Government by the market? : the politics of public choice

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Preface = ⅸ
• 1 Economic Interpretations of Politics = 1
• Comparing economical and political systems = 2
• Basic assumptions : self-interest and rationality = 4
• The problem of co-operation = 11
• Alternative public choice = 16
• 2 Theories of Political Behaviour = 21
• Voters = 21
• Parties = 24
• Interest groups : formation = 27
• Interest groups : influence = 29
• Bureaucrats = 32
• Demand and supply of public goods = 36
• How true are public choice theories? = 45
• 3The Creation of a New Ideology = 48
• The limits of democratic choice = 48
• Buchanan's constitutionalism = 51
• The construction of ideology = 53
• Public choice ideology = 56
• Transmission by think tank = 64
• 4 Slimming the State = 70
• Leadership and ideology = 70
• Mobilizing interests = 75
• The failed politics of expenditure control = 80
• Winners and losers = 87
• The successful politics of privatization = 93
• Reversing public choice theory? = 105
• 5 Privatizing Welfare = 113
• The politics of welfare = 113
• Privatizing service delivery = 121
• Empowering consumers = 129
• The public health market = 135
• The scope of state welfare = 141
• Welfare and political change = 146
• 6 Restructuring Government = 156
• Political goals and public choice theories = 156
• The assault on bureaucracy = 159
• Copymg market models = 167
• Decentralization. American style = 176
• Centralization. British style = 184
• Bureaucracy and democracy = 192
• 7 Market Ideology and Public Policy = 198
• Politics and ethics of markets = 198
• Markets in theory and practice = 204
• Impacts upon public policy = 213
• Dominance of the media = 224
• Assessing market influence = 227
• 8 Public Choice and the Public Interest = 232
• Is there a public interest? = 232
• The liberty card replayed = 241
• Economic rights and social justice = 246
• Failures of the market model = 253
• The return to citizenship = 256
• 9 Towards Better Government = 262
• Explaining government growth = 262
• A new political agenda = 267
• Reforming the market system = 273
• Empowering democratic government = 277
• Bibliography = 282
• Index of Names = 296
• Index of Subjects = 299