Institutions and Democratic Citizenship (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780199244294)

Divided into two parts, this highly informative work first contributes to the debate on democracy's preconditions, then explores the historical development of state structures. Its primary conclusion is that democracy is not the product of social and economic forces, yet, to a greater extent, it is the consequence of prevailing institutional conditions, i.e. the nature of the state. In the second section, Hadenius maintains that the differing modes of state have displayed a variable capacity for governance and economic development. Thus, the evolution of state structures has consequences across broad areas of political and social life.

Author: Axel Hadenius
ISBN-10: 0199244294
ISBN-13: 9780199244294
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/20/2001
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d