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BL
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963195
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b717565
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| Main Entry
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Wilensky, Harold L.
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| Title & Author
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Rich democracies : : political economy, public policy, and performance /\ Harold L. Wilensky.
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| Publication Statement
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Berkeley :: University of California Press,, ©2002.
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1 online resource (xxxi, 891 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0520231767
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: 0520232798
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: 0520928334
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: 1282759035
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: 1597348732
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: 6612759038
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: 9780520231764
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: 9780520232792
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: 9780520928336
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: 9781282759039
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: 9781597348737
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: 9786612759031
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 777-867) and index.
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| Contents
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FIGURES; TABLES; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PART ONE: PATHS OF DEVELOPMENT OF RICH DEMOCRACIES; PART TWO: THE WELFARE STATE AND SOCIAL POLICY; PART THREE: SYSTEM PERFORMANCE; Appendix A: Methods; Appendix B: Concepts and Measures of Left and Catholic Party Power; Appendix C: Social Spending, GNP, Tax Expenditures, and Housing Expenditures; Appendix D: Sector Spending Correlations; Appendix E: Family Policy; Appendix F: Estimating Reliance on Means Testing; Appendix G: Measures of Economic Performance; Appendix H: Measures of Central Bank Autonomy.
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| Abstract
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Drawing on data covering the past 50 years and more than 400 interviews with top decision-makers, Wilensky provides a richly detailed account of the common problems modern governments confront and their contrasting styles of conflict resolution.
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Comparative government.
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Welfare state, Case studies.
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Comparative government.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- Comparative.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Reference.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Sociology-- General.
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Welfare state.
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Overheidsbeleid.
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Verzorgingsstaat.
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| Dewey Classification
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320.3
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| LC Classification
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JC479.W55 2002eb
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