Edeltraud Roller

The Performance of Democracies

Political Institutions and Public Policy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The "Performance of Democracies" is a book with significant theoretical implications. It stresses that the effect of institutions is more complicated than most of the neo-institutionalist approaches assume. No clear predictions can be made on the basis of institutional factors. Consequently, it does not support the established assertion that fundamental political problems can simply be resolved through institutional reforms of liberal democracies. "Comparative Politics" is a series for students and teachers of political science that deals with contemporary government and politics. The General Editors are Max Kaase, Professor of Political Science, Vice President and Dean, School of Humanities and Social Science, International University Bremen, Germany; and Kenneth Newton, Professor of Comparitive Politics, University of Southampton. The series is produced in association with the European Consortium for Political Research.

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Is the performance of western democracies in decline? Which countries show the best performance? What type of democracy works best? This book offers a comprehensive analysis of twenty-one OECD countries, systematically examining all major domestic policy areas--domestic security policy, economic policy, social policy, and environmental policy. The findings confront widely held assumptions about the performance of democracies and the role of democratic institutions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 165mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 730g
• ISBN-13: 9780199286423
• ISBN-10: 0199286426
• Artikelnr.: 22158253

Autorenporträt

Edeltraud Roller, Professor of Political Science, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: Introduction
* 2: A Model for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Liberal Democracies
* 3: A Model for Explaining the Performance of Liberal Democracies
* 4: Level, Development, and Structure of the Effectiveness of Western
Democracies
* 5: The Influence of Political Institutions on the Effectiveness of
Western Democracies
* 6: Conclusions
* Appendix: Performance Indicators - Distribution of the Original
Variables
* References