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Runaway state-building : patronage politics and democratic development / Conor O'Dwyer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Dwyer, Conor, 1972-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- New democracies.
- Democratization.
- Bureaucracy.
- Patronage, Political.
- Nation-building.
- Poland--Politics and government--1989-.
- Poland.
- Czech Republic--Politics and government--1993-.
- Czech Republic.
- Slovakia--Politics and government--1993-.
- Slovakia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This timely study provides political scientists and political reformers with insights into points in the democratization process where appropriate intervention can minimize runaway state-building and cultivate efficient bureaucracy within a robust and competitive democratic system.
- Contents:
- The concept and causes of runaway state-building
- Constraining government patronage : different logics of party competition
- The runaway state-building phenomenon : patronage politics and bureaucratic rationalization
- Remaking the regions : the Europeanization of the state or domestic politics as usual?
- Local control : local parties and local state administrations
- A runaway welfare state? : postcommunist welfare politics
- Exporting the argument : party competition and state effectiveness in other new democracies.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-271) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-8921-9
- OCLC:
- 213306053
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