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36 produkter
Preferences, Institutions, and Rational Choice
Av Keith Dowding, Desmond King
Inbunden, 1995
2818 kr
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Rational choice theory has gained considerable influence in politics and sociology over the past thirty years. The use of rational choice methods has proliferated in all areas of social inquiry. From the early days as formal proofs and unrealistic assumptions, rational choice is increasingly being …
Challenges to Democracy
Ideas, Involvement and Institutions
Av Palgrave Connect (Online Service), Keith Dowding m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
552 kr
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This collection brings together leading political scientists in order to address the challenges faced by democracy in the 21st century. The contributors tackle the changing nature of democratic ideas, in particular equality in society and the satisfaction of citizens. They examine changing patterns …
Civil Service
Inbunden, 1995
2510 kr
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Radical reforms of the civil service during the 1980s and 90s have broken up the old unified hierarchical structures. In their place are peripheral agencies concerned with policy implementation and a central core comcerned with policy-making. The radical reforms are described and assessed in terms …
Civil Service
Häftad, 1995
822 kr
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Radical reforms of the civil service during the 1980s and 90s have broken up the old unified hierarchical structures. In their place are peripheral agencies concerned with policy implementation and a central core comcerned with policy-making. The radical reforms are described and assessed in terms …
Political Analysis and Public Choice
Av Keith Dowding, Valentino Larcinese m. fl.
Häftad, 2030
557 kr
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This book provides an introduction to the application of the techniques of formal analytic methods and quantitative analysis to the study of political science. The book has been written with several different levels of students in mind. It can be used for relatively simple undergraduate courses in …
Selection of Ministers in Europe
Hiring and Firing
Av Keith Dowding, Patrick Dumont
Inbunden, 2008
2510 kr
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This volume discusses the formation of government cabinets within twenty European democracies, providing the institutional background to the selection and de-selection of ministers.Exploring the historical and constitutional context to cabinet formation, this volume proceeds to provide vital data …
Selection of Ministers around the World
Av Keith Dowding, Patrick Dumont
Inbunden, 2014
2510 kr
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Governing cabinets are composed of ministers who come and go even as governments march on. They work for the chief executive, the prime minister or the president, for their parties and for the constituent groups from which they come. They are chosen for their role and dismissed from it for all …
Accounting for Ministers
Scandal and Survival in British Government 1945-2007
Av Samuel Berlinski, Torun Dewan m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
1628 kr
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Accounting for Ministers uses the tools of modern political science to analyse the factors which determine the fortunes of Cabinet ministers. Utilising agency theory, it describes Cabinet government as a system of incentives for prime ministerial and parliamentary rule. The authors use a unique …
Justice and Democracy
Essays for Brian Barry
Av Keith Dowding, Robert E. Goodin m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
569 kr
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'Justice' and 'democracy' have alternated as dominant themes in political philosophy over the last fifty years. Since its revival in the middle of the twentieth century, political philosophy has focused on first one and then the other of these two themes. Rarely, however, has it succeeded in …
Justice and Democracy
Essays for Brian Barry
Av Keith Dowding, Robert E. Goodin m. fl.
Inbunden, 2004
1628 kr
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'Justice' and 'democracy' have alternated as dominant themes in political philosophy over the last fifty years. Since its revival in the middle of the twentieth century, political philosophy has focused on first one and then the other of these two themes. Rarely, however, has it succeeded in …
Exits, Voices and Social Investment
Citizens' Reaction to Public Services
Inbunden, 2012
1628 kr
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Over fifty years ago, Albert Hirschman argued that dissatisfied consumers could either voice complaint or exit when they were dissatisfied with goods or services. Loyal consumers would voice rather than exit. Hirschman argued that making exit easier from publicly provided services, such as health …
Exits, Voices and Social Investment
Citizens' Reaction to Public Services
Häftad, 2015
557 kr
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Over fifty years ago, Albert Hirschman argued that dissatisfied consumers could either voice complaint or exit when they were dissatisfied with goods or services. Loyal consumers would voice rather than exit. Hirschman argued that making exit easier from publicly provided services, such as health …
Selection of Ministers in Europe
Hiring and Firing
Av Patrick Dumont, Keith Dowding
E-bok, 2008
883 kr
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This volume discusses the formation of government cabinets within twenty European democracies, providing the institutional background to the selection and de-selection of ministers. Exploring the historical and constitutional context to cabinet formation, this volume proceeds to provide vital data …
Selection of Ministers in Europe
Hiring and Firing
Av Patrick Dumont, Keith Dowding
E-bok, 2008
883 kr
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This volume discusses the formation of government cabinets within twenty European democracies, providing the institutional background to the selection and de-selection of ministers. Exploring the historical and constitutional context to cabinet formation, this volume proceeds to provide vital data …
Civil Service
E-bok, 2005
970 kr
