Understanding democracy

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 Certitudes about democracy have been replaced by a new awareness of the elusiveness and fluidity of democratic institutions and of the multiplicity of dimensions involved.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.

Year

2008

Language

English

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Editions

2

Pages

288

ISBN

9780521088244

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