Author: Roger CongletonPublisher:
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Languages : en
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The Logic of Collective Action and Beyond
Author: Roger CongletonTheories of Collective Action
Author: D. ReismanPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 023038997X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
Individuals make decisions but they do not do so in a social vacuum. The goods they buy are frequently status-symbols in a zero-sum game which some will win and some must lose. Their consumption of commodities is subject to the constraint that what one can do, all cannot. The pressure of coalitions and interest groups, the self- interest of politicians and bureaucrats may all work against a solution being found for some of the most urgent social and economic problems of our times. These problems form the centrepiece of the economic approach to social interaction that has been pioneered by Anthony Downs, Mancur Olson and Fred Hirsch. This book seeks to examine and evaluate their important theories of collective action.
The Rise and Decline of Nations
Author: Mancur OlsonPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300254067
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
"A compelling theory on the rationale for the changing fortunes of nations"--Publisher's website.
Governing the Commons
Author: Elinor OstromPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107569788
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Tackles one of the most enduring and contentious issues of positive political economy: common pool resource management.
The Logic of Collective Action
Author: Mancur Olson (Jr.)Companion to the Political Economy of Rent Seeking
Author: R. D. CongletonPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1782544941
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
The quest for benefit from existing wealth or by seeking privileged benefit through influence over policy is known as rent seeking. Much rent seeking activity involves government and political decisions and is therefore in the domain of political econo
The Logic of Collective Action
Author: European Variations as a Key to Cooperation
Author: Ernst Hirsch BallinPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030328937
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This Open Access book offers a novel view on the benefits of a lasting variation between the member states in the EU. In order to bring together thirty very different European states and their citizens, the EU will have to offer more scope for variation. Unlike the existing differentiation by means of opt-outs and deviations, variation is not a concession intended to resolve impasses in negotiations; it is, rather, a different structuring principle. It takes differences in needs and in democratically supported convictions seriously. A common core remains necessary, specifically concerning the basic principles of democracy, rule of law, fundamental rights and freedoms, and the common market. By taking this approach, the authors remove the pressure to embrace uniformity from the debate about the EU’s future. The book discusses forms of variation that fall both within and outside the current framework of European Union Treaties. The scope for these variations is mapped out in three domains: the internal market; the euro; and asylum, migration and border control.
The Oxford Handbook of Classics in Public Policy and Administration
Author: Steven J. BallaPublisher: Oxford Handbooks
ISBN: 0199646139
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 673
Book Description
This Handbook brings together a collection of leading international authors to reflect on the influence of central contributions, or classics, that have shaped the development of the field of public policy and administration. The Handbook reflects on a wide range of key contributions to the field, selected on the basis of their international and wider disciplinary impact. Focusing on classics that contributed significantly to the field over the second half of the 20th century, it offers insights into works that have explored aspects of the policy process, of particular features of bureaucracy, and of administrative and policy reforms. Each classic is discussed by a leading international scholars. They offer unique insights into the ways in which individual classics have been received in scholarly debates and disciplines, how classics have shaped evolving research agendas, and how the individual classics continue to shape contemporary scholarly debates. In doing so, this volume offers a novel approach towards considering the various central contributions to the field. The Handbook offers students of public policy and administration state-of-the-art insights into the enduring impact of key contributions to the field.
The Logic of Connective Action
Author: W. Lance BennettPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107025745
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
The Logic of Connective Action shows how political action is coordinated and power is organized in communication-based networks, and what political outcomes may result.