Rich Democracies : Political Economy, Public Policy, and Performance /

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Drawing on data covering the past 50 years and more than 400 interviews with top decision-makers, Wilensky provides a richly detailed account of the common problems modern governments confront and their contrasting styles of conflict resolution.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wilensky, Harold L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2002.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Overheidsbeleid.
Verzorgingsstaat.
Welfare state.
Comparative government.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Comparative.
État providence > Études de cas.
Welfare state > Case studies.
Études de cas.
Case studies.
Interculturele vergelijkingen (vorm)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • FIGURES; TABLES; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PART ONE: PATHS OF DEVELOPMENT OF RICH DEMOCRACIES; PART TWO: THE WELFARE STATE AND SOCIAL POLICY; PART THREE: SYSTEM PERFORMANCE; Appendix A: Methods; Appendix B: Concepts and Measures of Left and Catholic Party Power; Appendix C: Social Spending, GNP, Tax Expenditures, and Housing Expenditures; Appendix D: Sector Spending Correlations; Appendix E: Family Policy; Appendix F: Estimating Reliance on Means Testing; Appendix G: Measures of Economic Performance; Appendix H: Measures of Central Bank Autonomy.

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