Why Do Governments Fail
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Why Do Governments Fail
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Author : Richardson Booker
language : en
Publisher: Richardson Booker
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Why Do Governments Fail written by Richardson Booker and has been published by Richardson Booker this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
The book "Why Do Governments Fail? The Roles of Power, Prosperity, Poverty, Leadership Quality, Voter Behavior, Electoral Integrity, and Political Party Ethics in Shaping Governance Success and Failure" examines: Part 1 explores the links among leader quality, power, voter behavior, prosperity, electoral integrity, poverty, and politics. While essential for strong institutions and conflict prevention, concentrated power breeds corruption. Prosperity, driven by resources or economic strength, can improve living standards, but mismanagement fuels unrest and failure. Poverty limits access to education and healthcare, creating instability and dissent. Government failure stems from leaders prioritizing self-preservation over public welfare. South Africa, Libya, Somalia, Haiti, and Venezuela are examined for their national successes and failures. Part 2 focuses on election contracts—politicians' promises—and their impact on voter behavior. Pledges on infrastructure, justice, healthcare, education, climate, and the economy are often broken due to donor influence, gridlock, interest groups, and self-enrichment. U.S. disillusionment, Nigerian betrayal (lack of benefits), and Brazilian apathy (failed populists) are discussed. In Nigeria, ethnicity and religion outweigh performance, enabling corruption, embezzlement, and unethical norms that fuel failure. Part 3 addresses corruption: bribery, embezzlement, nepotism, and favoritism, where officials serve personal interests over public interests. Brazil’s "Operation Car Wash" reveals laundering, bribery, and embezzlement, causing investor flight, inflation, protests, and recession. Lebanon is cited for entrenched corruption. The book critiques populists who exploit weak systems and voter illiteracy through empty promises and deceptive campaigns, resulting in disillusionment and collapse. Argentina’s Menem and Nigeria’s Buhari exemplify populist leaders whose failed economic and security policies led to crises, terrorism, and decline. Part 4 analyzes economic drivers of success or failure, tracing outcomes to historical, socio-political, and economic factors. Resource-rich countries lacking strong institutions and transparency face challenges. Successful nations harness resource wealth through sound management and democracy. However, vast revenues often incentivize corruption. Despite rich resources, Nigeria, Venezuela, and Angola struggle with poverty, corruption, and weak citizen-focused policies. Part 5 investigates debt crises and bankruptcies in Greece, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Argentina, and Nigeria, caused by unsustainable borrowing, poor fiscal policy, and instability. These cases highlight the need for effective governance, economic discipline, transparency, and accountability to avoid failure. Finally, foreign influence significantly affects governance. Cultural exchange and cooperation help, but disinformation and military intervention destabilize. Governments must defend sovereignty through institutions and unity. Sanctions and isolation require nuanced, targeted strategies and diplomacy, as sanctions alone often worsen instability and governance failure.
Why Government Fails So Often
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Author : Peter H. Schuck
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2014-03-23
Why Government Fails So Often written by Peter H. Schuck and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-23 with Political Science categories.
How government can implement more successful policies, more often From healthcare to workplace and campus conduct, the federal government is taking on ever more responsibility for managing our lives. At the same time, Americans have never been more disaffected with Washington, seeing it as an intrusive, incompetent, wasteful giant. Ineffective policies are caused by deep structural factors regardless of which party is in charge, bringing our government into ever-worsening disrepute. Understanding why government fails so often—and how it might become more effective—is a vital responsibility of citizenship. In this book, lawyer and political scientist Peter Schuck provides a wide range of examples and an enormous body of evidence to explain why so many domestic policies go awry—and how to right the foundering ship of state. An urgent call for reform, Why Government Fails So Often is essential reading for anyone curious about why government is in such a disgraceful state and how it can do better.
Market Or Government Failures
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Author : A. Bhalla
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2001-03-13
Market Or Government Failures written by A. Bhalla and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-03-13 with Business & Economics categories.
Choosing between government and market is not a very helpful exercise since both are necessary. This book argues that it is misplaced to dichotomise between government and market failures. Too much attention is generally placed on government failures and not enough on private corporate failures. Failures occur in both public and private corporate spheres. They may be due to lapses in implementation of policies and programmes. Lack of enforcement in developing countries occurs either because rules and norms do not exist or they are poorly enforced. Emphasis on implementation problems highlights the importance of organizations and institutions.
Why Do Governments Divest
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Author : Alfred Schipke
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2011-06-28
Why Do Governments Divest written by Alfred Schipke and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-28 with Business & Economics categories.
On an unprecedented scale, nations at all income levels and across the political spectrum have initiated privatization programs over the past twenty years. In the course of this privatization movement, microeconomic efficiency arguments have become the standard justification for the divestment of public assets. This book presents an alternate view and argues that short-term macroeconomic considerations are often the true motive behind privatization programs. Why Do Government Divest? The Macroeconomics of Privatization is a comprehensive treatment of the macroeconomic issues of privatization. In addition to reviewing topics in economic growth and efficiency, this book explores the fiscal, monetary, balance-of-payments, and employment aspects of privatization. Several diverse case studies illustrate how the pursuit of such short-term political objectives can reduce the benefits of privatization.
