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The political power of bad ideas : networks, institutions, and the global prohibition wave /

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In this work, Mark Lawrence Schrad looks on an oddity of modern history - the broad diffusion of temperance legislation in the early 20th century - to make a broad argument about how bad policy ideas achieve international success.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schrad, Mark Lawrence
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Policy sciences > Case studies.
Culture diffusion > Political aspects > Case studies.
Prohibition.
Temperance.
Globalization > Case studies.
Temperance
Sciences de la politique > Études de cas.
Diffusion culturelle > Aspect politique > Études de cas.
Tempérance.
Mondialisation > Études de cas.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > General.
Globalization
Policy sciences
Prohibition
Policy sciences > Case studies
Culture diffusion > Political aspects > Case studies
Globalization > Case studies
Electronic books.
Case Reports
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:In this work, Mark Lawrence Schrad looks on an oddity of modern history - the broad diffusion of temperance legislation in the early 20th century - to make a broad argument about how bad policy ideas achieve international success.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 302 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199742356
0199742359
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9781282501188
9786612501180
6612501189
0190452935
9780190452933