Public Choice Theory

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Education and Public Choice: A Critical Account of the Invisible Hand in Education
by Nesta Devine. 192 pgs.

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Acknowledgments

Series Foreword

Preface

Introduction: Overview

I: Fundamentals

1: Introducing the Theoretical Groundwork

2: Basic Elements

3: Supply-Side Economics

4: The Calculation of Consent

II: Genealogies

5: A Medieval Genealogy of Public Choice Ideas

6: Rupture

7: Public Choice Theory, Economics, and Claims to Scientific Status

8: Catallactics

9: Conclusion

Bibliography

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The Limits of Public Choice: A Sociological Critique of the Economic Theory of Politics
by Lars Udehn. 448 pgs.

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This book uses both empirical evidence and theoretical analysis to argue that the economic theory of politics is limited in scope and fertility. It presents political sociology as an alternative approach to politics.

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Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I: Public Choice: a Critique

1: Two Approaches to Politics

2: Self-Interest in Politics

3: Politics as Exchange

4: Individualism

Part II: Collective Action: a Comparison

5: The Economics of Collective Action

6: The Sociology of Collective Action

7: Cooperation and Social Order

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index
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Government Failure: A Primer in Public Choice
by Gordon Tullock, Arthur Seldon, Gordon L. Brady. 193 pgs.

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This book provides a much-needed introduction to public choice thought and public policy by three acknowledged leaders in the field.

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Acknowledgments

Introduction: About Public Choice

Part I: The Theory of Public Choice

1: People Are People: the Elements of Public Choice

2: Voting Paradoxes

3: Logrolling

4: The Cost of Rent Seeking

5: Bureaucracy

6: Tax “avoision”

7: Federalism

Part II: American Applications

8: Protection in International Trade

9: Internet Governance

10: Applying Public Choice to Telecommunications

11: Applying Public Choice to Environmental Policy

Part III: Public Choice in Britain

12: Public Choice or Political Sovereignty?

13: Government Intentions and Consequences

14: Overdependence on the Welfare State

15: The Weakening of the Family

16: Voters Versus Consumers

17: The Political Fate of Economic Federalism

18: The Escapes from Overgovernment: Political Power Yields to Economic Law

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The Authors

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Collective Decision Making: Applications from Public Choice Theory
by Clifford S. Russell. 304 pgs.

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Introductory Remarks

REFERENCES

Applications of Public Choice Theory: An Introduction

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Public Choice in Practice

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Super-Rationality and School Tax Voting

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National Environmental Lobbies and the Apparent Illogic of Collective Action

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The Application of Laboratory Experimental Methods to Public Choice

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Practical Aspects of the Construction of Decentralized Decision-making Systems for Public Goods

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The Resource Allocation Role of Reviewing Courts Common Law Functions in a Regulatory Era

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International Resource Regimes

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Political Applications of Social Choice Theory

Future Directions for Work in Public Choice

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Government by the Market?The Politics of Public Choice
by Peter Self. 303 pgs.

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Preface

1 Economic Interpretations of Politics

2 Theories of Political Behaviour

3 The Creation of a New Ideology

4 Slimming the State

5 Privatising Welfare

6 Restructuring Government

7 Market Ideology and Public Policy

8 Public Choice and the Public Interest

9 Towards Better Government

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Index of Names

Index of Subjects
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Public Choice Economics: Where Is There Consensus?, in American Economist
by Robert Whaples, Jac C. Heckelman. 7 pgs.

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Sabotage versus Public Choice: Sports as a Case Study for Interest Group Theory, in Journal of Economic Issues
by Ian Hudson. 18 pgs.

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Recent Perspectives on Modern Democracy: Marxism, Pluralism, and Public Choice, in Perspectives on Political Science
by William C. Mitchell. 10 pgs.

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Recent Perspectives on Modern Democracy:: Marxism, Pluralism, and Public Choice
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Public Choice Theory a New Perspective for Social Education Research, in Social Studies
by Mark C. Schug, Donald R. Wentworth, Richard D. Western. 6 pgs.

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Public Choice Theory a New Perspective for Social Education Research
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The Danner Thesis and Public Choice Theory: A Review Essay, in Review of Social Economy
by Stephen T. Worland. 11 pgs.

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