Advanced Introduction to Public Choice - Brossura

Holcombe, Randall G.

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ISBN 10: 1785362062 ISBN 13: 9781785362064

Casa editrice: Edward Elgar Pub, 2016

Riassunto

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world s leading scholars. This Advanced Introduction presents a focused narrative about political decision-making ba sed on the work that has defined public choice as a discipline. Randall G. Holcombe emphasizes the theoretical foundations of public choice, examining the way that voter preferences are aggregated through democratic decision-making, the way that political exchange leads to the production of public policy, and the way that the constitutional framework within which political activity takes place is designed. He provides a concise discussion of the main models of public choice in an engaging manner, giving readers a foundation for understanding the theoretical and empirical work in the field. Each chapter ends with a notes section that discusses the research on which the chapter is based, with an emphasis on the pioneering work that has shaped the development of public choice.Undergraduate and graduate students in economics, political science and public administration will find this introduction to be an essential resource for understanding political decision making. Instructors in those fields will find this book to be a useful and affordable text and an indispensable resource for teaching public choice.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Randall G. Holcombe, DeVoe Moore Professor of Economics, Florida State University, US

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Edward Elgar Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1785362062
• ISBN 13: 9781785362064
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 155
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile