Comparative Political Systems: Policy Performance and Social ChangeThis book focuses on the economic changes produced by different political systems and on the social impact of regime transformations. It addresses several key policy issues: How does the policy process operate in various types of political systems? What impact do public policies and policy outcomes wield on transformations in a political system? How does public policy preference in different political systems affect democracy, capitalism, and socialism? |
Contents
Political Systems and the Economy | 3 |
POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND ECONOMIC CHANGE | 13 |
BureaucraticAuthoritarian Systems | 24 |
Reconciliation Systems | 43 |
Mobilization Systems | 69 |
Populist Mobilization in 1917 Russia | 74 |
Conclusion | 87 |
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