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The Political Economy of Social Choices

Author : Maria Gallego
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319401181
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of Social Choices written by Maria Gallego and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-02 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents state-of-the-art research in political economy dealing with the decision making process under different political institutions. It focuses on the role that states and governments have on political outcomes and on the well-being of individuals, taking into account the differences that arise across autocracies and democracies and within political regimes. The research in this book is embedded with the political economy and social choice traditions and uses the rigorous frameworks of economics, political science and social choice theory to show how institutional settings shape social choices of a group of individuals or a nation. The contributions in this volume use a variety of cutting-edge game theory and mathematical tools as well as data and simulations that coupled with statistical techniques help us gain greater insights into these issues.

Social Choice and Legitimacy

Author : John W. Patty
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139915487
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book Social Choice and Legitimacy written by John W. Patty and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Governing requires choices, and hence trade-offs between conflicting goals or criteria. This book asserts that legitimate governance requires explanations for such trade-offs and then demonstrates that such explanations can always be found, though not for every possible choice. In so doing, John W. Patty and Elizabeth Maggie Penn use the tools of social choice theory to provide a new and discriminating theory of legitimacy. In contrast with both earlier critics and defenders of social choice theory, Patty and Penn argue that the classic impossibility theorems of Arrow, Gibbard, and Satterthwaite are inescapably relevant to, and indeed justify, democratic institutions. Specifically, these institutions exist to do more than simply make policy - through their procedures and proceedings, these institutions make sense of the trade-offs required when controversial policy decisions must be made.

Collective Decision-Making:

Author : Norman Schofield
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401587671
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Collective Decision-Making: written by Norman Schofield and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last decade the techniques of social choice theory, game theory and positive political theory have been combined in interesting ways so as to pro vide a common framework for analyzing the behavior of a developed political economy. Social choice theory itself grew out of the innovative attempts by Ken neth Arrow (1951) and Duncan Black (1948, 1958) to extend the range of economic theory in order to deal with collective decision-making over public goods. Later work, by William Baumol (1952), and James Buchanan and Gordon Tullock (1962), focussed on providing an "economic" interpretation of democratic institutions. In the same period Anthony Downs (1957) sought to model representative democracy and elections while William Riker (1962) made use of work in cooperative game theory (by John von Neumann and Oscar Morgenstern, 1944) to study coalition behavior. In my view, these "rational choice" analyses of collective decision-making have their antecedents in the arguments of Adam Smith (1759, 1776), James Madison (1787) and the Marquis de Condorcet (1785) about the "design" of political institutions. In the introductory chapter to this volume I briefly describe how some of the current normative and positive aspects of social choice date back to these earlier writers.

The Political Economy of Human Happiness

Author : Benjamin Radcliff
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107030846
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of Human Happiness written by Benjamin Radcliff and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-25 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Data, methods and theories of contemporary social science can be applied to resolve how political outcomes in democratic societies determine the quality of life that citizens experience. Radcliff seeks to provide an objective answer to the debate between left and right over what public policies best contribute to people leading positive and rewarding lives. Radcliff offers an empirical answer, relying on the same canons of reason and evidence required of any other issue amenable to study through social-scientific means. The analysis focuses on the consequences of three specific political issues: the welfare state and the general size of government, labor organization, and state efforts to protect workers and consumers through economic regulation. The results indicate that in each instance, the program of the Left best contributes to citizens leading more satisfying lives and, critically, that the benefits of greater happiness accrue to everyone in society, rich and poor alike.

