<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
document.write('<div id="oa_widget"></div>');
document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.openaire.eu/index.php?option=com_openaire&view=widget&format=raw&projectId=undefined&type=result"></script>');
-->
</script>
handle: 10419/77500
Democracy is defined by two core tenets: voice and pluralism. Within these constraints, a wide variety of regime types can be designed. We show that the only new, untested form of democracy is when every citizen is governed by the political party of his/her choice. Multiple full-edged governments would coexist in the same national territory at the same time, each one sovereign only over the people who chose to vote for it - hence the name: Choice Democracy. Choice Democracy can be regarded as pure polyarchy, the broadest form of political competition, and a robust mechanism for disciplining government agencies. We argue that this system makes democracy more stable by reducing the risk of revolutionary and financial crises. We develop a theory for the optimal number of governments per countries, where the answer is determined by a trade-off between cooperation and competition. We also provide evidence indicating that Choice Democracy would be viable in the real world.
Polyarchie, polyarchy, Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Politisches System, democracy, ECON Department of Economics, Democracy, choice, polyarchy, stability, competition, effciency, 10007 Department of Economics, H11, choice, ddc:330, H12, stability, Democracy, 330 Economics, Wahlsystem, efficiency, H41, competition, Demokratie, jel: jel:H41, jel: jel:H11, jel: jel:H12
Polyarchie, polyarchy, Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Politisches System, democracy, ECON Department of Economics, Democracy, choice, polyarchy, stability, competition, effciency, 10007 Department of Economics, H11, choice, ddc:330, H12, stability, Democracy, 330 Economics, Wahlsystem, efficiency, H41, competition, Demokratie, jel: jel:H41, jel: jel:H11, jel: jel:H12
citations This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | 0 | |
popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network. | Average | |
influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | Average | |
impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network. | Average |