Public Choice Theory and Local Government: A Comparative Analysis of the UK and the USA 1998th Edition

‘…a study of high-relevance as well as profound scholarship, examining the role of all forms of competition in local government. An impressive treatise of the public sector in the UK and the USA which must attract the interest from all studying the democratic market economies.’ – Jan-Erik Lane, University of Geneva

‘The book can be highly recommended as a careful and comprehensive exposition of the application of public choice theory to local government, bringing together a wide literature in a convenient and enjoyable readable form.’ – Peter A. Watt, Local Government Studies

‘This is a lucid and probing analysis. It confronts public choice theories with solid evidence to test them, and shows where each falls short. Critical results emerge for theorizing as well as policy making.’ – Professor Terry Nicholls Clark, University of Chicago