Toward a Political Economy of Development

Author : Robert H. Bates
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520314050
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Toward a Political Economy of Development written by Robert H. Bates and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1998. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived

Readings in Public Choice and Constitutional Political Economy

Author : Charles Rowley
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387758704
Total Pages : 617 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (877 download)

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Download or read book Readings in Public Choice and Constitutional Political Economy written by Charles Rowley and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-08-09 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public choice is the study of behavior at the intersection of economics and political science. Since the pioneering work of Duncan Black in the 1940s, public choice has developed a rich literature, drawing from such related perspectives as history, philosophy, law, and sociology, to analyze political decision making (by citizen-voters, elected officials, bureaucratic administrators, lobbyists, and other "rational" actors) in social and economic context, with an emphasis on identifying differences between individual goals and collective outcomes. Constitutional political economy provides important insights into the relationship between effective constitutions and the behavior of ordinary political markets. In Readings in Public Choice and Constitutional Political Economy, Charles Rowley and Friedrich Schneider have assembled an international array of leading authors to present a comprehensive and accessible overview of the field and its applications. Covering a wide array of topics, including regulation and antitrust, taxation, trade liberalization, political corruption, interest group behavior, dictatorship, and environmental issues, and featuring biographies of the founding fathers of the field, this volume will be essential reading for scholars and students, policymakers, economists, sociologists, and non-specialist readers interested in the dynamics of political economy.

The Costs of Coalition

Author : Carol Mershon
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804740838
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book The Costs of Coalition written by Carol Mershon and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to understand and explain who governs, and for how long, under the institution of parliamentary democracy. In the process, it investigates the nature of political scientists' knowledge of coalitional behavior and how to advance it.

Politician's Dilemma

Author : Barbara Geddes
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520918665
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Politician's Dilemma written by Barbara Geddes and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Latin America as elsewhere, politicians routinely face a painful dilemma: whether to use state resources for national purposes, especially those that foster economic development, or to channel resources to people and projects that will help insure political survival and reelection. While politicians may believe that a competent state bureaucracy is intrinsic to the national good, political realities invariably tempt leaders to reward powerful clients and constituents, undermining long-term competence. Politician's Dilemma explores the ways in which political actors deal with these contradictory pressures and asks the question: when will leaders support reforms that increase state capacity and that establish a more meritocratic and technically competent bureaucracy? Barbara Geddes brings rational choice theory to her study of Brazil between 1930 and 1964 and shows how state agencies are made more effective when they are protected from partisan pressures and operate through merit-based recruitment and promotion strategies. Looking at administrative reform movements in other Latin American democracies, she traces the incentives offered politicians to either help or hinder the process. In its balanced insight, wealth of detail, and analytical rigor, Politician's Dilemma provides a powerful key to understanding the conflicts inherent in Latin American politics, and to unlocking possibilities for real political change.

Women and the Economic Miracle

Author : Mary C. Brinton
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520075634
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (756 download)

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Download or read book Women and the Economic Miracle written by Mary C. Brinton and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lucid, hard-hitting book explores a central paradox of the Japanese economy: the relegation of women to low-paying, dead-end jobs in a workforce that depends on their labor to maintain its status as a world economic leader. Drawing upon historical materials, survey and statistical data, and extensive interviews in Japan, Mary Brinton provides an in-depth and original examination of the role of gender in Japan's phenomenal postwar economic growth. Brinton finds that the educational system, the workplace, and the family in Japan have shaped the opportunities open to female workers. Women move in and out of the workforce depending on their age and family duties, a great disadvantage in a system that emphasizes seniority and continuous work experience. Brinton situates the vicious cycle that perpetuates traditional gender roles within the concept of human capital development, whereby Japanese society "underinvests" in the capabilities of women. The effects of this underinvestment are reinforced indirectly as women sustain male human capital through unpaid domestic labor and psychological support. Brinton provides a clear analysis of a society that remains misunderstood, but whose economic transformation has been watched with great interest by the industrialized world.

The Economics of Public Choice

Author : Paddy McNutt
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781781956649
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (566 download)

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Download or read book The Economics of Public Choice written by Paddy McNutt and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2002-03-27 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The economics of public choice.

Handbook of Social Choice and Voting

Author : Jac C. Heckelman
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783470739
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Social Choice and Voting written by Jac C. Heckelman and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-18 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook provides an overview of interdisciplinary research related to social choice and voting that is intended for a broad audience. Expert contributors from various fields present critical summaries of the existing literature, including intuitive explanations of technical terminology and well-known theorems, suggesting new directions for research.

