Planning and the Political Market : Public Choice and the Politics of Government Failure. by Pennington, Mark

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Acronyms; Acknowledgements; 1 Planning and the Political Market: The Rise of Public Choice Theory; 2 The Impact of Planning; 3 Interest Groups, Collective Action and Planning; 4 Budgets, Bureaucrats and Planning; 5 Planning and the Political Market: Voter-Centred versus Special-Interest Explanations; 6 Planning and the Politics of Growth; 7 Land Use Planning: Public or Private Choice?…”
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Metropolitan governance in America / Donald F. Norris (University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA). by Norris, Donald F.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The metropolitan reform school -- Public choice theory -- The new regionalism -- Metropolitan governance survey -- A look at the evidence -- Conclusion -- Index.…”
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Regulation and public interests : the possibility of good regulatory government / Steven P. Croley. by Croley, Steven P., 1965-

Table of Contents: “…-- Alternative visions of regulatory government -- Opening the black box : regulatory decisionmaking in legal context -- Regulatory government as administrative government -- Participation in administrative decisionmaking -- The administrative-process approach expanded : a more developed picture -- The Environmental Protection Agency's ozone and particulate matter rules -- The Food and Drug Administration's tobacco initiative -- The Forest Service's roadless policy for national forests -- Socially beneficial administrative decisionmaking -- The public choice theory revisited -- The promise of an administrative-process orientation -- Regulatory rents, regulatory failures, and other objections -- The regulatory state and social welfare.…”
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Individualism and community : education and social policy in the postmodern condition / Michael Peters and James Marshall. by Peters, Michael (Michael A.), 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; List of Figures; Introduction: The Crisis of the Welfare State in the Postmodern Condition; Social Policy and the Move to Community; Democracy and Community-based Social Policy; Welfare and the Future of Community: The New Zealand Experiment; The New Right Reforms of Education; The Politics of Choice: Public Choice Theory and the Autonomous Chooser; Children of Rogernomics: The New Right, Individualism and the Culture of Narcissism; From Education to Evaluation: The Ideal Learning Community.…”
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Economy in Society : Economic Sociology Revisited. by Tittenbrun, Jacek

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Government versus Markets : a Contemporary and Historical Perspective. by Tanzi, Vito

Table of Contents: “…Eight: Voluntary Exchange and Public Choice TheoriesNine: The Nordic European Economic Theory of Fiscal Policy; Ten: Policy Tools and Government Roles; Part Four: The Outcome of State Intervention; Eleven: Evaluating the Impact of Public Spending on Socioeconomic Indicators; Twelve: Social Protection in the Modern World: Some Quantitative Aspects; Thirteen: The Role of the State and Economic Performance in the Nordic Countries; Part Five: On the Economic Role of the State in the Future; Fourteen: The Economic Role of the State in the Future: Concluding Reflections; Notes.…”
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Economics : A Complete Guide for Business. by Evans, Anthony J.

Table of Contents: “…9.3 Austerity -- 9.4 Laissez-faire -- 9.5 The Phillips curve -- International Economics -- 10.1 Globalization and trade theory -- 10.2 Balance of payments -- 10.3 Foreign exchange markets -- 10.4 Currency regimes -- Behavioural Economics -- 11.1 Behavioural anomalies -- 11.2 Market efficiency -- Global Prosperity -- 12.1 Growth theory -- 12.2 Happiness -- 12.3 Economic freedom -- 12.4 Public Choice theory -- 12.5 Transition economics -- References -- Index -- Blank Page…”
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New Institutional Economics and Third World Development. by Harriss, John

Table of Contents: “…""THE POLITICS OF MONEY IN MID-NINETEENTH-CENTURY ARGENTINA""""POLITICAL FACTORS SHAPING THE ROLE OF FOREIGN FINANCE: THE CASE OF GREECE, 1832 1932""; ""REGULATORY REGIMES, CAPITAL MARKETS AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BRAZIL, MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 1840 1930""; ""THE STATE AND THE ECONOMY IN INDONESIA IN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES""; ""EXPLAINING THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SUCCESSES OF RAWLINGS: THE STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS OF PUBLIC CHOICE THEORIES""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""…”
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An Austro-Libertarian Critique of Public Choice. by DiLorenzo, Thomas J.

Table of Contents: “…-- Chapter 1 The Subjectivist Roots of James Buchanan's Economics -- Chapter 2 Cultural Dynamics -- Part 2: The Austrian Critique of Public Choice -- Chapter 3 Competition and Political Entrepreneurship: Austrian Insights into Public-Choice Theory -- Chapter 4 Is Voluntary Government Possible? …”
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Recharacterizing restructuring : Law, distribution and gender in market reform. by Rittich, K.

Table of Contents: “…THEORETICAL ANTECEDENTS OF NEOLIBERALISM; 3.1 Libertarian Concepts of Property, Regulation and the State: Hayek and Roepke; 3.2 Public Choice Theory; 4. LAW AND DISTRIBUTION IN THE MARKET: A POST-REALIST VIEW; 4.1 Neoliberal Legalism.…”
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Foundations of public administration : an essay in its paradigms / I. Th. M. Snellen. by Snellen, I. Th. M.

Table of Contents: “…3.1 Policies and Administration from a Systems Perspective3.2 Systems Approach and the Make-ability of Society(the 1960s); 3.3 Paradigmatic Problems and Solutions: a Case Study; 3.4 Public Sector Management Systems and Ethics; 4 Demand and Supply Paradigm of Public Administration; 4.1 Public Choice Theory: An Optimistic and a Pessimistic Scenario; 4.2 Solutions to the Problems as Viewed Through the Paradigmatic Lens; 4.3 'Re-inventing Government' and Other Practical Proposals; 4.4 Exogenous and Endogenous Criticism of the Demand and Supply Paradigm.…”
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Plowshares & Pork Barrels : the Political Economy of Agriculture. by Pasour, Jr., E. C.

Table of Contents: “…Implications of Public-Choice Theory for Agricultural Policy; The Changing Agricultural Agenda; The Bias of the Collective-Choice Process in Agriculture; The Problem of Budget Discipline.…”
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