Author

Contributions

  • Breton, Albert. - Contributor

Publication

1997 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, England

Language

English

Word Count

119,750 words, Guess

Page Count

479 pages

Identifiers

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  • Goodreads4622850

Classifications

  • DDC321.8
  • LCCJC423 .U485 1997

Description

Democracy has moved to the center of systemic reflections on political economy, gaining a position which used to be occupied by the debate about socialism and capitalism. Certitudes about democracy have been replaced by a new awareness of the elusiveness and fluidity of democratic institutions and of the multiplicity of dimensions involved. Understanding Democracy: Economic and Political Perspectives is a book which reflects this new intellectual situation. It consists of a collection of essays by well-known economists and political scientists from both North America and Europe on the nature of democracy, the necessary conditions for a stable democracy, and the relationship between democracy and important economic issues such as the functioning of the market economy, economis growth, income distribution, and social policies.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Understanding democracy: economic and political perspectivesCambridge University Press1997-01-01

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