The calculus of consent logical foundations of constitutional democracy

Abstract

I. The Conceptual Framework -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Individualistic Postulate -- 3. Politics and the Economic Nexus -- 4- Individual Rationality in Social Choice -- II. The Realm of Social Choice -- 5. The Organization of Human Activity -- 6. A Generalized Economic Theory of Constitutions -- 7. The Rule of Unanimity -- 8. The Costs of Decision-Making -- III. Analyses of Decision-Making Rules -- 9. The Structure of the Models -- l0. Simple Majority Voting.