State and market : the politics of the public and the private
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State and market : the politics of the public and the private
(Sage modern politics series, v. 9)
Sage Publications, c1985
- : hard
- : pbk
Available at 37 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographies and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The classic dilemma of the mixed economy is to strike a balance between the public and private sectors of the economy. This book is an exploration of the dilemma as it exists in the 1980s and the policies available to influence the balance. The volume poses the problem in terms of how to optimize welfare by the use of the allocative mechanisms of public policy and private markets. While identifying decision criteria for the demarcation of public and private sectors, State and Market sheds new light on the ways in which the two sectors interact. The boundaries that have been drawn between state and market receive a reassessment in the light of phenomena such as structured markets, competitive bureaucracies and underground economies.
An important contribution of the book is a discussion of the decision criteria applicable to choices bearing on the size of the public sector and the inclusion in the public choice process of efficiency promoting mechanisms. Theories advanced to explain public sector growth are set forth and the significance of cultural variables is explained.
The book makes a valuable contribution to the important area of public policy and the mixed economy and will be of interest to political scientists and political economists.
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