Roger D Congleton: 2 books
Improving Democracy Through Constitutional Reform
Some Swedish Lessons
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Do constitutions matter? Are constitutions simply symbols of the political times at which they were adopted, or do they systematically affect the course of public policy? Are the policy crises of failing democracies the result of bad luck or of fundamental problems associated with the major and minor...
Perfecting Parliament
Constitutional Reform, Liberalism, and the Rise of Western Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
This book explains why contemporary liberal democracies are based on historical templates rather than revolutionary reforms; why the transition in Europe occurred during a relatively short period in the nineteenth century; why politically and economically powerful men and women voluntarily supported...