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Government by the Market?

The Politics of Public Choice

  • Textbook
  • © 1993

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Authors:
  1. Peter Self

    1. Canberra, Australia

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  • Wide-ranging analysis of the discipline and the theory's real-life impacts

    ​Accessible for both Politics and Economics students

    No prior experience of the topic required


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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Economic Interpretations of Politics

    • Peter Self
    Pages 1-20

  3. Theories of Political Behaviour

    • Peter Self
    Pages 21-47

  4. The Creation of a New Ideology

    • Peter Self
    Pages 48-69

  5. Slimming the State

    • Peter Self
    Pages 70-112

  6. Privatising Welfare

    • Peter Self
    Pages 113-155

  7. Restructuring Government

    • Peter Self
    Pages 156-197

  8. Market Ideology and Public Policy

    • Peter Self
    Pages 198-231

  9. Public Choice and the Public Interest

    • Peter Self
    Pages 232-261

  10. Towards Better Government

    • Peter Self
    Pages 262-281

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 282-303
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About this book

Recent decades have seen the study of politics invaded by economic theories, methods and techniques. This book gives a concise, non- technical account of these 'public choice' theories and examines their influence upon government policies in English-speaking countries. Issues covered include slimming the state, privatising welfare and re- structuring government. Final chapters offer an alternative view of the basis of good government. This book offers a unique survey and critique of the ideas and influence of an important branch of political thought and its links with market theories. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Canberra, Australia

    Peter Self

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sometime Visiting Fellow, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Australia and Emeritus Professor of Public Administration, London School of Economics

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