Public Choice II: A Revised Edition of Public Choice (Cambridge Surveys of Economic Literature)

By Dennis C. Mueller

Book Overview

This book discusses the main topics of the public-social choice literature of the past 40 years. Separate chapters discuss various applied public choice questions such as rent seeking, the growth of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521379520
• ISBN13: 9780521379526
• Release Date: August 1989
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Highlights important issues

I used this book quite heavily for my Masters degree in philosophy and public policy. Mueller's book is well cited in a wide variety of literature which is a testament to its importance.He gives a basic albeit technical overview of many policy issues, and he relies heavily on mathematical contructions. Of most interest to me as a philosopher are his later chapters on justice and rights, where he discusses very intelligently the thoughts of John Rawls, Harsanyi, Nozick, Sen, etc.

A good introductory primer for political economy

This is a good introductory book for political economy. This may or may not be as good as the same author's "Perspectives on Public Choice" but it does cover most issue areas in the Public Choice subdiscipline in the course of its sections. I think that this was the main coursebook for my first political economy class when I was in college: definitely, if you're going to buy one book on public choice, buy the other one (hopefully buy them both!!!) Then get some Mancur Olson too.... he's a lot of fun!