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" Political parties, growth and equality : "
Carles Boix.
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631068
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Boix, Carles.
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Political parties, growth and equality : : conservative and social democratic economic strategies in the world economy /\ Carles Boix.
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Cambridge, U.K ;New York, N.Y. :: Cambridge University Press,, c1998.
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Cambridge studies in comparative politics
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xiv, 280 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm.
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0521584469
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: 9780521584463
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: 0521585953 (paper)
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: 9780521585958 (paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-270) and index.
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1. Introduction -- 2. Political Parties and the Structural Conditions of the Economy -- 3. Supply-Side Economic Strategies from a Comparative Perspective (I): Public Investment and the Formation of Human Capital -- 4. Supply-Side Economic Strategies from a Comparative Perspective (II): The Public Business Sector and Tax Strategies -- 5. The Social Democratic Project: Macroeconomic Stability and State Intervention in Spain -- 6. The Political and Electoral Dimensions of the PSOE's Economic Strategy -- 7. Turning around the Postwar Consensus: Defining a Conservative Economic Framework in Britain -- 8. The Political and Electoral Dimensions of the Conservative Economic Strategy -- 9. Partisan Strategies and Electoral Coalitions -- 10. Conclusions.
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Carles Boix shows that an increasingly interdependent world economy and recent technological shocks have exacerbated the dilemmas faced by governments in choosing amongst various policy objectives, like job creation and reducing income inequality.
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Political parties.
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Economic policy.
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JF2011.B65 1998
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