Political Participation and Government Regulation - Softcover

Peltzman, Sam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226654176 ISBN 13: 9780226654171

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1998

Synopsis

Sam Peltzman is one of the world's leading economists, and the essays in this collection are central to the modern canon in political economy. These ten articles and an original introduction respond to two broad questions: How does government work? How do voters and their elected representatives make decisions? Given the media's portrayal of the cynical political atmosphere in America, Peltzman's responses are rather surprising—the electorate really does make well-informed decisions and elected officials actually do tend to vote according to their constituents' interests. These conclusions bear the stamp of the Chicago approach to political economy (which applies microeconomic principles to political phenomena), an approach that has had considerable success explaining why certain government policies have not achieved their intended effects.

This collection reflects Peltzman's long career studying the interface between the private economy and the public sector. It will be essential to anyone who wishes to study government activity and voting behavior from an economic perspective.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0226654176
• ISBN 13: 9780226654171
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 366