Government by the market? Book

	Preface
1	Economic Interpretations of Politics	1
	Comparing economic and political systems	2
	Basic assumptions: self-interest and rationality	4
	The problem of co-operation	11
	Alternative public choice	16
2	Theories of Political Behaviour	21
	Voters	21
	Parties	24
	Interest groups: formation	27
	Interest groups: influence	29
	Bureaucrats	32
	Demand and supply of public goods	36
	How true are public choice theories?	45
3	The Creation of a New Ideology	48
	The limits of democratic choice	48
	Buchanan's constitutionalism	51
	The construction of ideology	53
	Public choice ideology	56
	Transmission by think tank	64
4	Slimming the State	70
	Leadership and ideology	70
	Mobilising interests	75
	The failed politics of expenditure control	80
	Winners and losers	87
	The successful politics of privatisation	93
	Reversing public choice theory?	105
5	Privatising Welfare	113
	The politics of welfare	113
	Privatising service delivery	121
	Empowering consumers	129
	The public health market	135
	The scope of state welfare	141
	Welfare and political change	146
6	Restructuring Government	156
	Political goals and public choice theories	156
	The assault on bureaucracy	159
	Copying market models	167
	Decentralisation, American style	176
	Centralisation, British style	184
	Bureaucracy and democracy	192
7	Market Ideology and Public Policy	198
	Politics and ethics of markets	198
	Markets in theory and practice	204
	Impacts upon public policy	213
	Dominance of the media	224
	Assessing market influence	227
8	Public Choice and the Public Interest	232
	Is there a public interest?	232
	The liberty card replayed	241
	Economic rights and social justice	246
	Failures of the market model	253
	The return to citizenship	256
9	Towards Better Government	262
	Explaining government growth	262
	A new political agenda	267
	Reforming the market system	273
	Empowering democratic government	277
	Bibliography	282
	Index of Names	296
	Index of Subjects	299