Public policy and the public interest / / Lok Sang Ho
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| Autore: |
Ho Lok-sang
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| Titolo: |
Public policy and the public interest / / Lok Sang Ho
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| Pubblicazione: | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 320.6 |
| Soggetto topico: | Political planning |
| Public interest | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | pt. 1. The theory of public policy design -- pt. 2. Risk management -- pt. 3. Resource allocation and redistribution -- pt. 4. Public policy and "ecology" of the economy. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | As a book on public policy, this book is unique in addressing explicitly the role of human nature. Only with a good understanding of human nature can policy makers address their foremost needs and anticipate how people may respond to specific designs in policy. This way policy makers can avoid ""unintended consequences."" The book also provides a new perspective on the meaning of public interest, which is based on intellectual roots dating back to J.S.Mill and more recently Harsanyi and Rawls. Traditionally, economists have referred to either the Hicksian criterion or the Kaldorian c |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Public policy and the public interest |
| ISBN: | 1-283-37917-1 |
| 9786613379177 | |
| 0-203-80583-6 | |
| 1-136-65107-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910789896003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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