| Delegation in Contemporary Democracies Contributor(s): Gilardi, Fabrizio (Editor), Braun, Dietmar (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415543568 ISBN-13: 9780415543569 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $50.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Comparative Politics - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 321.8 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.86 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Delegation is an ubiquitous social phenomenon linked to the growing differentiation of modern societies. Delegation is one of several different modes of organisation that exist to make collective action successful, but has been overlooked and under-researched. Using a rational choice institutional analysis and principal agent models, this book brings literature on delegation to bureaucracy, electorate to legislature to government within representative democracy together with literature on new forms of delegation such as non-majoritarian institutions, to provide a more complete and synthetic analysis of delegation in political systems. With a broad and comparative approach, this is an important volume for advanced students, researchers and professionals concerned with delegation in the areas of public policy, public administration and democratic theory. |