ISBN:
9780387280387
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (V, 247 p, digital)
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Policy challenges and political responses
Keywords:
Constitutional law
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Commercial law
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Political science
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Social Sciences, general
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Constitutional Law
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Political Science
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Commercial law
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Ökonomische Theorie der Politik
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Politik
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Ökonomische Theorie der Politik
;
Politik
Abstract:
In Policy Challenges and Political Responses, leading public choice scholars confront the most significant problems facing democratic societies at the dawn of the 21st century. Ranging widely across the policy spectrum, this authoritative volume demonstrates the vibrancy and continuing relevance of the public choice research program by applying its ideas and methods to constitution-making in the European Union, terrorism, the growth of government, political campaign finance, vote-counting technologies, participatory democracy, corporate governance, school choice, and tort reform. Essays assessing the present state of the social contract and the enduring tensions between capitalism, socialism, and democracy broaden the book's perspective. The distinguished list of contributors includes James Buchanan, Charles Rowley, Dennis Mueller, Todd Sandler, Randall Holcombe, Michael Munger, Thomas Stratmann, Harold Mulherin, Lawrence Kenny, and Paul Rubin. Edited by two of the editors of the journal Public Choice and as fresh as today's headlines, this volume positions the public choice literature in the context of current events and points its research agenda in new directions. It is a unique and indispensable collection of value to economists, political scientists, political philosophers, and public policymakers.
Description / Table of Contents:
Public choice in the new century; Afraid to be free: Dependency as desideratum; Fragmenting parchment and the winds of war: The Constitution of the United States, 1860-2004; Constitutional political economy in the European Union; Collective versus unilateral responses to terrorism; Government growth in the twenty-first century; Nineteenth-century voting procedures in a twenty-first century world; Some talk: Money in politics. A (partial) review of the literature; The eclipse of legislatures: Direct democracy in the 21st century
Description / Table of Contents:
Corporations, collective action and corporate governance: One size does not fit allThe public choice of educational choice; Public choice and tort reform; The unfinished business of public choice
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1007/0-387-28038-3
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