Partisan Policy-Making in Western Europe
Sebastian Hartmann
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Paperback. Num Pages: 367 pages, 23 black & white illustrations, 22 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 212 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Sebastian Hartmann aims at answering the question whether socioeconomic policies implemented by governments are generally rather similar or whether their content actually varies with the ideological background of governments. In addition, he wants to find out whether government characteristics such as coalition or minority situations impact the degree of partisan policy-making. The author employs a new dataset of social and economic policies collected for several Western European countries. By conducting a wide range of empirical analyses and by using an innovative approach for analysing the policy output, he shows that ideology indeed matters. However, the degree of its influence is ... Read more
Sebastian Hartmann aims at answering the question whether socioeconomic policies implemented by governments are generally rather similar or whether their content actually varies with the ideological background of governments. In addition, he wants to find out whether government characteristics such as coalition or minority situations impact the degree of partisan policy-making. The author employs a new dataset of social and economic policies collected for several Western European countries. By conducting a wide range of empirical analyses and by using an innovative approach for analysing the policy output, he shows that ideology indeed matters. However, the degree of its influence is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
367
Condition
New
Number of Pages
353
Place of Publication
Weisbaden, Germany
ISBN
9783658081966
SKU
V9783658081966
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99-15
About Sebastian Hartmann
Sebastian Hartmann studied social sciences in Mannheim and Tartu (Estonia) and holds a doctorate in political science.
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