Stephanie J. Rickard (London School of Economics and Political Sci

Spending to Win

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Produktbeschreibung

Why do some democracies redistribute more than others? Election practices cause some governments to deliver policies, such as industrial subsidies, that assist small groups of citizens at the expense of many. Spending to Win will find interest amongst scholars of international political economy, public policy, public administration, and comparative politics.

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Produktdetails

• Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 446g
• ISBN-13: 9781108432030
• ISBN-10: 1108432034
• Artikelnr.: 58564648

Autorenporträt

Stephanie J. Rickard is Associate Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Inhaltsangabe

Tables
Figures
Acknowledgements
1. Who gets what and why? The politics of particularistic economic policies
2. The uneven geographic dispersion of economic activity
3. How institutions and geography work together to shape policy
4. Explaining government spending on industrial subsidies
5. The power of producers: successful demands for state aid
6. Why institutional differences among proportional representation systems matter
7. The policy effects of electoral competitiveness in closed-list PR
8. Conclusion and implications
References
Index.