Politician's dilemma : building state capacity in Latin America /
In Latin America as elsewhere, politicians routinely face a painful dilemma: whether to use state resources for national purposes, especially those that foster economic development, or to channel resources to people and projects that will help insure political survival and reelection. While politici...
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| Formaat: | Licensed eBooks |
| Taal: | Engels |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©1994.
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| Reeks: | California series on social choice and political economy ;
25. |
| Online toegang: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=21186 |
Inhoudsopgave:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- ONE. The State
- TWO. Reform as a Collective Good
- THREE. Insulation and the Struggle for Reform in Brazil, 1930-1964
- FOUR. Legislators and the Supply of Public Goods
- FIVE. A Test of the Game Theoretic Model
- SIX. The Political Uses of Bureaucracy
- SEVEN. The Effects of Institutions
- APPENDIX A. Assessment of Achievement for the Various Targets in the Target Plan
- APPENDIX B. Creation of Appointment and Survival Strategy Indices
- APPENDIX C. Variable Construction
- Bibliography
- Index