) Przeworski

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 The book addresses central issues in democratic theory by analyzing the sources of widespread dissatisfaction with democracies around the world. The focus is on the generic limits of democracy in promoting equality, effective participation, control of governments by citizens, and liberty.
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Constitutionalism And Dictatorship - Pinochet, The Junta, And The 1980 Constitution

by Robert (Universidad Mayor De 'San Andres', Argentina) Barros

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 It is widely believed that autocratic regimes cannot limit their power through institutions of their own making. This book presents a surprising challenge to this view. It demonstrates that the Chilean armed forces were constrained by institutions of their own design.
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Democracy, Accountability, And Representation

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 This book examines whether the mechanisms of accountability characteristic of democracies, are sufficient to induce the representatives to act in the best interest of the represented.
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Democracy And Legal Change

by Melissa (Columbia University, New York) Schwartzberg

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 In Democracy and Legal Change, Melissa Schwartzberg argues that modifying law is a fundamental and attractive democratic activity. Schwartzberg seeks to demonstrate historically the strategic and even unjust purposes unamendable laws have typically served, and to highlight the regrettable consequences that entrenchment may have for democracies today.
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Controlling Governments - Voters, Institutions, And Accountability

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 Contributes to debates in positive democratic theory about accountability and representation. It bridges the gap between formal models and theoretically weak empirical analyses. The chapters stay close to the results of the formal literature, but they provide a more realistic description of how the democratic control of governments operates.
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Controlling Governments - Voters, Institutions, And Accountability

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 Contributes to debates in positive democratic theory about accountability and representation. It bridges the gap between formal models and theoretically weak empirical analyses. The chapters stay close to the results of the formal literature, but they provide a more realistic description of how the democratic control of governments operates.
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Deliberative Democracy

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 It is sometimes assumed that voting is the central mechanism for political decision-making. The contributors to this volume focus on an alternative mechanism, that is decision by discussion or deliberation. Rather than assuming that deliberative democracy is always ideal, the authors critically probe its limits and weaknesses as well as its strengths.
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Democracy And Development - Political Institutions And Well-Being In The World, 1950â€“1990

by Adam (New York University) Przeworski, Fernando (Universidade De Sao Paulo) Limongi, Jose Antonio (Yale University, Connecticut) Cheibub e Michael E. (Depaul University, Chicago) Alvarez

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 Is economic development conducive to political democracy? Does democracy hinder material welfare? These two questions are examined by looking at 135 countries between 1950 and 1990. Descriptive information and statistical analyses are interwoven to gain an understanding of the dynamic of political regimes and their impact on economic development.
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Democracy And The Rule Of Law

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 This book addresses the question of why governments sometimes follow the law and other times choose to evade the law. It interprets the rule of law as a strategic choice of actors with powerful interests, rather than as an exogenous constraint on politicians.
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Democracy, Accountability, And Representation

45,96€ + 10% CARD

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 This book examines whether the mechanisms of accountability characteristic of democracies, are sufficient to induce the representatives to act in the best interest of the represented.
ENGLISH

Democracy And The Rule Of Law

44,61€ + 10% CARD

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 This book addresses the question of why governments sometimes follow the law and other times choose to evade the law. It interprets the rule of law as a strategic choice of actors with powerful interests, rather than as an exogenous constraint on politicians.
ENGLISH

Deliberative Democracy

110,85€ + 10% CARD

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 It is sometimes assumed that voting is the central mechanism for political decision-making. The contributors to this volume focus on an alternative mechanism, that is decision by discussion or deliberation. Rather than assuming that deliberative democracy is always ideal, the authors critically probe its limits and weaknesses as well as its strengths.
ENGLISH

Democracy And Development - Political Institutions And Well-Being In The World, 1950â€“1990

by Adam (New York University) Przeworski, Fernando (Universidade De Sao Paulo) Limongi, Jose Antonio (Yale University, Connecticut) Cheibub e Michael E. (Depaul University, Chicago) Alvarez

35,15€ + 10% CARD

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 Examines the impact of political regimes on economic development between 1950 and 1990
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Latin America In Colonial Times: Volume 1

by Kris Lane e Matthew Restall

86,25€

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 Presents the story of how Latin American civilization emerged from the encounter of three great civilizations in the sixteenth century.
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The Legal Foundations Of Inequality - Constitutionalism In The Americas, 1776â€“1860

by Roberto Gargarella

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 This book explores the influence of opposing constitutional ideals during the 'founding period' of constitutionalism in the Americas. Examining a range of countries, including the United States, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela, Roberto Gargarella outlines these views and traces their influence to the present day.

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