The late James M. Buchanan's Books

Individualism and Political Disorder

By: The late James M. Buchanan,Yong J. Yoon

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Individualism and Political Disorder

By: The late James M. Buchanan,Yong J. Yoon

Inspired by F.A. Hayek’s Individualism and Economic Order, this book also stands in contrast to the themes of that work, by emphasizing that collective action works differently from the way the market works. The chapters comprise papers written by James M.Buchanan, both with and without Yoon’s co-authorship, after the publication of his Collected Work volumes. These chapters reflect the authors' thoughts on politics, seen through the lens of fiscal policy and the tragedies of the commons and anti-commons in collective action. The pathologies of democratic politics rigorously analyzed in the book prove the relevance of Buchanan's constitutionalism

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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178471058X

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9781784710583

The Samaritan's Dilemma

The Political Economy of Development Aid

By: Clark C. Gibson,Krister Andersson,Elinor late Elinor Elinor Ostrom,Sujai Shivakumar

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The Samaritan's Dilemma

The Political Economy of Development Aid

By: Clark C. Gibson,Krister Andersson,Elinor late Elinor Elinor Ostrom,Sujai Shivakumar

What's wrong with foreign aid? Many policymakers, aid practitioners, and scholars have called into question its ability to increase economic growth, alleviate poverty, or promote social development. At the macro level, only tenuous links between development aid and improved living conditions have been found. At the micro level, only a few programs outlast donor support and even fewer appear to achieve lasting improvements. The authors of this book argue that much of aid's failure is related to the institutions that structure its delivery. These institutions govern the complex relationships between the main actors in the aid delivery system and often generate a series of perverse incentives that promote inefficient and unsustainable outcomes. In their analysis, the authors apply the theoretical insights of the new institutional economics to several settings. First, they investigate the institutions of Sida, the Swedish aid agency, to analyze how that aid agency's institutions can produce incentives inimical to desired outcomes, contrary to the desires of its own staff. Second, the authors use cases from India, a country with low aid dependence, and Zambia, a country with high aid dependence, to explore how institutions on the ground in recipient countries also mediate the effectiveness of aid. Throughout the book, the authors offer suggestions about how to improve aid's effectiveness. These suggestions include how to structure evaluations in order to improve outcomes, how to employ agency staff to gain from their on-the-ground experience, and how to engage stakeholders as "owners" in the design, resource mobilization, learning, and evaluation processes of development assistance programs.

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OUP Oxford

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0191535338

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9780191535338

The Economic Way of Thinking

By: Paul Heyne,Professor of Economics and Deputy Director of the James M Buchanan Center for Political Economy Peter Boettke,David L. Prychitko

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The Economic Way of Thinking

By: Paul Heyne,Professor of Economics and Deputy Director of the James M Buchanan Center for Political Economy Peter Boettke,David L. Prychitko

The Study Guide is a complete set of exams designed to promote comprehension of the key principles covered in the text and to develop each student's ability to apply them. Each chapter contains questions with detailed solutions that cover the key principles of each chapter, a step-by-step review of each chapter, and analytical questions for students to consider.

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Pearson Prentice Hall

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0131543725

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9780131543720

Foundation Reporter 37

By: Taft Group,Taft Group, The

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Foundation Reporter 37

By: Taft Group,Taft Group, The

Each edition of "Foundation Reporter gives you all the important contact, financial and grants information on the top 1,000 private foundations in the United States. In addition to providing biographical data on foundation officers and directors, entries examine a foundation's giving philosophy, financial summary, history of donors, geographic preferences, application procedures and restrictions, and more. Includes an updated appendix of more than 2,500 abridged private foundation entries providing additional funding sources. Thirteen indexes facilitate research.

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1569954682

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Book's by The late James M. Buchanan

Individualism and Political Disorder

Individualism and Political Disorder

The Samaritan's Dilemma

The Samaritan's Dilemma

The Economic Way of Thinking

The Economic Way of Thinking

Foundation Reporter 37

Foundation Reporter 37

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