{"product_id":"politics-by-principle-not-interest-towards-nondiscriminatory-democracy-paperback-9780521031325","title":"Politics by Principle, Not Interest; Towards Nondiscriminatory Democracy (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521031325","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePolitics by Principle, Not Interest\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTowards Nondiscriminatory Democracy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book focuses on the effects of applying a generality constraint on the political process.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames M. Buchanan (Author), Roger D. Congleton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521031325, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 23 November 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages, 18 b\/w illus.  2 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm, 0.303 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This book has more depth, breadth, and importance than some shelves full of work I have looked at. Buchanan and Congleton have managed, in a very short space, to make an argument that is both plausible and revolutionary. Politics by principle, not interest is a new benchmark in the application of public choice reasoning to political theory.\"   Michael C. Munger, Public Choice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe very logic of majority rule implies unequal treatment or discrimination. If left unconstrained, majority coalitions will promote the interests of their own members at the expense of other persons. This book focuses on the effects of applying a generality constraint on the political process. Under this requirement, majorities would be constitutionally prohibited from treating different persons and groups differently. The generality principle is familiar in that all persons are to be treated equally. In summary, this book extends the generality norm to politics. Several defences of equal treatment or generality are developed and applied. These include the familiar intuition that invokes fairness. But the primary argument here is centred on political efficiency, which is increased when governments are constrained to treat persons or groups generally rather than differentially. The political efficiency defence of the generality constraint is based on a public choice analysis of the implication of majoritarian discrimination.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures and tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Introduction: 1. Generality, law, and politics\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Analysis: 2. Majoritarian democracy\u003cbr\u003e 3. Eliminating the off-diagonals\u003cbr\u003e 4. Extending the argument\u003cbr\u003e 5. Generality and the political agenda\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Application: 6. Generality and externality\u003cbr\u003e 7. Market restriction and the generality norm\u003cbr\u003e 8. The political efficiency of general taxation\u003cbr\u003e 9. Deficit financing and intertemporal discrimination\u003cbr\u003e 10. Generality and the supply of public services\u003cbr\u003e 11. Generality and redistribution\u003cbr\u003e 12. Generality without uniformity: social insurance\u003cbr\u003e 13. Generality without uniformity: federalism\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Prospect: 14. The political shape of constitutional order\u003cbr\u003e Endnotes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political economy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political economy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20economy%20%5BKCP%5D%22\"\u003eKCP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006219866392,"sku":"9780521031325","price":29.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521031325i_38bd5cef-fffa-4b70-870a-7829194a989a.jpg?v=1694964971","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/politics-by-principle-not-interest-towards-nondiscriminatory-democracy-paperback-9780521031325","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}