Political Science 2246E Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Fernand Braudel, New Public Management, Economic History
18 Nov 2015
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That which has been chosen" from latin meaning elect / predestined for salvation eligere. Liberal democracies which are supposed to be egalitarian are usually dominated by elites: unlike marxist classes, elites are broader and not limited to incredibly wealthy, elites connected by education, profession, social position, etc. Public choice thinking in action: politicians using polling results to construct policies likely to buy" votes, voters choose policy packages such as promised tax cuts which maximize personal gain, public administrators expand program spending to maximize personal power. The government of canada buys just about every kind of good and service, from aircraft to paper clips, from training services to scientific research": governments always pay their bills on time, repeat business. Privatization and privatism: two policy objectives, delivery of goods or services by market mechanisms, withdrawal of government from its role as buyer, regulator, standard setter ".
