Alessandro Ferrara focuses on the provision of public investment and level of governmental intervention in Europe and the USA with particularly reference to the EU Cohesion Policy and the US Federal Investment Policies.
Alessandro Ferrara focuses on the provision of public investment and level of governmental intervention in Europe and the USA with particularly refere...
This book provides an original theoretical framework for assessing public investment policies co-financed by Union (Federal) governments. This framework is applied to two important case studies: the EU Cohesion Policy and the US Federal Investment Policies.
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Multi-Level Government sheds light on a number of outstanding issues of economic theory by extending the theory of shadow prices, and provides guidance to real-world decision makers. In particular, the following questions are addressed:
In which circumstances is intervention by higher level...
This book provides an original theoretical framework for assessing public investment policies co-financed by Union (Federal) governments. This fram...
Alessandro Ferrara explains what he terms the democratic horizon the idea that democracy is no longer simply one form of government among others, but is instead almost universally regarded as the only legitimate form of government, the horizon to which most of us look. Professor Ferrara reviews the challenges under which democracies must operate, focusing on hyperpluralism, and impresses a new twist onto the framework of political liberalism. He shows that distinguishing real democracies from imitations can be difficult, responding to this predicament by enriching readers' understanding of...
Alessandro Ferrara explains what he terms the democratic horizon the idea that democracy is no longer simply one form of government among others, but ...
