Politics in Hard Times: Comparative Responses to International Economic CrisesIn Politics in Hard Times, Peter Gourevitch explores the common political factors that shape economic policy choices. He focuses on three periods of economic crisis--1873-1896, 1929-1949, and 1971 to the present--and compares policy choices made in Britain, France, Germany, Sweden, and the United States. |
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Preface | 9 |
The Politics of Economic Policy 3535 | 17 |
Explaining Policy Choices | 35 |
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| Title | Politics in Hard Times: Comparative Responses to International Economic Crises Cornell paperbacks Cornell studies in political economy, ISSN 2472-1433 |
| Author | Peter Alexis Gourevitch |
| Publisher | Cornell University Press, 1986 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jan 12, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0801419735, 9780801419737 |
| Length | 267 pages |
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