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Policy Challenges and Political Responses

Public Choice Perspectives on the Post-9/11 World

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Editors:
  1. William F. Shughart

    1. Department of Economics, The University of Mississippi, USA

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  2. Robert D. Tollison

    1. Department of Economics, Clemson University, Clemson, USA

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  • Contains all articles from an upcoming issue of the journal Public Choice along with additional commentary from Shughart and Tollison, each of whom is an editor of the journal

  • Includes articles by the the most important scholars working in the field, including Nobel Prize winner James Buchanan

  • Public choice (referred to as "rational choice" by political scientists) is a hot topic among political conservatives

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-iv
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  2. Public choice in the new century

    • William F. Shughart II, Robert D. Tollison
    Pages 1-18

  3. Afraid to be free: Dependency as desideratum

    • James M. Buchanan
    Pages 19-31

  4. Fragmenting parchment and the winds of war: The Constitution of the United States, 1860–2004

    • Charles K. Rowley
    Pages 33-56

  5. Constitutional political economy in the European Union

    • Dennis C. Mueller
    Pages 57-73

  6. Collective versus unilateral responses to terrorism

    • Todd Sandler
    Pages 75-93

  7. Government growth in the twenty-first century

    • Randall G. Holcombe
    Pages 95-114

  8. Nineteenth-century voting procedures in a twenty-first century world

    • Michael C. Munger
    Pages 115-133

  9. Some talk: Money in politics. A (partial) review of the literature

    • Thomas Stratmann
    Pages 135-156

  10. The eclipse of legislatures: Direct democracy in the 21st century

    • John G. Matsusaka
    Pages 157-177

  11. Corporations, collective action and corporate governance: One size does not fit all

    • J. Harold Mulherin
    Pages 179-204

  12. The public choice of educational choice

    • Lawrence W. Kenny
    Pages 205-222

  13. Public choice and tort reform

    • Paul H. Rubin
    Pages 223-236

  14. The unfinished business of public choice

    • William F. Shughart II, Robert D. Tollison
    Pages 237-247
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economics, The University of Mississippi, USA

    William F. Shughart

  • Department of Economics, Clemson University, Clemson, USA

    Robert D. Tollison

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Policy Challenges and Political Responses

  • Book Subtitle: Public Choice Perspectives on the Post-9/11 World

  • Editors: William F. Shughart, Robert D. Tollison

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-28038-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2005

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-28037-0Published: 01 December 2005

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-3918-0Published: 29 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-28038-7Published: 30 June 2006

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: V, 247

  • Additional Information: Reprinted from PUBLIC CHOICE Vol. 124:1-2, 2005

  • Topics: Political Science, Law, general, Law and Economics, Constitutional Law

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