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Rich democracies : political economy, public policy, and performance / Harold L. Wilensky.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002.Description: 1 online resource (xxxi, 891 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520928336
  • 0520928334
  • 9780520231764
  • 0520231767
  • 9780520232792
  • 0520232798
  • 1597348732
  • 9781597348737
  • 9786612759031
  • 6612759038
  • 1282759035
  • 9781282759039
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rich democracies.DDC classification:
  • 320.3 21
LOC classification:
  • JC479 .W55 2002eb
Online resources:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 777-867) and index.

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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.

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.

English.

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