Alan M. Jacobs (Vancouver University of British Columbia)

Broschiertes Buch

Governing for the Long Term

Democracy and the Politics of Investment

Beschreibung

This book examines how democratic governments manage long-term policy challenges, seeking to understand how elected officials make trade-offs between the present and the future. The book develops a theory of 'intertemporal policy choice', then analyzes how governments in four countries have managed long-term challenges to their pension systems.

Autor

Alan M. Jacobs is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia. The recipient of the 2009 Mary Parker Follett Award of the American Political Science Association and the 2005 John Heinz Dissertation Award of the National Academy of Social Insurance, Jacobs is the author of several articles and book chapters on comparative public policy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9780521171779
• ISBN-10: 0521171776
• Artikelnr.: 32735915