Democracy, Bureaucracy and Public Choice: Economic Explanations in Political Science

* Introduction: Institutional Public Choice Theory and Political Analysis DEMOCRACY * Interest Groups and Collective Action * Reconstructing the Theory of Groups * Economic Explanations of Voting Behaviour * Party Competition - The Preference-Shaping Model BUREAUCRACY * Existing Public Choice Models of Bureaucracy * The Bureau-Shaping Model * Comparing Budget - Maximizing and Bureau-Shaping Models * Conclusion - Economic Explanations in Political Science