Public Choice Theory and Natural Resources
Methodological Explication and Critique
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3583490 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Sproule-Jones, Mark Sproule‐jone (corresponding author), Mark Sproule‐Jones (McMaster University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 790-804 |
| Publication date | 1982-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1962971 |
| OpenAlex | W4236160122 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 31 |
The article is a methodological examination of public choice analysis, with particular reference to the currently topical policy field of natural resources. It is also a methodological critique of public choice analysis on logical, epistemological, and normative grounds. Its purpose is to make scholars of natural resources management aware of the substantive and methodological features of the public choice approach to the field, and to make public choice scholars and philosophers of science aware of the methodological grounds of the approach.The so-called hard core of concepts of public choice are first described in relation to the natural resource policy field, and the selection of these hard core concepts, as well as their distinguishing features from political science, economics, and public administration, are justified. The argument is advanced that the hard core is interrelated by the methodological criterion of logical consistency-one interpretation of the notion of rationality-and the criterion accounts for the impetus behind the growth of the paradigm. It is also argued that the paradigm is buttressed and protected from rival approaches at an epistemological level, and it is shown that a variety of epistemologies have been linked to the approach. Finally, I argue that the congruence of public choice with this variety of epistemologies makes many of the criticisms about the normative implications of the approach inaccurate and misleading
Argument (complex analysis · Consistency (knowledge bases · Economics · Epistemology · Explication · Field (mathematics · Interpretation (philosophy · Normative · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Public choice · Rationality · Relation (database · Sociology · Technocracy · Variety (cybernetics · Climate Change Policy and Economics · Computer Science · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Law · Philosophy
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Essays in positive economics
Toward a theory of the rent-seeking society
An economic theory of democracy
A Theory of Justice
The Logic of Collective Action
Long-run efficiency and property rights sharing for pollution control
Coordination and the management of estuarine water quality
Criticism and the growth of knowledge
A Justification of Rationality
The social appropriateness of water quality management for the Lower Fraser River
A Behavioral Approach to the Study of Intergovernmental Relations
The Uncertain Search for Environmental Quality
Units and Levels of Analysis
Artisanship and Artifact
A Public-Choice Model of Political Participation
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Strategic Tensions in the Scale of Political Analysis
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2024 (38) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |