Reforming Political Institutions
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Government Reformed
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Author : Jenny Fleming
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-11-11
Government Reformed written by Jenny Fleming and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-11 with categories.
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Values, Institutions and the State -- PART I: REFORMING INSTITUTIONS -- 2 Great Ideas of Central Banking: Values, Ideas and the Transformation of Central Banking and Monetary Policy in Australia -- 3 Reforming China's Power Industry: An Institutional Explanation -- 4 Beliefs and Institutional Change: The UK National Health Service -- 5 Rural Policy in Australia: The Farm Family and the Farm Business -- PART II: NEW INSTITUTIONS -- 6 International Institutions and Food Safety Regulation: Values in Conflict -- 7 Political Values, Reflexivity and Environment Protection Institutions -- 8 Institutional Innovation in Natural Resource Management -- 9 The Everyday Politics of Value Conflict: External Independent Oversight Bodies in Australia -- 10 ATSIC: Autonomy or Accountability? -- PART III: SOCIETY-CENTRED INSTITUTIONS -- 11 Internet Content, Mandated Self-regulation and Institutionalizing Values -- 12 Regulating Relationships: Marriage and the State -- PART IV: CONCLUSIONS -- 13 Changing Institutions: Pluralism, Traditions and the Contradictions of Reform -- Bibliography -- Index
Debating Reform
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Author : Richard J. Ellis
language : en
Publisher: CQ Press
Release Date : 2016-08-04
Debating Reform written by Richard J. Ellis and has been published by CQ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-04 with Political Science categories.
Debating Reform: Conflicting Perspectives on How to Fix the American Political System, Third Edition edited by Richard J. Ellis and Michael Nelson, gets readers to consider the key issues in reforming political institutions. Written specifically for this volume, each pro or con essay is contributed by a top scholar and examines a concrete proposal for reforming the political system. By focusing on institutions, rather than liberal or conservative public policies, the essays move readers to leave behind ideology and grapple with evidence, and then draw their own conclusions and build their own arguments.
Reforming Democracy
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Author : Camille Bedock
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017-05-12
Reforming Democracy written by Camille Bedock and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-12 with Political Science categories.
When, why, and how are democratic institutions reformed? This is the broad question guiding this research, rooted in a context of crises of representative democracy. Core democratic rules can be understood as the formal political rules regulating the direct relationship between elites within the political system, parties, and citizens. They are therefore the cornerstone of the functioning of any political system. This book deals with the context, the motives, and the mechanisms explaining the incidence of institutional engineering in consolidated European democracies between 1990 and 2015. It is centred on the choice of political elites to use - or not to use - institutional engineering as a response to the challenges they face. This study provides both a better empirical understanding of the world of democratic reforms in consolidated democracies, thanks to a new data-set covering six dimensions of reform in 18 European countries. Secondly, the book provides evidence about the link between the lack of political support and democratic reforms, and the role of electoral shifts in fostering reforms. Thirdly, this research shows that the final outcome of a given reform depends on the type of reform at stake and on the process used during the phase of discussion of the reform, though case studies in Ireland, France and Italy. Ultimately, the book demonstrates that contrary to what has been commonly assumed, reforms of the core democratic rules are frequent and constitute in most cases an answer of challenged political elites to the erosion of political support and electoral change. Comparative Politics is a series for researchers, teachers, and students of political science that deals with contemporary government and politics. Global in scope, books in the series are characterised by a stress on comparative analysis and strong methodological rigour. The series is published in association with the European Consortium for Political Research. For more information visit: www.ecprnet.eu. The series is edited by Emilie van Haute, Professor of Political Science, Université libre de Bruxelles; Ferdinand Müller-Rommel, Director of the Center for the Study of Democracy, Leuphana University; and Susan Scarrow, Chair of the Department of Political Science, University of Houston.
Crafting Coalitions For Reform
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Author : Peter R. Kingstone
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2010-11-01
Crafting Coalitions For Reform written by Peter R. Kingstone and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-01 with Political Science categories.
