Performance of democracies : political institutions and public policies /

This volume offers a comprehensive analysis of 21 OECD countries by systematically examining all major domestic policy areas - domestic security policy, economic, policy, social policy, and environmental policy - and using outcome indicators.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Roller, Edeltraud
Corporate Author:	Oxford University Press
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford, UK ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Series:	Comparative politics (Oxford University Press)
Subjects:	Democracy. Government productivity > Evaluation. Comparative government. Democracy Démocratie. Administration publique > Productivité > Évaluation. Institutions politiques comparées. Démocratie locale. democracy. comparative politics. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy. Comparative government Government productivity > Evaluation Effizienz Internationaler Vergleich Politisches Handeln Regierung Industriestaaten Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

List of Figures; List of Tables; Tables in the Appendix; 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; Author Index; Subject Index.