This paper examines the constitutional theory behind the George W. Bush administration’s conduct of the ‘war on terror’. It concludes that the theory of the unitary executive is dangerous when it escalates to include ‘inherent’ presidential powers, as it so often has. Such a version of...

We study the formation of a ruling coalition in political environments. Each individual is endowed with a level of political power. The ruling coalition consists of a subset of the individuals in the society and decides the distribution of resources. A ruling coalition needs to contain enough...

We study the formation of a ruling coalition in political environments. Each individual is endowed with a level of political power. The ruling coalition consists of a subset of the individuals in the society and decides the distribution of resources. A ruling coalition needs to contain enough...

We study the formation of a ruling coalition in nondemocratic societies where institutions do not enable political commitments. Each individual is endowed with a level of political power. The ruling coalition consists of a subset of the individuals in the society and decides the distribution of...

По некоторым социологическим исследованиям, в нашей стране сегодня насчитывается 6 млн чиновников разного уровня. Перестройка и постсоветское развитие России...

Random samples of the Moscow and New York populations were compared in their attitudes towards free markets by administering identical telephone interviews in the two countries in May, 1990. Although the Soviet respondents were somewhat less likely to accept exchange of money as a solution to...