丹尼斯•C.穆勒（Dennis C. Mueller），1966年獲美國普林斯頓大學經濟學博士學位，曾在美國和德國的多所大學任教，1994年在奧地利維也納大學獲得教授職位，2008年成為榮休教授。主要研究領域：委托代理問題、公司治理和政治經濟學。

Constitutional Democracy systematically examines how the basic constitutional structure of governments affects what they can accomplish. This relationship is especially important at a time when Americans are increasingly disillusioned about government's fundamental ability to reach solutions

for domestic problems, and when countries in the former Soviet block and around the world are rewriting their constitutions. Political economist Mueller illuminates the links between the structure of democratic government and the outcomes it achieves by drawing comparisons between the American

system and other government systems around the world. Working from the "public choice" perspective in political science, the book analyzes electoral rules, voting rules, federalism, bicameralism, citizenship, and separation of powers. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of

political economy.