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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pennington, Mark, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social choice--Great Britain.

Social choice.

Land use--Great Britain--Planning.

Land use.

Pressure groups--Great Britain.

Pressure groups.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780567570925

0567570924

OCLC:

893336419