TheRobustFederation
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- 出版社 CambridgeUniversityPress
- 出版时间 2009年2月
- ISBN 9780521703963
- 定价 206.40
内容简介
TheRobustFederationoffersacomprehensiveapproachtothestudyoffederalism.JennaBednardemonstrateshowcomplementaryinstitutionsmaintainandadjustthedistributionofauthoritybetweennationalandstategovernments.Theseauthorityboundariesmatter-fordefense,economicgrowth,andadequatepoliticalrepresentation-andmustbedefendedfromopportunistictransgression.FromMontesquieutoMadison,thelegacyofearlyinstitutionalanalysisfocusesattentiononthevalueofcompetitionbetweeninstitutions,suchasthepolicymoderationproducedthroughseparatedpowers.Bednaroffersareciprocaltheory:inaneffectiveconstitutionalsystem,institutionscomplementoneanother;eachmakestheothersmorepowerful.Diversebutcomplementarysafeguards-includingthecourts,politicalparties,andthepeople-coverdifferenttransgressions,punishtodifferentextents,andfailunderdifferentcircumstances.Theanalysismovesbeyondequilibriumconceptionsandexplainshowtherulesthatallocateauthorityarenotfixedbutshiftgradually.Bednar'srichtheoreticalcharacterizationofcomplementaryinstitutionsprovidesthefirstholisticaccountoffederalrobustness.
丛书
PoliticalEconomyofInstitutionsandDecisions— END —