Public supply and demand : a political theory of economies and markets /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Budge, Ian (Author), Whiteley, Paul (Author)
Corporate Author: Bloomsbury (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface Part I. The Political Configuration of Economies 1. Economic Science: Still the Prisoner of the State? 2. Collective Choice and Collective Action: Policy Making
  • Enforcement and Responsiveness Part II. Responding to Needs 3. Private Markets and Collective Choice: Coping with Risk and Uncertainty 4. Coping with Anticipated Risk: Market and Government Responses to Climate Change Part III. Meeting Preferences through Markets 5. Free-market Demand and Supply Revisited: Axiomatic Theories Confront Economic Realities 6. An Economic Theory of Democracy: Axiomatic Theories Confront Political Realities Part IV. Responding to Preferences Through Democratic Processes 7. General Elections, Parties, and Voters 8. Policy Supply and Demand: Macro-level Responsiveness 9. Policy Supply and Demand: Micro-level Responsiveness through Thermostatic Adjustments Part V. Back to Political Economy 10. Predictive versus Axiomatic Explanation