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National Policy in a Global Economy - How Government can Improve Living Standards and Balance the Books (Hardcover): I Budge, S... National Policy in a Global Economy - How Government can Improve Living Standards and Balance the Books (Hardcover)
I Budge, S Birch
R1,525 Discovery Miles 15 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This study offers an analysis of the UK's current economic policy options and a plan for improving life for ordinary citizens via a sensible and realistic understanding of governments' limited ability to manage economic performance. It provides a manifesto which political parties could immediately adopt to make life better for all.

Handbook of Democratic Government - Party Government in 20 Democracies (1945-1990) (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the... Handbook of Democratic Government - Party Government in 20 Democracies (1945-1990) (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993)
J. J. Woldendorp, Hans Keman, I Budge
R1,557 Discovery Miles 15 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Handbook of Democratic Government is the first compact and comprehensive data collection for 20 countries which simultaneously provides comparative and complete information on the composition of governments. Parties, ministries, portfolios, ministers and parliamentary support are listed, as well as duration, type of government and reasons for termination. The data are organised in such a manner that every researcher can use them as a basic data set, ready to be transformed according to the particular needs dictated by the research undertaken. Various levels of analysis are possible, both cross-nationally and across time, ranging from individual ministers and separate ministries to specific parties, governments or countries. Given its format, the data set is also a very useful background to the special annual issue of the European Journal of Political Research: Political Data Yearbook. It will save researchers in the field of comparative politics valuable time as it can be utilised in connection with, or in addition to other data sources.

Party Government in 48 Democracies (1945-1998) - Composition - Duration - Personnel (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the... Party Government in 48 Democracies (1945-1998) - Composition - Duration - Personnel (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000)
J. J. Woldendorp, Hans Keman, I Budge
R5,853 Discovery Miles 58 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Since the 1980s, political scientists have developed a renewed interest in the study of political institutions, based on the assumption that "institutions matter" -that is, that formal governmental institutions and constitutional-legal rules (as well as informal institutions like parties and interest groups) are crucial determinants of the shape of politics and policy outcomes. In this respect, the "new institutionalism" resembles the "old institutionalism" of pre-behaviorist days, but the crucial difference between the two is that the new institutionalists are committed to systematic empirical testing of their hypotheses, at least in principle. In practice, however, especially in compara tive analyses, this goal has often been frustrated by the lack of reliable data for a large number of countries. Researchers have therefore usually been limited to testing their hypotheses with modest data sets collected for their own particular purposes. Of all of the political institutions, the executive branch of the government is by far the most important; it can be regarded as the irreducible core of government and the principal embodiment of political authority with specific powers that are not lodged elsewhere in the political system. Almost all countries in the world, and certainly all modem democracies, have an executive body called "government," "cabinet," or "administration" (as in the term "the Clinton administration") that has the main responsibility for running the country's public affairs."

Party Government in 48 Democracies (1945-1998) - Composition - Duration - Personnel (Hardcover, 2000 ed.): J. J. Woldendorp,... Party Government in 48 Democracies (1945-1998) - Composition - Duration - Personnel (Hardcover, 2000 ed.)
J. J. Woldendorp, Hans Keman, I Budge
R6,133 Discovery Miles 61 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Since the 1980s, political scientists have developed a renewed interest in the study of political institutions, based on the assumption that "institutions matter" -that is, that formal governmental institutions and constitutional-legal rules (as well as informal institutions like parties and interest groups) are crucial determinants of the shape of politics and policy outcomes. In this respect, the "new institutionalism" resembles the "old institutionalism" of pre-behaviorist days, but the crucial difference between the two is that the new institutionalists are committed to systematic empirical testing of their hypotheses, at least in principle. In practice, however, especially in compara tive analyses, this goal has often been frustrated by the lack of reliable data for a large number of countries. Researchers have therefore usually been limited to testing their hypotheses with modest data sets collected for their own particular purposes. Of all of the political institutions, the executive branch of the government is by far the most important; it can be regarded as the irreducible core of government and the principal embodiment of political authority with specific powers that are not lodged elsewhere in the political system. Almost all countries in the world, and certainly all modem democracies, have an executive body called "government," "cabinet," or "administration" (as in the term "the Clinton administration") that has the main responsibility for running the country's public affairs."

Handbook of Democratic Government - Party Government in 20 Democracies (1945-1990) (Hardcover, Reprinted from EUROPEAN JOURNAL... Handbook of Democratic Government - Party Government in 20 Democracies (1945-1990) (Hardcover, Reprinted from EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL RESEARCH, 24:1, 1993)
J. J. Woldendorp, Hans Keman, I Budge
R1,630 Discovery Miles 16 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Handbook of Democratic Government is the first compact and comprehensive data collection for 20 countries which simultaneously provides comparative and complete information on the composition of governments. Parties, ministries, portfolios, ministers and parliamentary support are listed, as well as duration, type of government and reasons for termination. The data are organised in such a manner that every researcher can use them as a basic data set, ready to be transformed according to the particular needs dictated by the research undertaken. Various levels of analysis are possible, both cross-nationally and across time, ranging from individual ministers and separate ministries to specific parties, governments or countries. Given its format, the data set is also a very useful background to the special annual issue of the European Journal of Political Research: Political Data Yearbook. It will save researchers in the field of comparative politics valuable time as it can be utilised in connection with, or in addition to other data sources.

New Challenge of Direct Democracy (Paperback, New): I Budge New Challenge of Direct Democracy (Paperback, New)
I Budge
R579 Discovery Miles 5 790 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Direct democracy involves citizens in discussion and decisions about what the government is to do, rather than leaving this to officials or parliaments. It thus challenges the restrictions placed by representative democracies such as Britain and the United States on political consultation and popular participation. Why should responsible adults not take public decisions as well as making their own individual choices? One affects them just as much as the other.


Can ordinary citizens make good public policy though? Many lack education and expertise and may not even be interested in politics. Even without these individual defects, mass debate may by its very nature lead to arbitrary or downright bad decisions. This book confronts these arguments in light of new communication developments which for the first time make direct democracy technically feasible in a mass society. The result is a highly original and innovative account of the possibility of the direct involvement of citizens in the governance of their own affairs.

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