130 p ; 20 cm.

Machine generated contents note: 1.What is Public Choice? -- Why use economics? -- Applying economics to politics -- The Public Choice challenge to orthodox thinking -- Public or private interests? -- The calculus of voting -- Going for votes -- The power of Public Choice -- 2.Public Choice - the bi...

Contents note continued: Concentrated and diffused interests -- Interest group politics -- Organisational problems -- Coalition-building -- The behaviour of coalitions -- From coalitions to vote trading -- 6.The market for votes: logrolling -- Implicit and explicit logrolling -- The prevalence of lo...

Contents note continued: Federalism -- Problems and principles -- 11.Achievements and issues -- Some achievements -- A question of self-interest -- Constitutional issues -- Self-interested Public Choice? -- 12.Current and future horizons -- Reconsideration of old ideas -- Second-generation debates -...