This is a fully revised and updated version of Hans van der Doel's Democracy and Welfare Economics. It presents the economic theory of political decision-making (otherwise knownn as new political economy, or public choice), providing students with an accessible and clear introduction to this important subject. The authors identify four different methods of decision-making by wh...(展开全部)

This is a fully revised and updated version of Hans van der Doel's Democracy and Welfare Economics. It presents the economic theory of political decision-making (otherwise knownn as new political economy, or public choice), providing students with an accessible and clear introduction to this important subject. The authors identify four different methods of decision-making by wh...(展开全部)

In The Economics of Rights, Co-operation and Welfare, Robert Sugden sets out to answer a question that lies at the heart of economics and politics: how can individuals coordinate their behaviour in the absence of central law-enforcing agencies? Using the tools of evolutionary game theory, Sugden shows how self-enforcing conventions of property and reciprocity can evolve sponta...(展开全部)

"...sweeping in its thematic scope. All should be stimulated by the theoretical debate. Recommended." C.H. Blake, James Madison University, CHOICE "Anyone interested in the origins of democracy or in contemporary political economy will need to read this important work." Nicolas van de Walle, Cornell University

卡莱斯·鲍什，现为普林斯顿大学公共事务与公共管理学教授、美国人文与科学学院院士、古根海姆学者，从事政治经济学与经验政治学领域的教学和科研工作。 鲍针教授的著作《政治党派、经济增长与平等》（剑桥大学出版社，1998年）获得威廉·赖克（William:H.Riker）政治经济学最佳专著奖。他的著作《民主与再分配》（剑桥大学出版社，2003年）同样获得威廉·赖克(William:H.Riker)政治经济学最佳专著奖以及马太·杜干（Mattei Dogan）比较研究领域最佳专著奖。他曾在American Political Science Review,American Journal of Political Science,World Politics,International Organization,Journal of Law,Econ...(展开全部)

Originally published in 1986, Bowles and Gintis present a critique of contemporary Marxian and liberal political theory. They show that 'capitalism' and 'democracy' - although widely held jointly to characterize Western society - are sharply contrasting systems regulating both the process of human development and the historical evolution of whole societies. They examine in deta...(展开全部)

"...sweeping in its thematic scope. All should be stimulated by the theoretical debate. Recommended." C.H. Blake, James Madison University, CHOICE "Anyone interested in the origins of democracy or in contemporary political economy will need to read this important work." Nicolas van de Walle, Cornell University