Books in the Economics and Sociology Thematic Issue series

What is the field Public Choice Political Economy all about? How did it originate? Who were the main architects and builders? What values and work habits motivated the work? This title deals with the field of 'public choice political economy' that evolved during the 1970s and 1980s at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, Virginia.

John R. Searlea s 1995 publication The Construction of Social Reality is the foundation of this collection of scholarly papers examining Searlea s philosophical theories. The book works to reconstruct the ontology of the social sciences through an analysis of linguistic practices in the context of John Searlea s celebrated work on intentionality.

The papers in this volume examine the processes by which cities grow and how current public policy, both in the areas of zoning and town planning respond to this process. The volume contains a number of case studies describing the experiences of major cities such as Phoenix, Arizona.

The papers in this volume examine the processes by which cities grow and how current public policy, both in the areas of zoning and town planning respond to this process. The volume contains a number of case studies describing the experiences of major cities such as Phoenix, Arizona.

This volume contains interesting essays on the following range of topics: fiscal sociology; constitutional economics; Austrian school perspectives; and new perspectives on transition economies in Asia, Europe and Africa.

This volume contains interesting essays on the following range of topics: fiscal sociology; constitutional economics; Austrian school perspectives; and new perspectives on transition economies in Asia, Europe and Africa.

This book is about is more than a subdiscipline within the field of economics------it is about a new field named "public choice political economy" that gradually evolved during the 1970s and 1980s at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, Virginia.

This book consists of ten essays which speak to doing economics better.