Gianluigi Galeotti

Political Extremism and Rationality

Political extremism is widely considered to be the product of irrational behavior. The distinguishing feature of this collection by well-known economists and political scientists from North America, Europe and Australia is to propose a variety of explanations which all insist on the rationality of extremism. Contributors use variants of this approach to shed light on subjects such as the conditions under which democratic parties take extremist positions, the relationship between extremism and conformism, the strategies adopted by revolutionary movements, and the reasons why extremism often leads to violence. The authors identify four core issues in the study of the phenomenon: the nature (definition) of extremism and its origins in both democratic and authoritarian settings, the capacity of democratic political systems to accommodate extremist positions, the strategies (civil disobedience, assassination, lynching) chosen by extremist groups, and the circumstances under which extremism becomes a threat to democracy.

Understanding Democracy: Economic and Political Perspectives

Introduction Albert Breton, Ginaluigi Galeotti, Pierre Salmon and Ronald Wintrobe Part I. Democracy, the Market, and the Law: 1. Democratic stability as a self-enforcing equilibrium Barry R. Weingast 2. Democracy, competition, and the principle of Isonomia: an economic analysis of the political exchange as an incomplete contract Michel Grillo 3. Constitutional democracy: an interpretation Dennis Mueller 4. Necessary and sufficient conditions for a viable democracy Peter Bernholz Part II. Democracy and Economic Growth: 5. Government spending and economic growth under democracy and dictatorship Jose Antonio Cheibub and Adam Pzeworski 6. Rent seeking and redistribution under democracy vs dictatorship Ronald Wintrobe 7. Democractic governments, economic growth and income distribution Pierre Salmon Part III. Democratic Deficiencies and Possible Improvements: 8. Democracy and the public machinery: the case of the headless leviathan Gianluigi Galeotti 9. Democracy and empowerment Albert Breton and Margot Breton 10. Political participation, voting and economic policy: three problems of modern democracies Luigi Campiglio Part IV. Democratic Expectations: 11. Components of the democratic ideal Ian Shapiro 12. Democracy on the margin Russell Hardin.

Understanding democracy: Democracy, the market, and the law

Introduction Albert Breton, Ginaluigi Galeotti, Pierre Salmon and Ronald Wintrobe Part I. Democracy, the Market, and the Law: 1. Democratic stability as a self-enforcing equilibrium Barry R. Weingast 2. Democracy, competition, and the principle of Isonomia: an economic analysis of the political exchange as an incomplete contract Michel Grillo 3. Constitutional democracy: an interpretation Dennis Mueller 4. Necessary and sufficient conditions for a viable democracy Peter Bernholz Part II. Democracy and Economic Growth: 5. Government spending and economic growth under democracy and dictatorship Jose Antonio Cheibub and Adam Pzeworski 6. Rent seeking and redistribution under democracy vs dictatorship Ronald Wintrobe 7. Democractic governments, economic growth and income distribution Pierre Salmon Part III. Democratic Deficiencies and Possible Improvements: 8. Democracy and the public machinery: the case of the headless leviathan Gianluigi Galeotti 9. Democracy and empowerment Albert Breton and Margot Breton 10. Political participation, voting and economic policy: three problems of modern democracies Luigi Campiglio Part IV. Democratic Expectations: 11. Components of the democratic ideal Ian Shapiro 12. Democracy on the margin Russell Hardin.

Understanding democracy: Democratic deficiencies and possible improvements

Introduction Albert Breton, Ginaluigi Galeotti, Pierre Salmon and Ronald Wintrobe Part I. Democracy, the Market, and the Law: 1. Democratic stability as a self-enforcing equilibrium Barry R. Weingast 2. Democracy, competition, and the principle of Isonomia: an economic analysis of the political exchange as an incomplete contract Michel Grillo 3. Constitutional democracy: an interpretation Dennis Mueller 4. Necessary and sufficient conditions for a viable democracy Peter Bernholz Part II. Democracy and Economic Growth: 5. Government spending and economic growth under democracy and dictatorship Jose Antonio Cheibub and Adam Pzeworski 6. Rent seeking and redistribution under democracy vs dictatorship Ronald Wintrobe 7. Democractic governments, economic growth and income distribution Pierre Salmon Part III. Democratic Deficiencies and Possible Improvements: 8. Democracy and the public machinery: the case of the headless leviathan Gianluigi Galeotti 9. Democracy and empowerment Albert Breton and Margot Breton 10. Political participation, voting and economic policy: three problems of modern democracies Luigi Campiglio Part IV. Democratic Expectations: 11. Components of the democratic ideal Ian Shapiro 12. Democracy on the margin Russell Hardin.