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In the last thirty-five years a powerful new body of political thinkers has emerged, collectively known as the ‘public choice’ school. These thinkers model the study of politics upon the methods and assumptions of neo-classical market economics. Their writings have not only introduced a new intellectual view of the nature of politics but have had a considerable influence upon the conduct of politics and public policy, as this book will demonstrate.
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© 1993 Peter Self
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Self, P. (1993). Economic Interpretations of Politics. In: Government by the Market?. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23111-9_1
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