Greed, chaos, and governance : using public choice to improve public law /
Public choice theory should be taken seriously - but not too seriously. In this thought-provoking book, Jerry Mashaw stakes out a middle ground between those who champion public choice theory (the application of the conventional methodology of economics to political science matters, also known as ra...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press
©1997.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt32br16 |
| Summary: | Public choice theory should be taken seriously - but not too seriously. In this thought-provoking book, Jerry Mashaw stakes out a middle ground between those who champion public choice theory (the application of the conventional methodology of economics to political science matters, also known as rational choice theory) and those who disparage it. He argues that in many cases public choice theory's reach has exceeded its grasp. In others, public choice insights have not been pursued far enough by those who are concerned with the operation and improvement of legal institutions. |
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| Item Description: | "An elaboration and extension of themes developed in the Rosenthal Lectures at Northwestern University Law School"--Page opp. title page |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 231 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-227) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585361177 9780585361178 9780300147421 0300147422 0300066775 0300078706 9780300066777 |