Competitive governments : an economic theory of politics and public finance / Albert Breton.
Competitive governments : an economic theory of politics and public finance / Albert Breton.
Competitive governments : an economic theory of politics and public finance / Albert Breton.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Date
1996.
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N336/77
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English
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xiv, 385 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. Compound governments. 1. The conceptual framework. 2. Demand and its revelation. 3. Checks and balances. 4. Budgetary processes. 5. Consent, suffrage, and support. 6. Hierarchy and bureaucracy -- Pt. II. Governmental systems. 7. A retrospective overview. 8. The organization of governmental sy...
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
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England
Date Published
1996.
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Competitive Governments explores in a systematic way the hypothesis that governments are internally competitive, that they are competitive in their relations with one another and in their relations with other institutions in society that, like them, supply consuming households with goods and services. Professor Breton contends that competition not...
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Competitive governments : an economic theory of politics and public finance / Albert Breton.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-361) and indexes.
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0521481023 (hardcover)
9780521481021 (hardcover)
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336
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991005078719702626
