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Better Governance

Name: Better Governance
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From Theories to Codes

By: Daniel Armani

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Hardcover | 11 February 2027

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Available: 11th February 2027

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This book examines how governance structures shape incentives, behavior, and long-term investment, arguing that the quality of governance is the primary determinant of prosperity and liberty. It explains how political power operates, why inclusive democracies tend to outperform autocracies, and how institutional frameworks can leverage technology to automate enforcement. Drawing on institutional economics, mechanism design, game theory, and systems engineering, the book reframes constitutional design as an engineering problem rather than an ideological debate. Instead of prescribing specific policy decisions, it proposes a framework for constructing rules and constitutional provisions that reliably produce better collective decisions. Moving from theory to practice, the book offers a rigorous blueprint for scholars, policymakers, reformers, and technologists seeking to improve governance. It provides concrete tools for institutional reform, including an AI-based adjudication system and a "smart constitution" deployable on a blockchain to govern political transitions and establish legitimate interim governments. It also proposes a zero-trust constitutional framework that assumes adversarial behavior by public officials.

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