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Pathological politics: The anatomy of government failure

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  1. the University of Oregon, USA

    William C. Mitchell (professor of political science, research fellow)

  2. The Independent Institute in Oakland, California

    William C. Mitchell (professor of political science, research fellow)

  3. the Institute of Political Economy, Utah State University, USA

    Randy T. Simmons (professor of political science and director, research fellow)

  4. The Independent Institute in Oakland, California

    Randy T. Simmons (professor of political science and director, research fellow)

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This essay is a slightly altered version of chapter 4 in Beyond Politics: Markets, Welfare, and the Failure of Bureaucracy.(Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1994). Reprinted by permission from The Independent Institute.

He is a member of the editorial board for the journals Western Political Science Reviewand Constitutional Political Economyand the author of numerous journals and books, including The American Polity, The Anatomy of Public Failure,and Government as It Isamong others.

He is the author of many articles, and of a book, Endangered Species.

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Mitchell, W.C., Simmons, R.T. Pathological politics: The anatomy of government failure. Society 32, 30–38 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02693369

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