The Oxford Handbook of Political Economy (Oxford Handbooks of Political Science)

Over its lifetime, 'political economy' has had different meanings. This handbook views political economy as a synthesis of the various strands of social science, treating it as the methodology of economics applied to the analysis of political behaviour and institutions. The reach of political economy -- Barry R. Weingast and Donald A. Whitman Voters, candidates, and pressure groups -- Voters, candidates, and parties -- Stephen Ansolabehere Rational voters and political advertising -- Andrea Prat Candidate objectives and electoral equilibrium -- John Duggan Political income redistribution -- John Londregan -- The impact of electoral laws on political parties -- Bernard Grofman Legislative bodies -- Legislatures and parliaments in comparative context -- Michael Laver -- The organization of democratic legislatures -- Gary W. Cox Coalition government -- Daniel Diermeier Does bicameralism matter? -- Michael Cutrone and nolan McCarty Interaction of the legislature, president, bureaucracy, and the courts -- -- The new separation-of-powers approach to American politics -- Rui J. P. de Figueiredo, Jr., Tonja Jacobi and Narry R. Weingast Pivots -- Keith Krehbiel-- The ^ political economy of the US presidency -- Charles M. Cameron Politics, delegation, and bureaucracy -- John D. Huber and Charles R. Shipan -- The judiciary and the role of law -- Mathew D. McCubbins and Daniel B. Rodriguez Constitutional theory -- Constitutionalism -- Russell Hardin Self-enforcing democracy -- Adam Przeworski Constitutions as expressive documents -- Geoffrey Brennan and Alan Hamlin -- The protection of liberty, property, and equality -- Richard A. Epstein Federalism -- Jonathan A. Rodden Social choice -- Social choice -- Herve Moulin -- A tool kit for voting theory -- Donald G. Saari Interpersonal comparisons of well-being -- Charles Blackorby and Walter Bossert Fair division -- Steven J. Brams Public finance and public economics -- Structure and coherence in the political economy of public finance -- Stanley l. Winer and Walter Hettich Political economy of fiscal good mechanism ^ -- John Ledyard Fiscal competition -- David E. Wildasin Politics and macroeconomics -- -- The non-politics of monetary policy -- Susanne Lohmann Political-economic cycles -- Robert J. Franzese, Jr. and Karen Long Jusko Voting and the macroeconomy -- Douglas A. Hibbs, Jr. -- The political economy of exchanges rates -- J. Lawrence Broz and Jeffry A. Freiden Democracy and capitalism -- Capitalism and democracy -- Torben Iversen Inequality -- edward l. Glaeser Comparative perspectives on the role of the State in the economy -- Anne Warren Democratization : post-communist implications -- Anna Grzymala-Busse and Pauline Jones Luong Historical and comparative development and non-democratic regimes -- paths of economic and political development -- Daron acemoglu and James A. Robinson Authoritarian government -- Stephen Haber -- The role of the State in development -- Robert H. Bates ^ Electoral systems and economic policy -- Torsten Persson and Guido Tabellini Economics geography -- Antony J. Venables International political economy -- international political economy : a maturing interdiscipline -- David A. Lake National borders and the size of nations -- Enrico Spolaore European integration -- Barry Eichengreen Trade, immigration, and cross-border investment -- Ronald Rogowski International relations and conflict -- Central issues in the study of international conflict -- Bruce Bueno de Mesuita Ethnic mobilization and ethnic violence -- James D. Fearon Democracy, peace, and war -- Dan Reiter and Allan C. Stam Anarchy -- Stergios Skaperdas Methodological issues -- Economic methods in positive political theory -- David Austen-Smith Laboratory Experiments -- Thomas R. Palfrey -- The tool kit of economic sociology -- Richard Sweberg -- The evolutionary basis of collective action ^ -- Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis Old and new -- Question about a paradox -- Kenneth J. Arrow Politics and scientific enquiry : retrospective on a half-century -- James M. Buchanan -- The future of analytical politics -- Melvin J. Hinich What is missing from political economy -- Douglass C. North Modeling party competition in general elections -- John E. Roemer-- Old questions and new answers about institutions : the Riker Objection revisited /-- Kenneth A. Shepsle. The reach of political economy -- Barry R. Weingast and Donald A. Whitman Voters, candidates, and pressure groups -- Voters, candidates, and parties -- Stephen Ansolabehere Rational voters and political advertising -- Andrea Prat Candidate objectives and electoral equilibrium -- John Duggan Political income redistribution -- John Londregan The impact of electoral laws on political parties -- Bernard Grofman Legislative bodies -- Legislatures and pariaments in comparative context -- Michael Laver The organization of democratic legislatures -- Gary W. Cox Coalition government -- Daniel Diermeier Does bicameralism matter? -- Michael Cutrone and nolan McCarty Interaction of the legislature, president, bureaucracy, and the courts -- The new separation-of-powers approach to American politics -- Rui J. P. de Figueiredo, Jr., Tonja Jacobi and Narry R. Weingast Pivots -- Keith Krehbiel The political economy of the US presidency -- Charles M. Cameron Politics, delegation, and bureaucracy -- John D. Huber and Charles R. Shipan The judiciary and the role of law -- Mathew D. McCubbins and Daniel B. Rodriguez Constitutional theory -- Constitutionalism -- Russell Hardin Self-enforcing democracy -- Adam Przeworski Constitutions as expressive documents -- Geoffrey Brennan and Alan Hamlin The protection of liberty, property, and equality -- Richard A. Epstein Ferderalism -- Jonathan A. Rodden Social choice -- Social choice -- Herve Moulin A tool kit for voting theory -- Donald G. Saari Interpersonal comparisons of well-being -- Charles Blackorby and Walter Bossert Fair division -- Steven J. Brams Public finance and public economics -- Structure and coherence in the political economy of public finance -- Stanley l. Winer and Walter Hettich Political economy of fiscal good mechanism -- John Ledyard Fiscal competition -- David E. Wildasin Politics and macroeconomics -- The non-politics of monetary policy -- Susanne Lohmann Politcal-economic cycles -- Robert J. Franzese, Jr. and Karen Long Jusko Voting and the macroeconomy -- Douglas A. Hibbs, Jr. The political economy of exchanges rates -- J. Lawrence Broz and Jeffry A. Freiden Democracy and capitialism -- Capitalism and democracy -- Torben Iversen Inequality -- edward l. Glaeser Comparative perspectives on the role of the State in the economy -- Anne Warren Democratization: post-communist implications -- Anna Grzymala-Busse and Pauline Jones Luong Historical and comparative development and non-democratic regimes -- paths of economic and political development -- Daron acemoglu and James A. Robinson Authoritarian government -- Stephen Haber The role of the State in development -- Robert H. Bates Electronal systems and economic policy -- Torsten Persson and Guido Tabellini Economics geography -- Antony J. Venables International politcal economy -- international political economy: a maturing interdiscipline -- David A. Lake National borders and the size of nations -- Enrico Spolaore European integration -- Barry Eichengreen Trade, immigration, and cross-border investent -- Ronald Rogowski International relations and conflict -- Central issues in the study of international conflict -- Bruce Bueno de Mesuita Ethnic mobalization and ethnic violence -- James D. Fearon Democracy, peace, and war -- Dan Reiter and Allan C. Stam Anarchy -- Stergios Skaperdas Methodological issues -- Economic methods in positive political theory -- David Austen-Smith Laboratory Experiments -- Thomas R. Palfrey The tool kit of economic sociology -- Richard Sweberg The evolutionary basis of collective action -- Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis Old and new -- Question about a paradox -- Kenneth J. Arrow Politics and scientific enquiry: retrospective on a half-century -- James M. Buchanan The future of analytical politics -- Melvin J. Hinich What is missing from political economy -- Douglass C. North Modeling party competition in general elections-- John E. Roemer-- Old questions and new answers about institutions: the Riker Objection revisited /-- Kenneth A. Shepsle. Contents About the Contributors PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. The Reach of Political Economy PART II: VOTERS, CANDIDATES, AND PRESSURE GROUPS 2. Voters, Candidates, and Parties 3. Rational Voters and Political Advertising 4. Candidate Objectives and Electoral Equilibrium 5. Political Income Redistribution 6. The Impact of Electoral Laws on Political Parties PART III: LEGISLATIVE BODIES 7. Legislatures and Parliaments in Comparative Context 8. The Organization of Democratic Legislatures 9. Coalition Government 10. Does Bicameralism Matter? PART IV: INTERACTION OF THE LEGISLATURE, PRESIDENT, BUREAUCRACY, AND THE COURTS 11. The New Separation-of-Powers Approach to American Politics 12. Pivots 13. The Political Economy of the US Presidency 14. Politics, Delegation, and Bureaucracy 15. The Judiciary and the Role of Law PART V: CONSTITUTIONAL THEORY 16. Constitutionalism 17. Self-Enforcing Democracy 18. Constitutions as Expressive Documents 19. The Protection of Liberty, Property, and Equality 20. Federalism PART VI: SOCIAL CHOICE 21. Social Choice 22. A Tool Kit for Voting Theory 23. Interpersonal Comparisons of Well-Being 24. Fair Division PART VII: PUBLIC FINANCE AND PUBLIC ECONOMICS 25. Structure and Coherence in the Political Economy of Public Finance 26. Political Economy of Fiscal Institutions 27. Voting and Efficient Public Good Mechanisms 28. Fiscal Competition PART VIII: POLITICS AND MACROECONOMICS 29. The Non-Politics of Monetary Policy 30. Political-Economic Cycles 31. Voting and the Macroeconomy 32. The Political Economy of Exchange Rates PART IX: DEMOCRACY AND CAPITALISM 33. Capitalism and Democracy 34. Inequality 35. Comparative Perspectives on the Role of the State in the Economy 36. Democratization: Post-Communist Implications PART X: HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE DEVELOPMENT AND NON-DEMOCRATIC REGIMES 37. Paths of Economic and Political Development 38. Authoritarian Government 39. The Role of the State in Development 40. Electoral Systems and Economic Policy 41. Economic Geography PART XI: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY 42. International Political Economy: A Maturing Interdiscipline 43. National Borders and the Size of Nations 44. European Integration 