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C Pitt - The Production and Diffusion of Public Choice Political Economy: Reflections on the VPI Center - 9781405124539 - V9781405124539
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The Production and Diffusion of Public Choice Political Economy: Reflections on the VPI Center

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Description for The Production and Diffusion of Public Choice Political Economy: Reflections on the VPI Center Paperback. What is the field Public Choice Political Economy all about? How did it originate? Who were the main architects and builders? What values and work habits motivated the work? This title deals with the field of 'public choice political economy' that evolved during the 1970s and 1980s at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, Virginia. Editor(s): Pitt, Joseph C.; Salehi-Isfahani, Djavad; Eckel, Douglas W. Series: Economics and Sociology Thematic Issue. Num Pages: 280 pages, 0. BIC Classification: KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 470. Reflections on the VPI Center. Series: Economics and Sociology Thematic Issue. 280 pages, 0. Editor(s): Pitt, Joseph C.; Salehi-Isfahani, Djavad; Eckel, Douglas W. What is the field Public Choice Political Economy all about? How did it originate? Who were the main architects and builders? What values and work habits motivated the work? This title deals with the field of 'public choice political economy' that evolved during the 1970s and 1980s at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, Virginia. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: KCP. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight: 470.

This book is about is more than a subdiscipline within the field of economics---it is about a new field named "public choice political economy" that gradually evolved during the 1970s and 1980s at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, Virginia. What is the field Public Choice Political Economy all about? How did it originate? Who were the main architects and builders? What values and work habits motivated the work? Finally, how did the facts about the development of public choice political economy stack up against what we know about science in general and how it has developed?

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The big questions about economizing behavior, constitutional limitations on an overreaching bureaucracy and the possible design and redesign of institutions to harness self-interested behavior for the benefit of all are touched on and placed in historical context. The resulting public choice movement occurred first in economics and later extended to political science and beyond. This may have been one of the most important developments in twentieth century social science.

The book concludes with Nobel laureate, James Buchanan's thoughts about what had transpired largely but not exclusively under his guidance. Other contributors include, Richard B. McKenzie, Geoffrey Brennan, Stephen Medema and Robert Sugden. Professors Pitt, Salehi-Isfahani and Eckel provide a useful introduction to this collection.These essays and comments were originally published in The American Journal of Economics and Sociology in January of 2004 as an "invited volume." The book should be of great interest to historians of economics and the social sciences.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Economics and Sociology Thematic Issue
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405124539
SKU
V9781405124539
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About C Pitt
Joseph C. Pitt is a Professor of Philosophy and Head of the Department of Philosophy at Virginia Tech. Djavad Salehi-Isfahani is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Virginia Tech. Douglas W. Eckel is Assistant Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences and an Instructor in Political Science at Virginia Tech. He teaches in ... Read more

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