Exploring the Political Economy and Social Philosophy of James M. Buchanan (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Aligica, Paul Dragos; Haeffele, Stefanie; Coyne, Christopher J.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

James M. Buchanan, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1986, was a pioneer of public choice and constitutional political economy, as well as contributing to many fields of study, including philosophy, political science, and public finance.

Each chapter in this volume seeks to explore, critique, and emphasize the continuing relevance of the vast contributions of Buchanan to our understanding of political economy and social philosophy. The diversity in topics and approaches will make the volume of interest to readers in a variety of fields, and accessible to scholars from a variety of backgrounds providing the opportunity to further a cross-disciplinary exploration and discussion on market process theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781786605627
• Artikelnr.: 52910695

Autorenporträt

Paul Dragos Aligica is a senior research fellow and senior fellow at the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Christopher J. Coyne is the F. A. Harper Professor of Economics at George Mason University and the Associate Director of the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center. Stefanie Haeffele is the Deputy Director of Academic and Student Programs and a senior fellow for the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Paul Dragos Aligica
Christopher J. Coyne
Stefanie Haeffele / Part I - Explorations and Extensions / 1. Rawls
Buchanan
and the Search for a Better Social Contract
Brian Kogelmann / 2. Horses & Carts and Justice & Rules: Getting the Order Right
Benjamin Johnson / 3. The Problem of Rule-Following in American Political Thought
Connor Ewing / 4. Longer Term Lengths? Political Capital Accrual and Monitoring
Mackenzie Endress / 5. James M. Buchanan on Scientific Politics
Darren Nah / 6. Artifactual Beings
Artifactual Institutions
Paul Baumgardner / 7. Buchanan and Arrow on Democracy
Impossibility
and Market
Brian Kogelmann / Part II - Interdisciplinary Applications / 8. Exchange
Search Theory
and Buchanan's Foundations of Politics
Brian C. Albrecht / 9. State Leviathan and Tax Competition Under a Federal Constitution
Thomas Choate / 10. Public Choice and the Study of Autocratic Survival
George Derpanopoulos / 11. Potential Contributions from Sociology to James Buchanan's Theoretical Agenda for Economics
Adam Bleser / About the Authors