Politics as Exchange An Analysis of the Political Marketplace Holcombe Paperback

Politics as Exchange\n\nAn Analysis of the Political Marketplace\n\nPolitics as Exchange describes a political marketplace in which an elite few negotiate with each other to produce public policy.\n\nRandall G. Holcombe (Author)\n\n9781009693974, Cambridge University Press\n\nPaperback / softback, published 6 November 2025\n\n300 pages\n22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.489 kg\n\nPolitical institutions have been depicted by academics as a marketplace where citizens transact with each other to accomplish collective ends difficult to accomplish otherwise. This depiction supports a romantic notion of democracy in which democratic governments are accountable to their citizens, and act in their best interests. In Politics as Exchange, Randall Holcombe explains why this view of democracy is too optimistic. He argues that while there is a political marketplace in which public policy is made, access to the political marketplace is limited to an elite few. A small group of well-connected individuals-le.