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YES MINISTER : INVALUABLE MATERIAL FOR TEACHING THE PUBLIC CHOICE OF BUREAUCRACY
Author(s) -
Considine John
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2006.00650.x
Subject(s) - bureaucracy , normative , ideal (ethics) , task (project management) , order (exchange) , focus (optics) , public choice , law and economics , political science , positive economics , sociology , public administration , economics , law , management , physics , optics , finance , politics
Conveying the logical consequences of modelling the individual as self‐interested in the public sector bureaucracy is not an easy task. One has to avoid, without dismissing, normative judgments and issues of empirical validity in order to focus on the logical consequence. Illustrating the theory in a memorable way is also difficult. This paper argues that Yes Minister provides ideal material for the task.