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Planning and the Political Market: Public Choice and the Politics of Government Failure - Hardcover

Pennington, Mark

 
9780485004069: Planning and the Political Market: Public Choice and the Politics of Government Failure
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0485004062 ISBN 13: 9780485004069
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2000

Synopsis

Planning and the Political Market argues that the enthusiasm for planning as an essential component of environmental protection is misplaced. Drawing on the experience of Britain and other Western democracies, the author uses public choice theory to explore the practical experience of land use planning as an example of government failure.

The book opens by outlining the institutional focus of public choice theory, examining the central questions of market and government failure and the theoretical case for government intervention in the environment. Having explored the principal impacts of planning the book goes on to analyse the institutional structures which have produced these policy outcomes.

The analysis suggests that institutional incentives within the 'political market' have frequently led to policies which favour special interest groups and public sector bureaucracy. The book concludes with an assessment of the potential for a private property rights, free market alternative to increase community involvement and access.

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About the Author

Mark Pennington is Lecturer in Public Policy at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0485004062
ISBN 13 
9780485004069
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
232