The Oxford Handbook of Political Economy

Edited by Barry R. Weingast and Donald Wittman

• 'This is an impressive book in every dimension.' - Randall G. Holcombe, Public Choice
• 'Spanning all of the major substantive areas and approaches in modern political science, this blockbuster set is a must-have for scholars and students alike. Each volume is crafted by a distinguished set of editors who have assembled critical, comprehensive, essays to survey accumulated knowledge and emerging issues in the study of politics. These volumes will help to shape the discipline for many years to come.' - Theda Skocpol, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology, and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
• 'Judging from the editors, contributors, and topics covered, the forthcoming Oxford Handbooks of Political Science will_ be a landmark series...This is a series that not only _ university libraries, but more specialized social science _ and political science libraries, will want to have on their shelves' - Robert O. Keohane, Professor of International _ Affairs, Princeton University
• 'This extraordinary series offers 'state of the art' _ assessments that instruct, engage, and provoke. Both _ synoptic and directive, the fine essays across these _ superbly edited volumes reflect the ambitions and diversity of political science. No one who is immersed in the _ discipline's controversies and possibilities should miss the intellectual stimulation and critical appraisal these works so powerfully provide.' - Ira Katznelson, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History, Columbia University _
• 'Under the general editorship of Robert E. Goodin, a large group of intellectually attractive authors has charted the entire field of political science in an unbiased multi-paradigmatic way. Minerva's owl would make a nice logo for this monumental collective work of the Oxford Handbooks: what moves us forward is looking back at what we know.' - Claus Offe, Professor of Political Science, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin and Institute for Social Science, Humboldt University, Berlin.
• 'This volume comprises a thorough and definitive overview, written by the top people in the field, of the research frontier of political economy. It will be required reading for students, and essential reference material for scholars active in the field, for many years to come.' - Avinash K. Dixit, John J. F. Sherrerd '52 University Professor of Economics, Princeton University
• 'A paramount effort coordinated by Robert Goodin for Oxford University Press has produced an impressive set of ten volumes about the state of the discipline, the Oxford Handbook of Political Science, which has become an instant must.' - Josep Colomer's Weekly Blog
• 'The overall quality of writing and analysis is high, and the bibliographies are very valuable...Highly recommended.' - M. Veseth, Choice, Vol. 44, No. 10

• Oxford Handbooks of Political Science are the essential guide to the state of political science today
  
• The only fully comprehensive ten-volume survey of the whole discipline
  
• The Oxford Handbook of Political Economy offers a major new synthesis of the dominant approach to political science
• Ambitious in scope, the volume contains 57 chapters covering key topics: Voters, Political Parties and Pressure Groups; Legislatures and Parliaments; Interactions between the Branches of Government; Constitutional Theory; Social Choice; Public Finance and Public Economics; Macroeconomics and Politics; Democracy and Capitalism; Comparative Development; International Political Economy; International Relations and Conflict; and Methodology
  
• Engagingly written by an illustrious team of international contributors
  

Edited by Barry R. Weingast, Ward C. Krebs Family Professor of Political Science, Stanford University and
Donald Wittman, Professor of Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz