Understanding democracy : economic and political perspectives

Democratic stability as a self-enforcing equilibrium / Barry R. Weingast-- Democracy, competition, and the principle of isonomia: an economic analysis of the political exchange as an incomplete contract / Michele Grillo -- Constitutional democracy: an interpretation / Dennis C. Mueller -- Necessary and sufficient conditions for a viable democracy / Peter Bernholz -- Government spending and economic growth under democracy and dictatorship / José Antonio Cheibub and Adam Przeworski -- Rent seeking and redistribution under democracy versus dictatorship / Ronald Wintrobe -- Democratic governments, economic growth, and income distribution / Pierre Salmon -- Democracy and the public machinery: the case of the headless Leviathan / Gianluigi Galeotti -- Democracy and empowerment / Albert Breton and Margot Breton -- Political participation, voting, and economic policy: three problems of modern democracies / Luigi Campiglio -- Components of the democratic ideal / Ian Shapiro -- Democracy on the margin / Russell Hardin