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UNINA9910778525003321 |
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Autore |
Self Peter |
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Titolo |
Political theories of modern government : its role and reform / / Peter Self |
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Oxon, U.K. : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-15614-X |
1-135-15615-8 |
1-282-97418-1 |
9786612974182 |
0-203-85729-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (175 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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State, The |
Political science |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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