Individual system preference

TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider the question of the level of political concentration, or the percentage of a given society's population which will be governed by one state, and then they look at the resource and level of order issues, see if and how their conclusions in this chapter must be modified.

TL;DR: For example, this paper argued that people like to participate in government for its own sake, even if this participation results in no other benefit to them, and the evidence for this view is the strong relationship between levels of income and the "democrativeness of society".

TL;DR: In this article, a brief examination of the production of order, which was the original function of governments, and remains the primary objective of much state activity, is presented, with the goal of developing en passant the economists' traditional view of the proper role of government in society.

TL;DR: In this paper, the level of order in society is defined as a public good, and a comparative statics of public goods must be employed to understand the consequences of three exceptionally strong historical trends: increased population, the increase in the density or compactness of populations, and the decline in the metaphysical basis for order.

TL;DR: Saari as mentioned in this paper introduced Arrow's Theorem and founded the field of social choice theory in economics and political science, and introduced a new foreword by Nobel laureate Eric Maskin, introducing Arrow's seminal book to a new generation of students and researchers.

TL;DR: The Calculus of Consents as mentioned in this paper analyzes the calculus of the rational individual when faced with questions of constitutional choice and examines the (choice) process extensively only with reference to the problem of decision-making rules.

TL;DR: An Approach to Political Culture Patterns of Political Cognition Feelings Toward Government and Politics Patterns of Partnership The Obligation to Participate The Sense of Civic Competence Citizen Competence and Subject Competence Competence, Participation, and Political Allegiance Social Relations and Civic Cooperation Organizational Membership and Civic competence Political Socialization and Civic Socialization Profiles of Nations and Groups The Civic Culture and Democratic Stability