TY  - BOOK
AU  - Michael,Ewen J.
TI  - Public policy: the competitive framework 
SN  - 0195555260
AV  - H97 .M524 2006
U1  - 320.6 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - South Melbourne, Vic., Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Policy sciences
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - Trade regulation
KW  - Public administration
KW  - Public welfare
KW  - Political planning
KW  - Australia
KW  - Competition
KW  - Government policy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-252) and index; 1; Introduction : the policy problem --; 2; What is the state? --; 3; The market system at work --; 4; Issues in public economics --; 5; Market failure and intervention --; 6; Decision making : who influences whom? --; 7; Interest groups and the theory of market segmentation --; 8; Competition --; 9; Privatisation and the economics of interest groups --; 10; Community service obligations : a strategy to avoid collective failure --; 11; Accountability and the democratic process
N2  - "Public Policy: The Competitive Framework analyses the ways in which contemporary democracies make decisions that determine the welfare and well-being of their citizens. Examples and case studies from around the world demonstrate the effects of globalisation and transnational relations on competition policy and government intervention."--BOOK JACKET; Providing an accessible and comprehensive explanation of how public policy is formed and why, this text presents an alternative interpretation of public policy analysis that is synthesised with market segmentation theory
ER  -