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10% less democracy : why you should trust elites a little more and the masses a little less / Garett Jones.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, (c)2020.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781503611214
Other title:
  • 10 percent less democracy
  • Ten percent less democracy
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • JC423 .L477 2020
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Contents:
The big benefits of a small dose of democracy -- Longer terms, braver politicians -- Central bank "independence" -- The 2% solution -- This chapter does not apply to your country -- Bondholders as a separate and coequal branch of government -- Jonathan Rauch, prophet of political realism -- The hard case of the European Union -- Singapore : flourishing with 40% less democracy -- Conclusion : buying the right dose of democracy.
Subject: Democracy is a matter of degree, and this book offers mainstream empirical evidence that shows how rich democracies would be better off with a few degrees less of it.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : the source of my idea -- The big benefits of a small dose of democracy -- Longer terms, braver politicians -- Central bank "independence" -- The 2% solution -- This chapter does not apply to your country -- Bondholders as a separate and coequal branch of government -- Jonathan Rauch, prophet of political realism -- The hard case of the European Union -- Singapore : flourishing with 40% less democracy -- Conclusion : buying the right dose of democracy.

Democracy is a matter of degree, and this book offers mainstream empirical evidence that shows how rich democracies would be better off with a few degrees less of it.

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