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Can government do anything right? / Alasdair Roberts.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roberts, Alasdair (Alasdair Scott), author.
- Series:
- Democratic futures series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World politics--1945-1989.
- World politics.
- World politics--1989-.
- Democracy.
- Government accountability.
- Legitimacy of governments.
- International relations.
- Economic policy.
- Politics and government.
- Western countries--Politics and government.
- Western countries.
- Western countries--Economic policy.
- Western countries--Foreign relations.
- Legitimacy of governments--Western countries.
- Government accountability--Western countries.
- Democracy--Western countries.
- Diplomatic relations.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 123 pages ; 19 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- "Across the Western world, people are angry about the inability of government to perform basic functions competently. With widespread evidence of policy failures at home and ill-conceived wars and interventions abroad, it is hardly surprising that politicians are distrusted and government is derided as a sprawling, wasteful mess. But what exactly is government supposed to do, and is the track record of Western governments really so awful? In this compelling book, leading scholar of public policy and management, Alasdair Roberts, explores what government does well and what it does badly. Political leaders, he explains, have always been obliged to wrestle with shifting circumstances and contending priorities, making the job of governing extraordinarily difficult. The performance of western democracies in recent decades is, admittedly, far from perfect but - as Roberts ably shows - it is also much better than you might think"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Machine generated contents note: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1. WHY IS EVERYONE SO ANGRY? 2. THE LONG PEACE 3. THE RIGHT TO RULE 4. TAMING THE ECONOMY 5. BATTLE OF THE BULGE 6. HARD CHOICES AHEAD 7. PERESTROIKA FURTHER READING NOTES.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Roberts, Alasdair (Alasdair Scott). Can government do anything right?
- ISBN:
- 9781509521500
- 150952150X
- 9781509521517
- 1509521518
- OCLC:
- 1004254828
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