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New Constitutionalism
Designing Political Institutions for a Good Society
Av Stephen L. Elkin, Karol Edward Soltan
Häftad, 1993
350 kr
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In The New Constitutionalism, seven distinguished scholars develop an innovative perspective on the power of institutions to shape politics and political life. Believing that constitutionalism needs to go beyond the classical goal of limiting the arbitrary exercise of political power, the …
City and Regime in the American Republic
Häftad, 1987
325 kr
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Stephen L. Elkin deftly combines the empirical and normative strands of political science to make a powerfully original statement about what cities are, can, and should be. Rejecting the idea that two goals of city politics—equality and efficiency—are opposed to one another, Elkin argues that a …
City and Regime in the American Republic
E-bok, 2015
701 kr
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Stephen L. Elkin deftly combines the empirical and normative strands of political science to make a powerfully original statement about what cities are, can, and should be. Rejecting the idea that two goals of city politics—equality and efficiency—are opposed to one another, Elkin argues that a …
Reconstructing the Commercial Republic
Constitutional Design after Madison
Häftad, 2015
281 kr
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James Madison is the thinker most responsible for laying the groundwork of the American commercial republic. But he did not anticipate that the propertied class on which he relied would become extraordinarily politically powerful at the same time as its interests narrowed. This and other flaws, …
Constitution of Good Societies
Av Karol Edward Soltan, Stephen L. Elkin
Häftad, 1996
476 kr
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The purpose of this volume is to help develop, through a variety of exploratory essays, the art and science of institutional design. The authors look at a variety of good societies as artifacts, as products—at least partly—of design, and consider how such societies can be crafted. They identify …
Citizen Competence and Democratic Institutions
Av Stephen L. Elkin, Karol Edward Soltan
Häftad, 1999
543 kr
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Bringing together new work from many of the leading experts on democratic citizenship, this volume presents both normative argument and empirical analysis to help deepen our understanding of the various competences that citizens require if there is to be a flourishing democratic political order in …
Politics and Land Use Planning
The London Experience
Häftad, 2010
553 kr
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This book was originally published in 1974. At the time of publication, studies of the politics of planning generally emphasized the difficulties planning agencies face and the way in which political patterns impede planning efforts. This view particularly characterized the analysis of city …
