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Societies function on the basis of rules. These rules coordinate the activities of individuals who have a variety of goals and purposes. Whether the rules work well or ill, and how they can be made to work better, is a matter of major concern. Appropriately interpreted, the working of social rules is also the central subject matter of modern political economy.

Table of Contents
1. The constitutional imperative; 2. The contractarian vision; 3. The myth of benevolence; 4. Modelling the individual for constitutional analysis; 5. Time, temptation, and the constrained future; 6. Politics without rules, I: Time and non-constrained collective action; 7. rules and justice; 8. Politics without rules, II: Distributive justice and distributive politics; 9. Is constitutional revolution possible in democracy?

The Reason of Rules

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 8/28/2008 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521070904, 978-0521070904
      ISBN10: 0521070902
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      Economic theory and philosophy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Societies function on the basis of rules. These rules coordinate the activities of individuals who have a variety of goals and purposes. Whether the rules work well or ill, and how they can be made to work better, is a matter of major concern. Appropriately interpreted, the working of social rules is also the central subject matter of modern political economy.

      Table of Contents
      1. The constitutional imperative; 2. The contractarian vision; 3. The myth of benevolence; 4. Modelling the individual for constitutional analysis; 5. Time, temptation, and the constrained future; 6. Politics without rules, I: Time and non-constrained collective action; 7. rules and justice; 8. Politics without rules, II: Distributive justice and distributive politics; 9. Is constitutional revolution possible in democracy?

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