Exchange, unanimity and consent: a defence of the public choice account of power
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Keywords
Power; Exchange; Unanimity; Consent; Legitimacy; Constitutionalism; D63; D70; H10; P16;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- D70 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - General
- H10 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - General
- P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State
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