Public Choice and the Challenges of Democracy

Edited by José Casas Pardo, Professor of Applied Economics, University of Valencia, Spain and Pedro Schwartz, Professor of Economics, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Spain

• Contents: INTRODUCTIONby José Casas Pardo and Pedro Schwartz PART I: GENERAL PROBLEMS OF DEMOCRACY1. Threats Democracy Faces: An OverviewJosé Casas Pardo2. Social Justice Examined: With a Little Help from Adam SmithAnthony de Jasay3. Affective Public ChoiceFrans van Winden4. Bentham and Public Choice: Utility, Interests and the Agency Problem in DemocracyPedro SchwartzPART II: INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS OF DEMOCRACY5. Towards a More Consistent Design of Parliamentary Democracy and its Consequences for the European UnionCharles B. Blankart and Dennis C. Mueller6. Democracy, Citizen Sovereignty and Constitutional EconomicsViktor J. Vanberg7. Diffuse and Popular Interests versus Concentrated Interests: The Fate of Environmental Policies in Divided Government Giorgio Brosio8. Should the Democratic Model Be Applied to Non-Governmental Organizations and Firms?Pascal Salin9. Citizenship and Democracy in International OrganizationsBruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer10. Law and Economic Development: Common Law versus Civil LawFrancisco CabrilloPART III: VOTING ISSUES11. A Reformulation of Voting TheoryWilliam A. Niskanen12. Informational Limits to Public Policy: Ignorance and the Jury TheoremRoger D. Congleton13. Democratic Decision, Stability of Outcome and Agent Power, with Special Reference to the European UnionManfred J. Holler and Stefan Napel14. The Unequal Treatment of Voters Under a Single Transferable Vote: Implications for Electoral Welfare with an Application to the 2003 Northern Ireland Assembly ElectionsVani K. Borooah PART IV: DEMOCRACY ACROSS THE WORLD15. The Pattern of Democracy in the Twentieth Century: A Study of the Polity IndexPeter Sandholt Jensen and Martin Paldam 16. Democracy in Low-Income CountriesArye L. HillmanPART V: FISCAL ISSUES AND DEMOCRACY17. A Theory of the Democratic Fiscal ConstitutionFrancesco Forte and Domenico D’Amico18. (When) Do Tax Increases Cause Electoral Damage? The Case of Local Property Taxes in SpainNúria Bosch Roca and Albert Solé-OlléKEYNOTE ADDRESS19. The Mystery of BrazilGordon TullockIndex