Social Choice and Individual Values

Author : Kenneth J. Arrow
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300186983
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Social Choice and Individual Values written by Kenneth J. Arrow and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1951, "Social Choice and Individual Values" introduced "Arrow's Impossibility Theorem" and founded the field of social choice theory in economics and political science. This new edition, including a new foreword by Nobel laureate Eric Maskin, reintroduces Arrow's seminal book to a new generation of students and researchers."Far beyond a classic, this small book unleashed the ongoing explosion of interest in social choice and voting theory. A half-century later, the book remains full of profound insight: its central message, 'Arrow's Theorem, ' has changed the way we think."--Donald G. Saari, author of "Decisions and Elections: Explaining the Unexpected "

The Political Economy of Public Administration

Author : Murray J. Horn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521484367
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (843 download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of Public Administration written by Murray J. Horn and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-11-24 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book applies the basic ideas and models of economics to develop a single transactions framework to explain the key institutional arrangements across the whole range of public sector organization: the regulatory commission, the executive tax-financed bureau, and the state-owned enterprise. This book also explores the link between agency form and administrative function, agency independence from the legislature, the rights extended to private interests to influence administrative decision making, the role of civil service arrangements that are so often seen as simply frustrating efficiency and responsiveness, and the boundary between public and private sectors. This book should be of value to those with a practical interest in public administration as well as students of political science, public administration, economics, and public policy.

Public Choice, Past and Present

Author : Dwight R. Lee
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461459095
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book Public Choice, Past and Present written by Dwight R. Lee and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1962, economists James M. Buchanan and Gordon Tullock published The Calculus of Consent, in which they developed the principles of public choice theory. In the fifty years since its publication, the book has defined the field and set the standard for research and analysis. To celebrate a half-century of scholarship in public choice, Dwight Lee has assembled distinguished academics from around the world to reflect on the influence of this monumental publication, and, more broadly, the legacy of its legendary authors. Their essays cover a broad spectrum of topics and approaches, from the impact of public choice theory on foreign policy analysis to personal remembrances of learning from and collaborating with Buchanan and Tullock. The result is a unique collection of insights that celebrate public choice and its visionary proponents, while considering its future directions.

The Oxford Handbook of Public Choice, Volume 1

Author : Roger D. Congleton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190469757
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Public Choice, Volume 1 written by Roger D. Congleton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Public Choice provides a comprehensive overview of the research in economics, political science, law, and sociology that has generated considerable insight into the politics of democratic and authoritarian systems as well as the influence of different institutional frameworks on incentives and outcomes. The result is an improved understanding of public policy, public finance, industrial organization, and macroeconomics as the combination of political and economic analysis shed light on how various interests compete both within a given rules of the games and, at times, to change the rules. These volumes include analytical surveys, syntheses, and general overviews of the many subfields of public choice focusing on interesting, important, and at times contentious issues. Throughout the focus is on enhancing understanding how political and economic systems act and interact, and how they might be improved. Both volumes combine methodological analysis with substantive overviews of key topics. This first volume covers voting and elections; interest group competition and rent seeking, including corruption and various normative approaches to evaluating policies and politics. Throughout both volumes important analytical concepts and tools are discussed, including their application to substantive topics. Readers will gain increased understanding of rational choice and its implications for collective action; various explanations of voting, including economic and expressive; the role of taxation and finance in government dynamics; how trust and persuasion influence political outcomes; and how revolution, coups, and authoritarianism can be explained by the same set of analytical tools as enhance understanding of the various forms of democracy.

The Theory of Public Choice--II

Author : James M. Buchanan
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472080410
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The Theory of Public Choice--II written by James M. Buchanan and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses voting, tax policy, government regulation, redistribution of wealth, and international negotiation in a new approach to government

Nested Games

Author : George Tsebelis
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520911970
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Nested Games written by George Tsebelis and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1991-08-12 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clearly written and easily understood by the nonspecialist, Nested Games provides a systematic, empirically accurate, and theoretically coherent account of apparently irrational political actions.