The Calculus of Consent. (FIRST EDITION.)

BUCHANAN, James M. [McGill] (1919-2013) & Gordon TULLOCK:

Published by Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1962., 1962

About this Item

First Edition, first printing. 361 pp. Original cloth. Very Good+, without dust jacket. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1986 was awarded to James M. Buchanan Jr. 'for his development of the contractual and constitutional bases for the theory of economic and political decision-making.' 'The book was instrumental in the development of 'public choice' as an academic subdiscipline between economics and political science, a subdiscipline that has provided the intellectual foundations for examining 'politics without romance.' Because of its constitutional emphasis, the book provides the starting point for the emerging field of inquiry 'constitutional economics,' a field that has come increasingly to occupy my own research attention' (Buchanan, 'This Week's Citation Classic'; Current Contents, No. 2, Jan. 11, 1988). 'One of the classic works from the discipline of public choice in economics and political science. The analytical approach of the authors is based on methodological individualism collective action is composed of individual actions and on the rejection of any organic interpretation of the state. A purely individualistic conception of collectivity is maintained: the state is an artifact, created by men and thus subject to change and perfection. Buchanan and Tullock maintain that only constitutional changes, which can be shown to be in the interest of all interested parties can be judged as 'improvements' and therefore consider conceptual unanimity as the only legitimate decision-making rule' (Wikipedia).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Calculus of Consent. (FIRST EDITION.)
• Publisher: Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1962.
• Publication Date: 1962
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket