Handbook of Global Political Policy

ISBN-13: 9780824703561 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 664 str.

Nagel Nagel; Stuart S. Nagel

Opis

The latest in the six-volume set of global policy handbooks, the Handbook of Global Political Policy utilizes a cross-national, cross-policy approach to examine the public policy of six different regions around the world. Combining actual and theoretical perspectives, this expansive reference compares and presents nonideological resolutions to current political conditions worldwide.
With contributions by over 30 international policy experts and academicians, the Handbook of Global Political Policy

addresses the dilemma of multiculturalism with solutions sensitive to self-determination, federalization, and nationalization

determines elite acceptance as a key factor in the survival of Russian democracy and investigates from which group the new elite will arise

postulates causes for the breakdown and default of the Indian government, with a case study of the Panchayati Raj System

offers a current perspective on the role of the People's Liberation Army in China's democratization process

details shared concepts of leadership in China and Taiwan

highlights cases of donor-assisted democratization in Africa, and recommends paths of action for international donors

explains why the federal republics of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia had disproportionately greater numbers of critics than defenders

considers the effects of Brazilian institutional arrangements promoting state reform

discusses campaign finance reform in the United States
Supplemented with over 1200 literature references, tables, and drawings, the Handbook of Global Political Policy is an insightful resource for public administrators and public policy experts, political scientists, economists, sociologists, attorneys, and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.

Spis treści

Political policy - an introduction; majority rule and stability - where do we stand now? growing inequalities and dangers to democracy in hypermodern society - some policy implications; democratisation in a comparative perspective; democratisation in federal systems -integration or disintegration? theories of democratisation and the case of donor-assisted democratisation in Namibia; evaluation of intergovernmental relationships in South Africa with specific reference to local authorities; African political reform and international assistance; what can and should be done? elections and the democratic project in Africa - precepts, practices, and the future; new dimensions in administrative reform in Japan; regional voting in new democracies; the case of South Korea from a comparative perspective; the military and democracy in China; leadership conceptions of local elites - across the Taiwan Strait - a cultural analysis; interest groups in the Philippines after the 1986 People's Power Revolt; development and the issue of governance in south Asia - alternative strategies; role of performance of Indian Parliament in the process of democratisation - a case study of Panchayati Raj system; electoral systems in Pacific and other smaller islands; political culture and politicised culture? comparing democracies in south and south-east Asia; formation of the new Russian political elite; effects of post-communist modernisation I Russia in a comparative perspective; explaining ideological swings in western democracies - a comparative analysis, 1952-1989; party systems and elites in post-communist Europe; dissolution of the Czechoslovak and Yugoslav federations - a lose-lose policy outcome? post-communist Russia as a challenge to transition theories; legislative agenda setting in east central Europe -what makes a difference? Carlos Menem and the reshaping of Argentine history. (Part contents).

The latest in the six-volume set of global policy handbooks, the Handbook of Glob

O autorze

Stuart Nagel (Joyce Nagel Adm, Champaign, Illinois, USA)