45. Trade, Immigration, and Cross-Border Investment PART XII: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND CONFLICT 46. Central Issues in the Study of International Conflict 47. Ethnic Mobilization and Ethnic Violence 48. Democracy, Peace, and War 49. Anarchy PART XIII: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES 50. Economic Methods in Positive Political Theory 51. Laboratory Experiments 52. The Tool Kit of Economic Sociology 53. The Evolutionary Basis of Collective Action PART XIV: OLD AND NEW 54. Questions about a Paradox 55. Politics and Scientific Enquiry: Retrospective on a Half-century 56. The Future of Analytical Politics 57. What is Missing from Political Economy 58. Modeling Party Competition in General Elections 59. Old Questions and New Answers about Institutions: The Riker Objection Revisited Author Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Subject Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Over its long lifetime, political economy has had many different meanings: the science of managing the resources of a nation so as to provide wealth to its inhabitants for Adam Smith; the study of how the ownership of the means of production influenced historical processes for Marx; the study of the inter-relationship between economics and politics for some twentieth-century commentators; and for others, a methodology emphasizing individual rationality (the economic or public choice approach) or institutional adaptation (the sociological version). This Handbook views political economy as a grand (if imperfect) synthesis of these various strands, treating political economy as the methodology of economics applied to the analysis of political behavior and institutions.

This Handbook surveys the field of political economy, with fifty-eight chapters ranging from micro to macro, national to international, institutional to behavioral, methodological to substantive. Chapters on social choice, constitutional theory, and public economics are set alongside ones on voters, parties and pressure groups, macroeconomics and politics, capitalism and democracy, and international political economy and international conflict.

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Part of the ten-volume Oxford Handbooks of Political Science series, this weighty, intellectually stimulating volume features 14 thematic segments and 59 essay-style chapters by 74 field scholars. Weingast (Preferences and Situations) and Wittman (Economic Foundations of Law and Organization) address the numerous contradictory historical standards for political economics. Their broad scope allows for scholarly consideration of how sociology, psychology, and constitutional concerns influence government, finance, and their politically inextricable union. Essays are theory-laden and presume substantial background knowledge, two qualities that make this a reference geared toward specialists.

The Handbook views political economy as a set of methodologies, typically associated with economies, but now part and parcel of political science itself, that are used to explain political and economic phenomena at both the micro and macro level. As such, political economy becomes a grand, if incomplete, synthesis of the various strands of social science. Because institutions are often the subject matter of investigation, this approach incorporates many of the issues of concern to political sociologists and historians. Because political behavior and institutions are themselves a subject of study, politics becomes the subject of political economy. And because political economy also deals with the interaction between the political and economic spheres, economics itself can be seen as a special subset of the analysis. This handbook surveys the field of political economy, with 59 chapters ranging from national to international, institutional to behavioral, and methodological to substantive. Chapters on social choice, constitutional theory, and public economics are set alongside ones on voters and pressure groups, macroeconomics and politics, capitalism and democracy, and international political economy and international conflict Over its long lifetime,'political economy'has had many different meanings: the science of managing the resources of a nation so as to provide wealth to its inhabitants for Adam Smith; the study of how the ownership of the means of production influenced historical processes for Marx; the study of the inter-relationship between economics and politics for some twentieth-century commentators; and for others, a methodology emphasizing individual rationality (the economic or'public choice'approach) or institutional adaptation (the sociological version). This Handbook views political economy as a grand (if imperfect) synthesis of these various strands, treating political economy as the methodology of economics applied to the analysis of political behavior and institutions. This Handbook surveys the field of political economy, with 58 chapters ranging from micro to macro, national to international, institutional to behavioral, methodological to substantive. Chapters on social choice, constitutional theory, and public economics are set alongside ones on voters, parties and pressure groups, macroeconomics and politics, capitalism and democracy, and international political economy and international conflict.