The Elgar companion to public choice This authoritative and encyclopaedic reference work provides a thorough account of the public choice approach to economics and politics. The Companion breaks new ground by joining together the most important issues in the field in a single comprehensive volume. It contains state of the art discussions of both old and contemporary problems including new work by the founding fathers as well as contributions by a new generation of younger scholars pt.1. Methodology pt. 2. The constitutional framework pt. 3. Institutions and mechanisms of collective choice pt. 4. Public choice perspectives on government and the economy pt. 5. The public choice revolution