The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, Second Edition, brings together leading scholars in the field of political economy to introduce readers to the latest research in public choice. The Companion lays out a comprehensive history of the field and, in five additional parts, it explores public choice contributions to the study of the origins of the state, the organization of political activity, the analysis of decision-making in non-market institutions, the examination of tribal governance and to modeling and predicting the behavior of international organizations and transnational terrorism. With broad and up-to-date coverage, this second edition will appeal to politicians and policymakers, academics and researchers in public and social choice and political science, as well as graduate students in economics, political science and public administration.
Contents: Preface to the 2nd Edition Preface to the 1st Edition PART I: THE CHOICE IN PUBLIC CHOICE 1. Individual Choice and Collective Choice: An Overview Michael Reksulak, Laura Razzolini and William F. Shughart II 2. Public Choice: The Origins and Development of a Research Program Charles K. Rowley 3. Political Science and Public Choice Michael C. Munger PART II: THE FRAMEWORK OF GOVERNMENT 4. The Origins of the State Dennis C. Mueller 5. Constitutional Political Economy Alan Hamlin 6. Autocrats and Democrats Armando Razo PART III: SYSTEMS OF COLLECTIVE DECISION-MAKING 7. Expressive Voting Geoffrey Brennan and Michael Brooks 8. Direct Democracy John G. Matsusaka 9. Legislatures Nicole V. Crain and W. Mark Crain 10. Parliaments Fabio Padovano 11. Federal Systems Randall G. Holcombe 12. Tribal Systems Mwangi S. Kimenyi and Olumide Taiwo PART IV: PUBLIC CHOICE ANALYSES OF THE TOOLS OF GOVERNMENT 13. Bureaucrats Miltiadis Makris 14. The Politics of Elections and Congressional Oversight Russell S. Sobel and Adam Pellillo 15. Judges: Why do they Matter? Robert K. Fleck and F. Andrew Hanssen 16. Monetary Policy Rob Roy McGregor 17. Fiscal Policy J. Stephen Ferris 18. Regulatory Policy Amihai Glazer 19. The Public Choice Perspective on Antitrust Law Fred S. McChesney and Katherine M. Larkin-Wong PART V: PUBLIC CHOICE PERSPECTIVES ON THE RELATIONS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND THE GOVERNED 20. Rent Seeking Arye L. Hillman 21. Campaign Finance Thomas Stratmann 22. Public Choice and the Law Paul H. Rubin and Joanna M. Shepherd 23. Public Choice and the Modern Welfare State Roger D. Congleton with Alberto Batinti, Feler Bose, Youngshin Kim and Rinaldo Pietrantonio 24. Public Choice and Public Education Lawrence W. Kenny 25. Public Choice and Religion Robert B. Ekelund, Jr. and Robert D. Tollison 26. Experimental Public Choice Laura Razzolini 27. Evolutionary Public Choice Uwe Cantner and Michael Wohlgemuth PART VI: PUBLIC CHOICE PERSPECTIVES ON THE RELATIONS BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL ACTORS 28. International Organizations Roland Vaubel 29. The Political Economy of War and Peace Christopher J. Coyne and Adam Pellillo 30. Collective Action and (Counter) Terrorism Daniel G. Arce M. References
