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| State: In political philosophy, the state (polity) is a centralized political organization with authority over a defined territory and population. It enforces laws, maintains order, and exercises governance through various institutions. See also Society, Nations, Governance, Institutions, Power, Law, Laws, Rights, Jurisdiction, Legislation._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Public Choice on State (Polity) - Dictionary of Arguments
Mause I 412f State/New Political Economy/Public Choice: If one follows the New Political Economy (Frey and Kirchgässner 2002 (1); Mueller 2003 (2); in relation to environmental policy Kollmann and Schneider 2010 (3)), the state is not a superordinate political instance designed solely for the pursuit of public interest. Rather, it is assumed that the state is/stays caught in a "undergrowth of conflicts of interest". (4) In principle, selfish behaviour on the part of politicians is assumed, with the respective (short-term) chances of re-election representing a central restriction to action. At the same time, myopic voters are assumed, i.e. they are only incompletely informed about political measures and are primarily oriented towards the short-term effects that are immediately apparent to them. See Environmental Policy/Public Choice. 1. Frey, Bruno S., und Gebhard Kirchgässner. 2002. Demokratische Wirtschaftspolitik, 3. Aufl. München 2002. 2. Mueller, Dennis C.,Public choice III: A revised edition of public choice. Cambridge 2003 3. Kollmann, Andrea, und Friedrich Schneider. 2010. Why does environmental policy in representative democracies tend to be inadequate? A preliminary public choice analysis. CESifo working paper series, Bd. 3223. München: CESifo. 4. Alfred Endress, Umweltökonomie, Stuttgart 2000._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Public Choice Mause I Karsten Mause Christian Müller Klaus Schubert, Politik und Wirtschaft: Ein integratives Kompendium Wiesbaden 2018 |
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