The success of political efforts to create a more open economy in Brazil over the past decade has depended crucially on support from the industrial sector, which long enjoyed the benefits of protection by the state from economic competition. Why businesses previously so sheltered would back neoliberal reform, and why opposition arose at times from sectors least threatened by free trade, are the puzzles this book seeks to answer. Drawing on more than one hundred interviews with industrialists and business association representatives, as well as a wide range of other sources, Peter Kingstone argues that the key to understanding the behavior of industrialists lies in the impact of four factors on their preferences for reform: the effect of economic crisis on industrialists' perception of the viability of the earlier development model; the sectoral location of their firms in the economy and the advantages historically accruing therefrom; the adjustment options available to them given their position in the market; and the credibility of the government's promises about reform and its tactical choices for getting them implemented through the political system. The mix of these four factors, Kingstone shows, left business preferences relatively malleable and thus available for support of reform, even in the face of potentially high costs. Whether such support was forthcoming depended on industrialists' perceptions of the ability of government leaders to deliver on their promises. Widespread resistance to reform occurred when leaders lost their credibility. Under Fernando Collor's leadership, that credibility was never recovered; under Fernando Henrique Cardoso's, it was recovered through increasing concessions to industrialists on the character of the reform program.
Reforming Political Institutions
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Author : John Coakley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Reforming Political Institutions written by John Coakley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Ireland categories.
The author considers the case for the reform of Irish political institutions in light of economic collapse, political turmoil and external intervention in the management of Ireland.
Debating Reform
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Author : Richard J. Ellis
language : en
Publisher: CQ Press
Release Date : 2019-12-20
Debating Reform written by Richard J. Ellis and has been published by CQ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-20 with Political Science categories.
Getting students away from spouting opinions about highly-charged partisan issues, Debating Reform, Fourth Edition looks at key questions about reforming political institutions, with contributed pieces written by top scholars specifically for the volume. Each pro or con essay considers a concrete proposal for reforming the political system. By focusing on institutions, rather than liberal or conservative public policies, students tend to leave behind ideology and grapple with claims and evidence to draw their own conclusions and build their own arguments. Students will explore how institutions work in their American government text, but this reader helps them to understand how they can be made to work better.
Democracy S Moment
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Author : Ronald Hayduck
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2002
Democracy S Moment written by Ronald Hayduck and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Political Science categories.
The two-month long Election Day in Florida made one thing clear: We need to find ways to make the American political system more responsive to the demands of all citizens. This book provides a critical assessement of a broad range of electoral reforms proposed to enhance responsive government. The book aims not only to analyze the obstacles to full political participation, but to capitalize on the window of opportunity that election 2000 has provided to make our political system more truly democratic--to realize 'democracy's moment.'
Audacious Reforms
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Author : Merilee S. Grindle
language : en
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Release Date : 2000-09-20
Audacious Reforms written by Merilee S. Grindle and has been published by Johns Hopkins University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-09-20 with Political Science categories.
Audacious Reforms examines the creation of new political institutions in three Latin American countries: direct elections for governors and mayors in Venezuela, radical municipalization in Bolivia, and direct election of the mayor of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Diverging from the usual incremental processes of political change, these cases marked a significant departure from traditional centralized governments. Such "audacious reforms," explains Merilee S. Grindle, reinvent the ways in which public problems are manifested and resolved, the ways in which political actors calculate the costs and benefits of their activities, and the ways in which social groups relate to the political process. Grindle considers three central questions: Why would rational politicians choose to give up power? What accounts for the selection of some institutions rather than others? And how does the introduction of new institutions alter the nature of political actions? The case studies of Venezuela, Bolivia, and Argentina demonstrate that institutional invention must be understood from theoretical perspectives that stretch beyond immediate concerns about electoral gains and political support building. Broader theoretical perspectives on the definition of nation and state, the nature of political contests, the legitimacy of political systems, and the role of elites all must be considered. While past conflicts are not erased by reforms, in the new order there is often greater potential for more responsible, accountable, and democratic government.
Reforming Democracies
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Author : Douglas Chalmers
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2013-01-15
Reforming Democracies written by Douglas Chalmers and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-15 with Political Science categories.
A noted political scientist revises our understanding of the institutions essential for representative democracy.
The Politics Of Institutional Reform
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Author : Terry M. Moe
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-02-21
The Politics Of Institutional Reform written by Terry M. Moe and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-21 with Education categories.
Treating Hurricane Katrina as a natural experiment, Moe explores education reform to reveal how political power shapes and stifles efforts to fix failing institutions. Because the post-Katrina reforms proved revolutionary, this book will interest researchers and students in American politics, education, public policy, and theory of political institutions.