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This is a book about liberal democratic values and their implications for the design of political institutions. Its distinctive feature is the use of some simple mathematical techniques (known as social choice theory) to clarify and defend a rather complex utilitarian conception of the liberal democratic 'way of life' based on John Stuart Mill's work. More specifically, the text focuses on three well-known 'social choice paradoxes' which are commonly held to destroy any possibility of an ideal harmony among liberal democratic values; and draws upon suggestions implicit in Mill's writings to develop an ethically appealing liberal democratic social choice framework in which the aforementioned paradoxes no longer cause concern. The revised framework is a rather complex version of utilitarianism and should be of special interest to welfare economists, social choice theorists, democratic political theorists and philosophers concerned with utilitarian ethics.

1 MILL, JOHN STUART --- Liberalism --- Social choice --- Utilitarianism --- 17.036.24 --- 17.036.24 Utilitarisme. Utiliteitsmoraal. J. Bentham. J. S. Mill --- Utilitarisme. Utiliteitsmoraal. J. Bentham. J. S. Mill --- Ethics --- Hedonism --- Philosophy --- Choice, Social --- Collective choice --- Public choice --- Choice (Psychology) --- Social psychology --- Welfare economics --- Liberal egalitarianism --- Liberty --- Political science --- Social sciences --- 1 MILL, JOHN STUART Filosofie. Psychologie--MILL, JOHN STUART --- Filosofie. Psychologie--MILL, JOHN STUART --- Mill, John Stuart --- Utilitarisme --- Mill, John Stuart, --- Mil, Zhūn Istīwārt, --- Mill, Dzhon Sti︠u︡art, --- Miru, Jon S., --- Mi-erh, Yüeh-han, --- Mi-erh, Yüeh-han Ssu-tʻu-ya-tʻe, --- Mill, J. S. --- Mil, --- Mil, G'on Sṭyuʼarṭ, --- Miru, --- מילל, דושאהן סטוארט --- מילל, דזשאהן סטוארט --- מיל, ג׳ון סטיוארט --- מיל, ג׳ון סטיוארט בן י׳מס, --- מיל, ג'ון סטיוארט, --- ميل، جون ستيوارت،, --- ミルジヨンスチユアート, --- 彌爾, --- 穆勒, --- Mil, Džon Stjuart, --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Liberalism. --- Social choice. --- Utilitarianism. --- Choix collectif --- Libéralisme --- 穆勒

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Classical school of economics --- Ecole libérale classique (Economie) --- Economic theory --- Economics --- Economie (Science) --- Economie (Wetenschap) --- Economische wetenschap --- Klassieke school (Economie) --- Marxism --- Political economy --- Politieke economie --- Sciences économiques --- Social democracy --- Socialism --- Socialisme --- Socialist movements --- Collectivism --- Anarchism --- Communism --- Critical theory --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- Classical economics --- Individualist school of economics --- Orthodox school of economics --- Schools of economics

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This volume investigates the nature of constitutional democratic government in the United States and elsewhere. The editors introduce a basic conceptual framework which the contributors clarify and develop in eleven essays organized into three separate sections. The first section deals with constitutional founding and the founders' use of cultural symbols and traditions to facilitate acceptance of a new regime. The second discusses alternative constitutional structures and their effects on political outcomes. The third focuses on processes of constitutional change and on why founders might choose to make formal amendments relatively difficult or easy to achieve. The book is distinctive because it provides comprehensive tools for analyzing and comparing different forms of constitutional democracy. These tools are discussed in ways that will be of interest to students and readers in political science, law, history and political philosophy.

Constitutional law --- United States --- Politics and government. --- Government --- History, Political --- Social Sciences --- Political Science

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Political sociology --- Politics