Architects of Political Change: Constitutional Quandaries and Social Choice Theory

by Norman Schofield

Book Overview

This work offers a set of extended interpretations of Madison's argument in Federalist X of 1787, using ideas from social choice theory and from the work of Douglass North, Mancur Olson, and William Riker. Its focus is not on rational choice theory itself, but on the use of this theory as a heuristic device to better understand democratic institutions. The treatment adapts a formal model of elections to consider rapid constitutional change at periods...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521539722
• ISBN13: 9780521539722
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"