The Calculus of Consent: Logical Foundations of Constitutional Democracy

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University of Michigan Press, 1965 - Business & Economics - 361 pages
A scientific study of the political and economic factors influencing democratic decision making

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Contents

Introduction
3
The Individualistic Postulate
11
Politics and the Economic Nexus
17
Individual Rationality in Social Choice
31
The Realm of Social Choice
41
The Organization of Human Activity
43
A Generalized Economic Theory of Constitutions
63
The Rule of Unanimity
85
Pareto Optimality External Costs and Income Redistribution
189
The Range and Extent of Collective Action
201
Qualified Majority Voting Rules Representation and the Interdependence of Constitutional Variables
211
The Bicameral Legislature
233
The Orthodox Model of Majority Rule
249
The Economics and the Ethics of Democracy
263
Democratic Ethics and Economic Efficiency
265
Pressure Groups Special Interests and the Constitution
283

The Costs of DecisionMaking
97
Analyses of DecisionMaking Rules
117
The Structure of the Models
119
Simple Majority Voting
131
Simple Majority Voting and the Theory of Games
147
Majority Rule Game Theory and Pareto Optimality
171
The Politics of the Good Society
297
Marginal Notes on Reading Political Philosophy
307
Theoretical Forerunners
323
Notes
341
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