Architects of Political Change : Constitutional Quandaries and Social Choice Theory

Preface 1. Constitutional quandaries and rational choice 2. Power, prosperity and social choice 3. Franklin and the War of Independence: 1776-1783 4. Madison, Jefferson and condorcet 5. Lincoln and the Civil War 6. Johnson and the critical realignment of 1964 7. Keynes and the Atlantic constitution 8. Preferences and beliefs 9. Political change 10. Notes 11. Figures and tables.