In an readily accessible style, Public Policy: The Competitive Framework provides a complete explanation of how public policy is formed and why. The book presents a new interpretation of public policy analysis that is synthesised with market segmentation theory, allowing the model to be applied to differing market and social situations that require a public decision to be made.
In an readily accessible style, Public Policy: The Competitive Framework provides a complete explanation of how public policy is formed and why. The book presents a new interpretation of public policy analysis that is synthesised with market segmentation theory, allowing the model to be applied to differing market and social situations that require a public decision to be made.
1Introduction : the policy problem12What is the state?103The market system at work424Issues in public economics555Market failure and intervention816Decision making : who influences whom?987Interest groups and the theory of market segmentation1238Competition1469Privatisation and the economics of interest groups16510Community service obligations : a strategy to avoid collective failure18511Accountability and the democratic process206