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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814689803321

Autore

Pennington Mark

Titolo

Planning and the political market : public choice and the politics of government failure / / Mark Pennington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New Brunswick, NJ : , : Athlone Press, , 2000

ISBN

0-567-57092-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Disciplina

333.73/17/0941

Soggetti

Social choice - Great Britain

Land use - Great Britain - Planning

Pressure groups - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Acronyms; Acknowledgements; 1 Planning and the Political Market: The Rise of Public Choice Theory; 2 The Impact of Planning; 3 Interest Groups, Collective Action and Planning; 4 Budgets, Bureaucrats and Planning; 5 Planning and the Political Market: Voter-Centred versus Special-Interest Explanations; 6 Planning and the Politics of Growth; 7 Land Use Planning: Public or Private Choice?; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Planning and the Political Market argues that the enthusiasm for planning as an essential component of environmental protection is misplaced. Drawing on the experience of Britain and other Western democracies, the author uses public choice theory to explore the practical experience of land use planning as an example of government failure.  The book opens by outlining the institutional focus of public choice theory, examining the central questions of market and government failure and the theoretical case for government intervention in the environment. Having explored the principal impacts of pl