Institutional Design in Post-Communist Societies by Jon Elster
The authors of this book have developed a new and stimulating approach to the analysis of the transitions of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia to democracy and a market economy. They integrate interdisciplinary theoretical work with elaborate empirical data on some of the most challenging events of the twentieth century. Three groups of phenomena and their causal interconnection are explored: the material legacies, constraints, habits and cognitive frameworks inherited from the past; the erratic configuration of new actors, and new spaces for action; and a new institutional order under which agency is institutionalized and the sustainability of institutions is achieved. The book studies the interrelations of national identities, economic interests, and political institutions with the transformation process, concentrating on issues of constitution making, democratic infrastructure, the market economy, and social policy.-
Deliberative Policy Analysis
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Democratic Innovations
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Exits, Voices and Social Investment
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Designing Deliberative Democracy
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Democratic Devices and Desires
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Critical Elitism
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Deliberative Politics in Action
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Putting Trust in the US Budget
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Policy-Making and Diversity in Europe
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The Quest for Responsibility
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Post-Communist Democratization
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The Politics of Quasi-Government
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Democracy in Divided Societies
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The Political Institution of Private Property
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Social Traps and the Problem of Trust
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Deliberative Systems
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The Theory of Institutional Design
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Environmental Dilemmas and Policy Design
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Corporations, Crime and Accountability
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Just Institutions Matter
"New, interesting material" Comparative Politics
"...a praiseworthy effort....Graduate level and above." Choice
"...the substantive chapters are well crafted, detailed, and informative about such matters as the writing of constitutions, the working of electoral systems, the privatization of the economy, and the restructuring of the welfare states." Andrew C. Janos, Slavic Review
"...a praiseworthy effort....Graduate level and above." Choice
"...the substantive chapters are well crafted, detailed, and informative about such matters as the writing of constitutions, the working of electoral systems, the privatization of the economy, and the restructuring of the welfare states." Andrew C. Janos, Slavic Review
Claus Offe is Professor of Political Sociology at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. He is author of numerous books, including Contradictions of the Welfare State, Disorganized Capitalism, Modernity and the State, and Reflections on America: Tocqueville, Weber and Adorno in the United States.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521479318 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521479312 |
| Title | Institutional Design in Post-Communist Societies |
| Author | Jon Elster |
| Series | Theories Of Institutional Design |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1998-03-28 |
| Number of pages | 364 |
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