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33 produkter
A Theory of the State
Economic Rights, Legal Rights, and the Scope of the State
Av Yoram Barzel, Randall Calvert m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
468 kr
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This book models the emergence of the state, and the forces that shape it. State creation is bound to protection needs. A specialized protector-ruler is efficient, but is also self-seeking. Individuals will install a ruler only after they create a mechanism to control him. Among the offshoots of …
Elbridge Gerry's Salamander
The Electoral Consequences of the Reapportionment Revolution
Av Gary W. Cox, Jonathan N. Katz m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
455 kr
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The Supreme Court's reapportionment decisions, beginning with Baker v. Carr in 1962, had far more than jurisprudential consequences. They sparked a massive wave of extraordinary redistricting in the mid-1960s. Both state legislative and congressional districts were redrawn more comprehensively - by …
The Efficient Secret
The Cabinet and the Development of Political Parties in Victorian England
Av Gary W. Cox, Randall Calvert m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
569 kr
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The Efficient Secret is an analysis of the institutional changes in parliamentary government in nineteenth-century England, concentrating on the years between the first and third Reform Acts. Professor Gary W. Cox employs a rational choice model to analyze the problems of voter choice and to …
Appointing Central Bankers
The Politics of Monetary Policy in the United States and the European Monetary Union
Av Kelly H. Chang, Randall Calvert m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
569 kr
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This book examines monetary policy by focusing on how the President and the Senate influence monetary policy by appointing Federal Reserve members. It attempts to answer three questions about the appointment process and its effects. First, do politicians influence monetary policy through Federal …
When Majorities Fail
The Russian Parliament, 1990-1993
Av Josephine T. Andrews, Randall Calvert m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
569 kr
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When Majorities Fail is a study of institutional failure in Russia's first democratic legislature. Inadequate rules and a chaotic party system combined to make it nearly impossible to pass a coherent legislative program, including a new constitution. The internal instability in Russia's parliament …
Managerial Dilemmas
The Political Economy of Hierarchy
Av Gary J. Miller, Randall Calvert m. fl.
Inbunden, 1992
1324 kr
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In organisation theory a schism has developed between the traditional organisational behaviour literature, based in psychology, sociology and political science, and the more analytically rigorous field of organisational economics. The former stresses the importance of managerial leadership and …
The Fruits of Revolution
Property Rights, Litigation and French Agriculture, 1700-1860
Av Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, Randall Calvert m. fl.
Inbunden, 1992
1526 kr
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In The Fruits of Revolution Jean-Laurent Rosenthal investigates two central questions in French economic history: To what extent did institutions hold back agricultural development under the Old Regime, and did reforms carried out during the French Revolution significantly improve the structure of …
Institutions and Social Conflict
Av Jack Knight, Randall Calvert
Häftad, 1992
435 kr
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Many of the fundamental questions in social science entail an examination of the role played by social institutions. Why do we have so many social institutions? Why do they take one form in one society and quite different ones in others? In what ways do these institutions develop? When and why do …
Exposed to Innumerable Delusions
Public Enterprise and State Power in Egypt, India, Mexico, and Turkey
Av John Waterbury, Randall Calvert m. fl.
Inbunden, 1993
1509 kr
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The states of Egypt, India, Mexico and Turkey have all developed extensive public enterprise sectors and have sought to regulate most economic activities outside the state sector. Their experiences have been typical of scores of developing countries that followed similar paths of industrialisation. …
Exposed to Innumerable Delusions
Public Enterprise and State Power in Egypt, India, Mexico, and Turkey
Av John Waterbury, Randall Calvert m. fl.
Häftad, 1993
569 kr
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The states of Egypt, India, Mexico and Turkey have all developed extensive public enterprise sectors and have sought to regulate most economic activities outside the state sector. Their experiences have been typical of scores of developing countries that followed similar paths of industrialisation. …
Partisan Politics, Divided Government, and the Economy
Av Alberto Alesina, Howard Rosenthal m. fl.
Häftad, 1995
569 kr
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This book develops an integrated approach to understanding the American economy and national elections. Economic policy is generally seen as the result of a compromise between the President and Congress. Because Democrats and Republicans usually maintain polarised preferences on policy, …
Contracting for Property Rights
Av Gary D. Libecap, Randall Calvert m. fl.
Häftad, 1994
586 kr
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In this book the author examines the problems encountered in negotiations among claimants and the political and economic considerations that influence property rights arrangements. The histories of mineral rights, rights to range and timber land, as well as fishery and crude oil production rights …
Managerial Dilemmas
The Political Economy of Hierarchy
Av Gary J. Miller, Randall Calvert m. fl.
Häftad, 1993
569 kr
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In organisation theory a schism has developed between the traditional organisational behaviour literature, based in psychology, sociology and political science, and the more analytically rigorous field of organisational economics. The former stresses the importance of managerial leadership and …
The Politics of Oligarchy
Institutional Choice in Imperial Japan
Av J. Mark Ramseyer, Frances McCall Rosenbluth m. fl.
Inbunden, 1995
787 kr
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In the latter-half of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century, Japan underwent two major shifts in political control. In the 1910s, the power of the oligarchy was eclipsed by that of a larger group of professional politicians; in the 1930s, the focus of power shifted …
The Political Economy of Public Administration
Institutional Choice in the Public Sector
Av Murray J. Horn, Randall Calvert m. fl.
