04591nam 2200589Ia 450 991096037660332120251116153335.01-281-93058-X0-19-926872-X97866119305850-19-153140-50-19-160129-2(CKB)24235090000041(MiAaPQ)EBC694024(MiAaPQ)EBC7036225(Au-PeEL)EBL694024(CaPaEBR)ebr10273128(CaONFJC)MIL193058(OCoLC)310962105(Au-PeEL)EBL7036225(OCoLC)1336401771(EXLCZ)992423509000004120020601d2002 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEthics, economics, and politics principles of public policy /I.M.D. Little1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press2002xvi, 162 p9780199257041 Includes bibliographical references.Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- PART I. ECONOMICS AND PHILOSOPHY -- 1. Personal Utility and Welfare -- Expected Utility and Risk -- Risk and Fluctuations -- Risk and Equality -- Utility and Positive Economics -- Utility and Normative Economics -- 2. Collective Utility and Welfare -- 3. Welfare Economics -- Theoretical Welfare Economics -- Applied Welfare Economics and Cost-Benefit Analysis -- PART II. POLITICS AND PHILOSOPHY -- 4. The Role of the State -- Limitations of State Authority -- Individual Rights -- Social Contract and Property -- Property and Property Rights -- 5. Utilitarianism: Theory and Applications -- Utility and the Value of Life -- The State and Population Policy -- What Constituency Now?-On Citizens and Foreigners -- The State and Saving for the Future -- 6. Utilitarianism, Justice, and Equality -- Utilitarianism and Equality -- Rawls's Theory of Justice -- The Meaning of Justice -- Distributive Justice -- Interstate Distributive Justice -- Dworkin and Equalizing Resources -- The Measurement of Equality -- Summary -- 7. Contractarianism -- 8. Communitarianism -- PART III. ECONOMICS AND POLITICS -- Introduction -- 9. Games, Conventions, and Public Goods -- Games -- Conventions -- Public Goods and the State -- 10. Positive Political Economy -- Endogenizing Government -- Democratic and Authoritarian Government -- Collective Choice and Voting -- Economic Policy under Relatively Autonomous Government -- Economic Policy under Democracy -- Modelling Political Economy Explanations of Policies and Trends -- The Political Economy of Protection in Industrialized Countries -- The Growth of Government in Industrialized Countries -- Protection and Import Substitution in Developing Countries -- Policy Reform in Developing Countries -- An Interim Jejune Report on Endogenizing Government.11. Normative Political Economy -- Further Consideration of Government and Distribution -- Rent-seeking and Corruption -- PART IV. ETHICS, ECONOMICS, AND POLITICS -- 12. The Principles of Public Policy -- A Résumé of Parts I, II, and III -- The Philosophical Framework -- The Scale of Government Expenditure -- The Boundaries of Public Policy -- References -- Index of Names -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Index of Subjects -- B -- C -- D -- E -- G -- J -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- U -- V -- W.Ian Little offers a new defence of utilitarianism as a basis for assessing the role of the State. Lucidly and elegantly he explains how the three disciplines of philosophy, economics, and politics can be integrated to provide guidance on issues of public policy. Anyone interested in public affairs will be enlightened by Little's crisp analysis and any student taking an interdisciplinary course in social science will find a clear framework for thinking about thesubject.EconomicsMoral and ethical aspectsEconomicsPhilosophyPolitical sciencePhilosophyEconomicsMoral and ethical aspects.EconomicsPhilosophy.Political sciencePhilosophy.320/.6/01Little Ian Malcolm David142702MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910960376603321Ethics, economics, and politics4464682UNINA