Political Participation and Government Regulation
Regular price
€40.99
14 days return policy
Shipping & Delivery
A01=Sam Peltzman
Author_Sam Peltzman
Category=JPH
Category=JPQB
Category=KCP
eq_bestseller
eq_business-finance-law
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
Product details
- ISBN 9780226654171
- Weight: 567g
- Dimensions: 16 x 23mm
- Publication Date: 15 Nov 1998
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
The essays in this collection are central to the modern canon in political economy. These ten articles and an introduction respond to two broad questions: How does government work? How do voters and their elected representatives make decisions? Sam Peltzman responds to the media's negative portrayal of the cynical political atmosphere in America, suggesting the electorate really does make well-informed decisions and elected officials actually do tend to vote according to their constituents' interests. These conclusions bear the stamp of the Chicago approach to political economy (which applies microeconomic principles to political phenomena), an approach that has had considerable success explaining why certain government policies have not achieved their intended effects.
