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When Majorities Fail

When Majorities Fail

Hardcover

Series: Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions

United States Politics

ISBN10: 0521801125
ISBN13: 9780521801126
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: Oct 21 2002
Pages: 296
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
This study of institutional failure in Russia's first democratic legislature claims that inadequate rules and a chaotic party system combined to make it nearly impossible for the legislature to pass a coherent legislative program, including a new constitution. It studies a peculiar form of chaos; cycling; that can exist in majority rule institutions when institutional rules are weak. It identifies cycling in an important institutional setting--the Russian national legislature--and shows that poor institutional design has important consequences for the consolidation of democracy in transitional countries.

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