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Democracy and decision : (Record no. 58237)

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control field 1394163
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field BD-DhUL
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 920408s1993 enka b 001 0 eng
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 92014265
015 ## - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
National bibliography number GB93-56057
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0521350433
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0521330408 (hardback)
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)25746797
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency DLC
Language of cataloging eng
Transcribing agency DLC
Modifying agency DLC
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-- BD-DhUL
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number JF1001
Item number .B74 1993
050 14 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number JF1001
Item number .B74 1993
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 324.9
Edition number 20
Item number BRD
084 ## - OTHER CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 89.57
Number source bcl
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Brennan, Geoffrey,
Dates associated with a name 1944-
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Democracy and decision :
Remainder of title the pure theory of electoral preference /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Geoffrey Brennan, Loren Lomasky.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York, NY, USA :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Cambridge University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1993.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent x, 237 p. :
Other physical details ill. ;
Dimensions 25 cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price type code GBP
Price amount 32.50
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes index.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-231) and index.
505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Machine derived contents note: 1. Ethics, politics and public choice -- 2. The logic of electoral choice -- 3. The nature of expressive returns -- 4. The analytics of decisiveness -- 5. The theory of electoral outcome: implications for public choice theory -- 6. From anecdote to analysis -- 7. Interpreting the numbers -- 8. Consensus, efficiency and contractarian justification -- 9. Paternalism, self-paternalism and the state -- 10. Towards a democratic morality -- 11. Constitutional implications -- Bibliography.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Do voters in large-scale democracies reliably vote for the electoral outcomes they want? Is voting essentially like choosing a job or selecting an asset portfolio? Or is it more like cheering at a football match? And if the latter, what are the implications for the functioning of democracy when policies are determined by who cheers the loudest? This book is concerned with answering these questions. In the most narrow construction, the book offers a critique of the interest-based theory of voting behavior characteristic of modern "public choice" theory - and does so using the decision-theoretic apparatus of standard economics. The central claim is that fully rational voters will not reliably vote for the political outcomes they prefer. The broader objective of the book is to present an "expressive" theory of electoral politics as an alternative to the "interest-based" account. The authors argue that this expressive theory is both more coherent and more consistent with what is observed than is the interest-based orthodoxy. In particular, they believe that this theory can explain, for example, the propensity of democratic regimes to make war; the predominance of moral questions (the sexual conduct of candidates or the abortion issue) on the political agenda; and the distributive activities of democratic governments - facts that represent something of a challenge to the interest-based account. The significance of this account should be clear. If, as economists frequently assert, proper diagnosis of the disease is a crucial prerequisite to treatment, then the design of appropriate democratic institutions depends critically on a coherent analysis of the way the electoral process works and the perversities to which it is prone. The claim is that the interest-based account incorrectly diagnoses the disease. Accordingly, this book ends with an account of the institutional protections that go with expressive voting.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Voting.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social choice.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Pressure groups.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Democracy.
653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED
Uncontrolled term Voter behaviour
653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED
Uncontrolled term Social choice
653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED
Uncontrolled term Nonparty political bodies
653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED
Uncontrolled term Democracy
653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED
Uncontrolled term Decision making
653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED
Uncontrolled term Mathematical models
653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED
Uncontrolled term Overseas item
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Lomasky, Loren E.
856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Materials specified Table of contents
Uniform Resource Identifier http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam026/92014265.html
856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Materials specified Publisher description
Uniform Resource Identifier http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam025/92014265.html
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Source of classification or shelving scheme
Koha item type Books
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2016-04-252016-04-25Dhaka University Library 1997-06-11 Books  2purchasedNon Fiction General Stacks363982Dhaka University Library324.9 BRD
2016-04-252016-04-25Dhaka University Library 1997-06-11 Books  3purchasedNon Fiction General Stacks363983Dhaka University Library324.9 BRD
2016-04-252016-04-25Dhaka University Library 1997-06-11 Books  1purchasedNon Fiction General Stacks363981Dhaka University Library324.9 BRD
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