Description: Democratic Devices and Desires This book offers an approach to the economic analysis of democracy. Geoffrey Brennan (Author), Alan Hamlin (Author) 9780521639774, Cambridge University Press Paperback / softback, published 13 April 2000 278 pages 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.38 kg This book offers an account of key features of modern representative democracy. Working from the rational actor tradition, it builds a middle ground between orthodox political theory and the economic analysis of politics. Standard economic models of politics emphasise the design of the institutional devices of democracy as operated by essentially self-interested individuals. This book departs from that model by focusing on democratic desires alongside democratic devices, stressing that important aspects of democracy depend on the motivation of democrats and the interplay between devices and desires. Individuals are taken to be not only rational, but also somewhat moral. The authors argue that this approach provides access to aspects of the debate on democratic institutions that are beyond the narrowly economic model. They apply their analysis to voting, elections, representation, political departments and the separation and division of powers, providing a wide-ranging discussion of the design of democratic institutions. 1. Introduction Part I. Democratic Desires: 2. On human nature: beyond homo economicus 3. Moral dispositions 4. Economizing on virtue 5. Political mechanisms 6. Mechanisms and dispositional choice 7. Problems of democratic politics Part II. Democratic Devices: 8. Voting and elections 9. Political representation 10. Political parties 11. The separation of powers 12. The division of power. Subject Areas: Political science & theory [JPA]
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BIC Subject Area 1: Political science & theory [JPA]
Book Title: Democratic Devices and Desires
ISBN: 0521639778
Publication Date: 13/04/2000
Item Depth: 15
Number of Pages: 278 Pages
Publication Name: Democratic Devices and Desires
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Item Height: 229 mm
Subject: Politics
Publication Year: 2000
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 380 g
Subject Area: Political Science
Author: Geoffrey Brennan, Alan Hamlin
Item Width: 152 mm
Series: Theories of Institutional Design
Format: Paperback