Markets Don T Fail
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Author : Brian P. Simpson
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2005-01-01
Markets Don T Fail written by Brian P. Simpson and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-01 with Political Science categories.
Markets Don't Fail! addresses many of the popular arguments made by economists and other intellectuals against the free market. Using numerous examples as well as moral and epistemological arguments, this book claims that free market economies raise the standard of living of all individuals who live in them, and allow human life to flourish.
The Lutheran Companion
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1920
The Lutheran Companion written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1920 with Lutheran Church categories.
India The Third World Why
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Author : Rakesh Wadhwa
language : en
Publisher: Rakesh Wadhwa
Release Date : 1994
India The Third World Why written by Rakesh Wadhwa and has been published by Rakesh Wadhwa this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Economic development categories.
The Thesis Of He Author`S That India Has The Capacity To Overtake The U.S.A. And Hat This Will Happen By The Year 2014. How? That Is What Is The Book Is All Above. Divided Into 3 Parts And 15 Chaptrs. Bookseller Stamp On The First Page. Without Dustjacket.
Micro Foundations For Innovation Policy
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Author : B. Nooteboom
language : en
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Release Date : 2008
Micro Foundations For Innovation Policy written by B. Nooteboom and has been published by Amsterdam University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Political Science categories.
In economics, business, and government policy, innovation policy requires the creation of new approaches based on insight in what happens in innovation processes, on the micro level of people, firms and interaction between them. In innovation policy it should also be recognized that innovation entails a whole range of activities beyond R&D, such as entrepreneurship, design, commercialization, organization, collaboration and the diffusion of knowledge and innovations . This edited volume explores the roles of individuals and organizations involved in the creation and application of innovations. Covering topics as diverse as the macro-economic importance of innovation, theories of knowledge and learning, entrepreneurship, education and research, organizational innovation, networks and regional innovation systems, Micro-Foundations for Innovation Policy provides critical insights into the development of innovation policy.
Modern Political Economy And Latin America
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Author : Jeffry A Frieden
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-05-04
Modern Political Economy And Latin America written by Jeffry A Frieden and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-04 with Political Science categories.
This is a reader that applies the newest debates in political economy to the analysis of Latin America in a way that is thematically and theoretically cohesive.. Modern Political Economy and Latin America consists of carefully selected, edited readings in Latin American political economy. The editors, Jeffry Frieden and Manuel Pastor, Jr., include an introductory chapter, and a concluding article as well as brief introductions to all sections. These inclusions will make explicit the theoretical underpinnings of each article, and will highlight their respective contributions to the ongoing debates in Latin America. } Modern Political Economy and Latin America consists of carefully selected, edited readings in Latin American political economy. The editors, Jeffry Frieden and Manuel Pastor, Jr., include an introductory chapter, and a concluding article as well as brief introductions to all sections. These inclusions will make explicit the theoretical underpinnings of each article, and will highlight their respective contributions to the ongoing debates in Latin America.Latin American economies are undergoing profound transformations. And, in the wake of a decade-long debt crisis, the statist models of the past are giving way to a reliance on the market even as authoritarian rule seems to have ebbed in favor of new or reborn democratic institutions. As a result, the policy framework guiding economic and political development is likely to be fundamentally different. The analysis of Latin America needs a strong dose of modern political economy--one that can bring the area studies field up to date with the recent developments on the theoretical end of the economics and political science professions. This book helps fill that need. }
Governments Globalization And International Business
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Author : John H. Dunning
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 1997-07-24
Governments Globalization And International Business written by John H. Dunning and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-07-24 with Business & Economics categories.
It is a cliché to say that we live in a globalized world in which investment flows, communications and the operations of multinationals from all parts of the world have changed the character of the international business environment. But the easy concept of globalization poses as many questions as it answers and it is the purpose of this book to address these challenges. In Governments, Globalization, and International Business a prestigious group of international scholars explore in detail the consequences of globalization defined as the deepening structural interdependence of the world economy. In Part 1 John Dunning, Richard Lipsey, Susan Strange and Stephen Kobrin analyse these changes from different disciplinary perspectives and intellectual backgrounds. The basic question they address is what are the consequences of globalization on the nature, form, and level of domestic economic activity?. In doing so, they also consider the increasing mobility of knowledge and information, the role of international corporations, and the sovereignty of the nation state in the modern borderless world. In Part 2 the different experiences and policies of a number of economies are assessed in a series of country studies, These include the G7 countries as well as the developing East Asian economies, Latin America and smaller developed countries. In the final part John Stopford and Edward Graham stand back and look at the changing role of National and Supranational governance. In doing so they underscore a fundamental tenet of the volume, that globalization requires national governments to re-evaluate various factors of their systemic governance. Yet despite apparently convergent trends they argue there are no universal prescriptions for the way governments should respond to globalization, and the policy challenge is a more complex one than merely more or less government.