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The Government Taketh Away: The Politics of Pain in the United States and Canada
. Ed(S): Pal, Leslie A.; Weaver, R. Kent
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paperback. Democratic government is about making choices. Sometimes those choices involve the distribution of benefits. This work examines the repercussions of unpopular government decisions in Canada and the USA, the two great democratic nations of North America. Editor(s): Pal, Leslie A.; Weaver, R. Kent. Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; GTB; JPQB; JPRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 612.
Democratic government is about making choices. Sometimes those choices involve the distribution of benefits. At other times they involve the imposition of some type of loss-a program cut, increased taxes, or new regulatory standards. Citizens will resist such impositions if they can, or will try to punish governments at election time. The dynamics of loss imposition are therefore a universal-if unpleasant-element of democratic governance. The Government Taketh Away examines the repercussions of unpopular government decisions in Canada and the United States, the two great democratic nations of North America. Pal, Weaver, and their contributors compare the capacities of the U.S. ... Read more
Democratic government is about making choices. Sometimes those choices involve the distribution of benefits. At other times they involve the imposition of some type of loss-a program cut, increased taxes, or new regulatory standards. Citizens will resist such impositions if they can, or will try to punish governments at election time. The dynamics of loss imposition are therefore a universal-if unpleasant-element of democratic governance. The Government Taketh Away examines the repercussions of unpopular government decisions in Canada and the United States, the two great democratic nations of North America. Pal, Weaver, and their contributors compare the capacities of the U.S. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Series
American Governance and Public Policy Series
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9780878409020
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V9780878409020
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About . Ed(S): Pal, Leslie A.; Weaver, R. Kent
Leslie A. Pal is professor and director, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University. R. Kent Weaver is professor of public policy and government at Georgetown University; senior fellow in Governmental Studies at The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC; and the coeditor of Do Institutions Matter?
Reviews for The Government Taketh Away: The Politics of Pain in the United States and Canada
A remarkable volume ... First, the contributions contained within it are uniformly admirable as scholarship without being cursed with the obscurantist and obsequious lingo that too often renders such tomes either impenetrable or unappealing to the attentive and intelligent public. Second, they provide genuinely informative and compelling explanations of why public policy works (or doesn't work) the way it does. ... Read more