Policy Challenges and Political Responses: Public Choice Perspectives on the Post-9/11 World 2005 edition

Marc Notes: Title from e-book title screen (viewed June 27, 2008).; Includes bibliographical references and index.; Electronic reproduction.; UK: MyiLibrary; 2006. Table of Contents: Public choice in the new century / William F. Shughart II, Robert D. Tollison -- Afraid to be free: Dependency as desideratum / James M. Buchanan -- Fragmenting parchment and the winds of war: The Constitution of the United States, 1860-2004 / Charles K. Rowley -- Constitutional political economy in the European Union / Dennis C. Mueller -- Collective versus unilateral responses to terrorism / Todd Sandler -- Government growth in the twenty-first century / Randall G. Holcombe -- Nineteenth-century voting procedures in a twenty-first century world / Michael C. Munger -- Some talk: Money in politics. A (partial) review of the literature / Thomas Stratmann -- The eclipse of legislatures: Direct democracy in the 21st century / John G. Matsusaka -- Corporations, collective action and corporate governance: One size does not fit all / J. Harold Mulherin -- The public choice of educational choice / Lawrence W. Kenny -- Public choice and tort reform / Paul H. Rubin -- The unfinished business of public choice / William F. Shughart II, Robert D. Tollison. Publisher Marketing: Addresses problems facing democratic societies at the dawn of the 21st century. Ranging across the policy spectrum, this volume demonstrates the vibrancy and relevance of the public choice research program. It is useful for economists, political scientists, political philosophers, and public policymakers.

Contributor Bio:  Shughart, William F WILLIAM F. SHUGHART II is Professor of Economics and holder of the P. M. B Self, William King Self, and Henry C. Self Chair in Free Enterprise at the University of Mississippi.