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Radical reforms of the civil service during the 1980s and 90s have broken up the old unified hierarchical structures. In their place are peripheral agencies concerned with policy implementation and a central core comcerned with policy-making. The radical reforms are described and assessed in terms …
Civil Service
E-bok, 2005
970 kr
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Radical reforms of the civil service during the 1980s and 90s have broken up the old unified hierarchical structures. In their place are peripheral agencies concerned with policy implementation and a central core comcerned with policy-making. The radical reforms are described and assessed in terms …
Philosophy and Methods of Political Science
E-bok, 2015
670 kr
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This original account of the role of philosophy and methodology in political science gets back to the basics of studying politics. Cutting through long-standing controversies across different theoretical camps within the discipline, Dowding provides an innovative and pluralistic argument for the …
Selection of Ministers around the World
Av Keith Dowding, Patrick Dumont
Häftad, 2016
749 kr
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Governing cabinets are composed of ministers who come and go even as governments march on. They work for the chief executive, the prime minister or the president, for their parties and for the constituent groups from which they come. They are chosen for their role and dismissed from it for all …
Selection of Ministers in Europe
Hiring and Firing
Av Keith Dowding, Patrick Dumont
Häftad, 2016
750 kr
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This volume discusses the formation of government cabinets within twenty European democracies, providing the institutional background to the selection and de-selection of ministers.Exploring the historical and constitutional context to cabinet formation, this volume proceeds to provide vital data …
Selection of Ministers around the World
Av Patrick Dumont, Keith Dowding
E-bok, 2014
883 kr
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Governing cabinets are composed of ministers who come and go even as governments march on. They work for the chief executive, the prime minister or the president, for their parties and for the constituent groups from which they come. They are chosen for their role and dismissed from it for all …
Selection of Ministers around the World
Av Patrick Dumont, Keith Dowding
E-bok, 2014
883 kr
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Governing cabinets are composed of ministers who come and go even as governments march on. They work for the chief executive, the prime minister or the president, for their parties and for the constituent groups from which they come. They are chosen for their role and dismissed from it for all …
Philosophy and Methods of Political Science
Inbunden, 2015
2125 kr
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This original account of the role of philosophy and methodology in political science gets back to the basics of studying politics. Cutting through long-standing controversies across different theoretical camps within the discipline, Dowding provides an innovative and pluralistic argument for the …
Philosophy and Methods of Political Science
Häftad, 2015
614 kr
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This original account of the role of philosophy and methodology in political science gets back to the basics of studying politics. Cutting through long-standing controversies across different theoretical camps within the discipline, Dowding provides an innovative and pluralistic argument for the …
Encyclopedia of Power
Av Keith Dowding, Keith Dowding
Inbunden, 2011
3530 kr
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Power is a central concept in many disciplines in the social sciences, including political science, sociology, social-psychology, organization studies, urban politics and planning. This encyclopedia provides a much needed authoritative and comprehensive coverage of the use of power in those …
Rational Choice Politics
Av Keith Dowding, Torun Dewan m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
12939 kr
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The formal modeling techniques of rational choice theory have become central to the discipline of political science, for example with regard to the understanding of the working of legislatures, coalition governments, executive-bureaucracy relations or electoral systems. The collection includes the …
Power, Luck and Freedom
Collected Essays
Inbunden, 2016
1411 kr
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This book presents thirteen essays from a leading contemporary political scientist, with a substantial introduction bringing together the themes. The topics covered include political and social power, freedom, choice, rights, responsibility, the author's unique account of luck and systematic luck …
Rational Choice and Political Power
Häftad, 2019
357 kr
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Featuring a substantial new introduction and two new chapters in the Postscript, this new edition makes one of the most significant works on power available in paperback and online for the first time. The author extensively engages with a body of new literature to elucidate and expand upon the …
It’s the Government, Stupid
How Governments Blame Citizens for Their Own Policies
Inbunden, 2020
1266 kr
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Governments have developed a convenient habit of blaming social problems on their citizens, placing too much emphasis on personal responsibility and pursuing policies to ‘nudge’ their citizens to better behaviour.Keith Dowding shows that, in fact, responsibility for many of our biggest social …
It’s the Government, Stupid
How Governments Blame Citizens for Their Own Policies
Häftad, 2020
315 kr
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Governments have developed a convenient habit of blaming social problems on their citizens, placing too much emphasis on personal responsibility and pursuing policies to ‘nudge’ their citizens to better behaviour.Keith Dowding shows that, in fact, responsibility for many of our biggest social …
Ministerial Careers and Accountability in the Australian Commonwealth Government
Häftad, 2012
302 kr
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