Full lecture notes for PH336 Principles of Political Economy - Politics and Economics. Topics covered: - Methodology - Public Choice - Downs, voting theory and the paradox of voting - Ostrom, climate change and global governance - Global public goods - Free riding - Olson and special interest groups - Lobbying - Institutionalism - Path dependency

Revision notes on Public Goods. Topics covered: - Public choice, public bads and Ostrom - Common Pool Resource Regimes - Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) - Climate Change - Global Governance - Free Rider Problem - State Provision of Public Goods - Collective Provision of Public Goods - Global Public Goods - Solving Non-Participation - Governing the Commons

Revision notes on Interest Groups. Topics covered: - Pluralism - Arbiter and arena theory - Olson's critique - Privileged and intermediate groups - Role of business and NGOs - Political participation and leadership - Business associations - State corporatism - Rent-seeking and informational lobbying

Revision notes on Institutions. Topics covered: - Old and new institutionalism - Historical institutionalism - Path dependency - Explaining change - Gradual change - Policy instruments and governance - New historical institutionalism - Rational choice institutionalism - Discursive institutionalism - Exogenous and endogenous change