Handbook of global political policy / edited by Stuart S. Nagel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nagel, Stuart S., 1934-2001

Series:

Public administration and public policy ; 82.

Public administration and public policy ; 82

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comparative government.

Democracy.

Political planning.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xiii, 638 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Marcel Dekker, [2000]

Contents:

I General Political Policy

1. Political Policy: An Introduction / Stuart S. Nagel 1

2. Majority Rule and Stability: Where Do We Stand Now? / Hannu Nurmi 13

3. Growing Inequalities and Dangers to Democracy in Ultramodern Society: Some Policy Implications / Eva Etzioni-Halevy 29

4. Democratization in a Comparative Perspective / Erik Komarov 49

5. Democratization in Federal Systems: Integration or Disintegration? / Charles T. Barber 73

II Africa's Political Policy

6. Theories of Democratization and the Case of Donor-Assisted Democratization in Namibia / Eve Sandberg 87

7. Evaluation of Intergovernmental Relationships in South Africa with Specific Reference to Local Authorities / Mike H. Meiring 105

8. African Political Reform and International Assistance: What Can and Should Be Done / James S. Wunsch 129

9. Elections and the Democratic Project in Africa: Precepts, Practices, and the Future / Said Adejumobi 155

III Asia's Political Policy

10. New Dimensions in Administrative Reform in Japan / Katsuaki Yamazaki 175

11. Regional Voting in New Democracies: The Case of South Korea from a Comparative Perspective / Kisuk Cho 193

12. The Military and Democracy in China / George P. Jan 211

13. Leadership Conceptions of Local Elites: Across the Taiwan Strait

A Cultural Analysis / Da-chi Liao 231

14. Interest Groups in the Philippines After the 1986 People's Power Revolt / Natalia M. L. M. Morales 271

15. Development and the Issue of Governance in South Asia: Alternative Strategies / B. M. Jain 299

16. Role and Performance of Indian Parliament in the Process of Democratization: A Case Study of Panchayati Raj System / N. S. Gehlot 313

17. Electoral Systems in Pacific and Other Small Islands / Dag Anckar, Carsten Anckar 325

18. Political Culture or Politicized Culture? Comparing Democracies in South and Southeast Asia / Habibul Haque Khondker 343

IV Europe's Political Policy

19. Formation of the New Russian Political Elite / Eberhard Schneider 359

20. Effects of Post-Communist Modernization in Russia in a Comparative Perspective / Vladimir Rukavishnikov 377

21. Explaining Ideological Swings in Western Democracies: A Comparative Analysis 1952-1989 / HeeMin Kim, Richard C. Fording 403

22. Party Systems and Elites in Post-Communist Europe / Jan Pakulski 423

23. Dissolution of the Czechoslovak and Yugoslav Federations: A Lose-Lose Policy Outcome? / Jim Seroka 441

24. Post-Communist Russia as a Challenge to Transition Theories / Andrei Melville 461

25. Legislative Agenda Setting in East Central Europe: What Makes a Difference? / Gabriella Ilonszki 489

V Latin and North America's Political Policy

26. Carlos Menem and the Reshaping of Argentine History / Siamak Khatami 509

27. Why Have Brazilian Legislators Decided to "Clean Up Their Sidewalks"?: The Influence of the Brazilian Political Institutions on the Process of State Reform / Carlos Pereira 535

28. Impacts of NAFTA on Intergovernmental Relations for U.S. and Mexican Municipalities / Michelle A. Saint-Germain 569

29. New Institutional Mechanisms and Local Conflicts / Pierre Hamel 591

30. Effects of Public Funding on Party Participation: A Hypothesis and a Case Study / Jonathan Mendilow, Frank L. Rusciano 605.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0824703561

OCLC:

43985584