Del 0 - Committee on the Political Economy of the Good Society

Constitution of Good Societies

Häftad, Engelska, 1996

AvKarol Edward Soltan,Stephen L. Elkin,Karol Soltan,Stephen L. Elkin

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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 themselves with the New Constitutionalism movement, which aims to develop and promote the knowledge necessary for institutional reform and institutional creation through understanding the designer's, creator's, founder's, or reformer's perspective. The first part of the volume considers some of the boundaries of what is humanly possible in politico-economic designs and the role in them of deliberation and the processes of adapting to limits. The second part considers different ways of exercising constitutionalist judgment analyzing a variety of cases, including general visions of the good society. Looking at whole societies, and at complexes of institutions, complements and informs the picture of the institutional microscale. Understanding the microscale, on the other hand, often makes the difference between empty slogans and realistic political proposals. Contributors are Karol Edward Soltan, Elinor Ostrorn, Viktor J. Vanberg, James lvi. Buchanan, John S. Dryzek, Charles 'X". Anderson, Stephen U. Elkin, Car Alperovirz, and Philip Green.

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Utgivningsdatum1996-09-15
Mått152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt354 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCommittee on the Political Economy of the Good Society
Antal sidor228
FörlagPennsylvania State University Press
ISBN9780271025551

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Karol Edward Soltan is Associate Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland at College Park. He is the author of The Causal Theory of Justice (1987). Stephen L. Elkin is Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland at College Park. He is the author of City and Regime in the American Republic (1987). Together they co-edited The New Constitutionalism (1993).

Contents Introduction: Imagination, Political Competence, and Institutions / Karol Edward SoltanPart I Human Capabilities and Institutional Design1. Covenants, Collective Action, and Common-Pool Resources / Elinor Ostrom2. Constitutional Choice, Rational Ignorance, and the Limits of 3. Reason / Viktor J. Vanberg and James M. Buchanan4. From Irrationality to Autonomy: Two Sciences of Institutional Design / John S. Dryzek5. Institution Building and Human Nature / Karol Edward SoltanPart II Conceptions of the Good Society6. How to Make a Good Society / Charles W. Anderson7. The Constitution of a Good Society: The Case of the Commercial Republic / Stephen L. Elkin8. Speculative Theory and Regime Alternatives: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism / Gar Alperovitz9. The Political Institutions of the Good Society / Philip GreenConclusion: Judging the Good Society / Stephen L. ElkinIndexContributors