Advanced Introduction to Public Choice (Elgar Advanced Introductions series) - Hardcover

Holcombe, Randall G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1785362046 ISBN 13: 9781785362040

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars.

This Advanced Introduction presents a focused narrative about political decision-making based 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...

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About the Author

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

Review

'In this slim volume, Randall Holcombe takes the reader masterfully on an informative journey through the main regions of public choice theory. Among the topics this fine volume covers are voting theory, presidential vs. parliamentary systems, interest groups, bureaucracy, political entrepreneurship, and constitutional political economy. Someone who works through this book will be solidly prepared to venture into the higher reaches of public choice theory.' --Richard E. Wagner, George...

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Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1785362046
• ISBN 13: 9781785362040
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 168