Principled agents? (Record no. 4579)

MARC details
000 -LEADER
fixed length control field 01889nam a2200169Ia 4500
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20250117103715.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 250117s9999 xx 000 0 und d
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780199383910
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 352.3BES
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Besley, Timothy.
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Principled agents?
Remainder of title the political economy of good government
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Oxford
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Oxford University Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2006
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xi, 266 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-247) and index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. What is good government? Why do some governments fail ? How do you implement political accountability in practice? What incentives do you need to put in place to ensure that politicians and public servants act in the public interest and not their own? These questions and many more are addressed in Timothy Besley's intriguing Lindahl lectures. Economic analyses of government usually divide into two broad camps. One which emphasizes government as a force for public good that can regulate markets, distribute resources and generally work towards improving the lives of its citizens. The other sees government as driven by private interests, susceptible to those with the power to influence its decisions and failing to incentivize its officials to act for the greater public good. This book adopts a middle way between the two extremes, the Publius approach, which recognizes the potential for government to act for the public good but also accepts the fact that things often go wrong. It shares the view that there are certain institutional preconditions for effective government but then proceed to examine exactly what those preconditions are. Timothy Besley emphasises that it is not just about designing an appropriate institutional framework but also about understanding the way incentives work and the process by which the political class is selected.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Public administration.
Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Date acquired Total checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type
        UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam 01/17/2025   352.3BES 004636 01/31/2025 01/17/2025 Book