Böcker av Peter Self

In tandem with an analysis of the basic purpose and rationale of urban planning, Peter Self discusses the achievements and failures of different types of planning authorities. Self argues that the urban region is at a political and organizational crossroads, as it must grapple with the problems of urban sprawl.

Recent decades have seen the study of politics invaded by economic theories, methods and techniques. This book gives a concise, non- technical account of these 'public choice' theories and examines their influence upon government policies in English-speaking countries.

A survey of theories and beliefs about the growth, behaviour, performance and reform of the governments of modern Western democracies. Analysing the external pressures which have shaped modern governments, it examines different schools of political thought which seek to explain the behaviour and performance of governments.