Democracy, Bureaucracy, and Public Choice

Author: Duniwei
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: By reading this book, readers will gain a multi-dimensional understanding of the systematic elaboration of pluralist approach, integrative approach, collective action model, and new right-wing model on the two classic topics of democracy and bureaucracy. Researchers will also experience Professor Duniwei's analysis and critique of the basic assumptions and analytical methods of each analytical approach, and will appreciate the author's effortless transitions and integrations between different analytical approaches. "Democracy, Bureaucracy, and Public Choice" was awarded the "McKenzie Prize for Excellence in Political Science" in 1991. In this book, the author organically connects the three concepts of democracy, bureaucracy, and public choice, systematically comparing the pluralist approach, integrative approach, collective action model, and new right-wing model. Through the analysis of institutional public choice theory, the book provides an incisive interpretation of the two core topics of democracy and bureaucracy. The author's focus on methodology and critical insights are highly worth learning from and referencing.