Political theories of modern government : its role and reform / Peter Self.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Self, Peter.

Series:

Routledge revivals.

Routledge revivals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

State, The.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (175 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This reissued work, originally published in 1985, is a uniquely broad and original survey of theories and beliefs about the growth, behaviour, performance and reform of the governments of modern Western democracies. After analysing the external pressures which have shaped modern governments, the author examines four different schools of political thought which seek to explain the behaviour and performance of governments, and which offer different remedies for the pluralism, corporatism and bureaucracy.To examine and test these general theories, the author looks closely at how

Contents:

BOOK COVER; TITLE01; COPYRIGHT01; TITLE02; COPYRIGHT02; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT; 2 ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND GOVERNMENTAL RESPONSE; 3 THE INDIVIDUALIST STATE; 4 THE PLURALIST STATE; 5 THE CORPORATIST STATE; 6 THE BEHAVIOUR OF BUREAUCRACY; 7 THE FUTURE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT; 8 APPROACHES TO POLITICAL REFORM; GUIDE TO FURTHER READING; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-15614-X

1-135-15615-8

1-282-97418-1

9786612974182

0-203-85729-1

9780203857298

OCLC:

562154767