Häftad, 1995
586 kr
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This book applies the basic ideas and models of economics to develop a single transactions framework to explain the key institutional arrangements across the whole range of public sector organization: the regulatory commission, the executive tax-financed bureau, and the state-owned enterprise. This …
Institutions and Ethnic Politics in Africa
Av Daniel N. Posner, Randall Calvert
Häftad, 2005
569 kr
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This book presents a theory to account for why and when politics revolves around one axis of social cleavage instead of another. It does so by examining the case of Zambia, where people identify themselves either as members of one of the country's seventy-three tribes or as members of one of its …
Individuals, Institutions, and Markets
Av C. Mantzavinos, Chrysostomos Mantzavinos m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
569 kr
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Individuals, Institutions, and Markets offers a theory of how the institutional framework of a society emerges and how markets within institutions work. The book shows that both social institutions, defined as the rules of the game, and exchange processes can be analyzed along a common theoretical …
Odd Markets in Japanese History
Law and Economic Growth
Av J. Mark Ramseyer, Randall Calvert m. fl.
Inbunden, 1996
1641 kr
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Employing a rational-choice approach, Professor Ramseyer studies the impact of Japanese law on economic growth in Japan. Toward that end, the author investigates the way law governed various markets and the way that people negotiated contracts within those markets. For much of the period at stake, …
Making a Market
The Institutional Transformation of an African Society
Av Jean Ensminger, Randall Calvert m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
586 kr
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Economists have devoted considerable effort to explaining how a market economy functions, but they have given a good deal less attention to explaining how a market economy is formed. In Making a Market, Jean Ensminger analyses the process by which the market was introduced into the economy of a …
Making Votes Count
Strategic Coordination in the World's Electoral Systems
Av Gary W. Cox, Randall Calvert m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
1791 kr
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Popular elections are at the heart of representative democracy. Thus, understanding the laws and practices that govern such elections is essential to understanding modern democracy. In this book, Cox views electoral laws as posing a variety of coordination problems that political forces must solve. …
Making Votes Count
Strategic Coordination in the World's Electoral Systems
Av Gary W. Cox, Randall Calvert m. fl.
Häftad, 1997
485 kr
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Popular elections are at the heart of representative democracy. Thus, understanding the laws and practices that govern such elections is essential to understanding modern democracy. In this book, Cox views electoral laws as posing a variety of coordination problems that political forces must solve. …
Bicameralism
Av George Tsebelis, Jeannette Money m. fl.
Häftad, 1997
553 kr
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This book examines some fifty countries to ascertain how the chambers of bicameral legislatures interact when they produce legislation. An understanding of this interaction is essential because otherwise legislative behaviour in each chamber may be unintelligible or incorrectly interpreted. The …
Consent, Dissent, and Patriotism
Av Margaret Levi, Randall Calvert m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
1351 kr
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Democratic governments are able to elicit, legally and legitimately, both money and men from their populations. Certainly there is tax evasion, draft evasion, and even outright resistance; yet to a remarkable extent citizens acquiesce and even actively consent to the demands of governments, well …
Votes without Leverage
Women in American Electoral Politics, 1920-1970
Av Anna L. Harvey, Randall Calvert m. fl.
Häftad, 1998
477 kr
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Votes without Leverage re-examines a long-standing puzzle in women's electoral politics. Namely why the increasing importance of women's votes throughout the 1920s did not imply increasing success for the lobbying efforts of women's organizations during the same period. Applying recent theoretical …
Consent, Dissent, and Patriotism
Av Margaret Levi, Randall Calvert m. fl.
Häftad, 1997
487 kr
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Democratic governments are able to elicit, legally and legitimately, both money and men from their populations. Certainly there is tax evasion, draft evasion, and even outright resistance; yet to a remarkable extent citizens acquiesce and even actively consent to the demands of governments, well …
Veto Bargaining
Presidents and the Politics of Negative Power
Av Charles M. Cameron, Randall Calvert m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
477 kr
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The late-twentieth century has given rise to the most concentrated period of divided party government in American history. With one party controlling the presidency and the opposing party controlling Congress, the veto has inevitably become a critical tool of presidential power. Combining …
The Politics of Oligarchy
Institutional Choice in Imperial Japan
Av J. Mark Ramseyer, Frances McCall Rosenbluth m. fl.
Häftad, 1998
468 kr
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In the latter-half of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century, Japan underwent two major shifts in political control. In the 1910s, the power of the oligarchy was eclipsed by that of a larger group of professional politicians; in the 1930s, the focus of power shifted …
Delegating Powers
A Transaction Cost Politics Approach to Policy Making under Separate Powers
Av David Epstein, Sharyn O'Halloran m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
569 kr
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David Epstein and Sharyn O'Halloran produce the first unified theory of policy making between the legislative and executive branches. Examining major US policy initiatives from 1947 to 1992, the authors describe the conditions under which the legislature narrowly constrains executive discretion, …
Individuals, Institutions, and Markets
Av C. Mantzavinos, Randall Calvert
Inbunden, 2001
754 kr
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Individuals, Institutions, and Markets offers a theory of how the institutional framework of a society emerges and how markets within institutions work. The book shows that both social institutions, defined as the rules of the game, and exchange processes can be analyzed along a common theoretical …
African Economies and the Politics of Permanent Crisis, 1979-1999
Av Nicolas Van de Walle, Randall Calvert m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
1391 kr
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This 2001 book explains why African countries have remained mired in a disastrous economic crisis since the late 1970s. It shows that dynamics internal to African state structures largely explain this failure to overcome economic difficulties rather than external pressures on these same structures …
