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Democracy, bureaucracy, and public choice :

Dunleavy, Patrick.

Democracy, bureaucracy, and public choice : Economic explanations in political science / Patrick Dunleavy. - New York : Prentice Hall, 1992. - xiii, 286 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Cover title: Democracy, bureaucracy & public choice.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-277) and indexes.

Table of contents

Introduction: Institutional Public Choice Theory and Political Analysis
DEMOCRACY
Interest Groups and Collective Action
Reconstructing the Theory of Groups
Economic Explanations of Voting Behaviour
Party Competition - The Preference-Shaping Model
BUREAUCRACY
Existing Public Choice Models of Bureaucracy
The Bureau-Shaping Model
Comparing Budget - Maximizing and Bureau-Shaping Models
Conclusion - Economic Explanations in Political Science

ISBN: 9780745002330

LCCN: 91196790

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Social choice.
Bureaucracy.
Democracy.

LC Class. No.: HB846.8 / .D86 1992

Dewey Class. No.: 320.019 DUN