Corruption and reform in India : public services in the digital age / / Jennifer Bussell |
Autore | Bussell Jennifer <1975-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 306 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 352.3/50954 |
Soggetto topico |
Public administration - Corrupt practices - India
Political corruption - India Public administration - Corrupt practices - India - Prevention Political corruption - India - Prevention Administrative agencies - India - Reorganization |
ISBN |
1-107-23104-3
1-139-23460-9 1-280-64716-7 9786613633217 1-139-23314-9 1-139-23092-1 1-139-23237-1 1-139-22947-8 1-139-23392-0 1-139-09402-5 |
Classificazione | POL000000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. Explaining the politics of technology-enabled public services -- 3. Do reforms affect the quality of services? -- 4. Policy initiation in the Indian states -- 5. The scope of reform I: patterns of policy implementation -- 6. The scope of reform II: coalition governments -- 7. From "petty" to "grand" corruption: ownership, management, and the scale of reform -- 8. Technology-enabled administrative reforms in cross-national perspective -- 9. Conclusion. |
Altri titoli varianti | Corruption & Reform in India |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819972103321 |
Bussell Jennifer <1975->
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 | ||
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Defeating authoritarian leaders in postcommunist countries / / Valerie Bunce and Sharon Wolchik [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Bunce Valerie <1949-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 373 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 324.9171/7 |
Collana | Cambridge studies in contentious politics |
Soggetto topico |
Democracy - Former communist countries
Authoritarianism - Former communist countries |
ISBN |
1-107-22163-3
1-139-08885-8 1-283-19333-7 9786613193339 1-139-09266-9 0-511-97740-9 1-139-09215-4 1-139-09126-3 1-139-09318-5 1-139-09035-6 |
Classificazione | POL000000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Part I. The Puzzle: 1. Breakthrough elections: mixed regimes, democracy assistance, and international diffusion; 2. Electoral stability and change in mixed regimes; Part II. Case Studies: 3. The 1998 election in Slovakia and the 2000 election in Croatia: model solidifies and is transferred; 4. Defeating a dictator at the polls and in the streets: the 2000 Yugoslav election; 5. Ukraine: the orange revolution; 6. Georgia and Kyrgyzstan: fraudulent parliamentary elections, mass protests, and presidential abdications; 7. Failed cases: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus; Part III. Comparative Analyses: 8. Explaining divergent electoral outcomes: regime strength, international democracy assistance, and electoral dynamics; 9. The electoral model: evolution and elements; 10. The cross-national diffusion of democratizing elections; 11. After the elections: explaining divergent regime trajectories; 12. Conclusions: democratizing elections, international diffusion and U.S. democracy assistance. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789430103321 |
Bunce Valerie <1949->
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 | ||
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Defeating authoritarian leaders in postcommunist countries / / Valerie Bunce and Sharon Wolchik [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Bunce Valerie <1949-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 373 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 324.9171/7 |
Collana | Cambridge studies in contentious politics |
Soggetto topico |
Democracy - Former communist countries
Authoritarianism - Former communist countries |
ISBN |
1-107-22163-3
1-139-08885-8 1-283-19333-7 9786613193339 1-139-09266-9 0-511-97740-9 1-139-09215-4 1-139-09126-3 1-139-09318-5 1-139-09035-6 |
Classificazione | POL000000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Part I. The Puzzle: 1. Breakthrough elections: mixed regimes, democracy assistance, and international diffusion; 2. Electoral stability and change in mixed regimes; Part II. Case Studies: 3. The 1998 election in Slovakia and the 2000 election in Croatia: model solidifies and is transferred; 4. Defeating a dictator at the polls and in the streets: the 2000 Yugoslav election; 5. Ukraine: the orange revolution; 6. Georgia and Kyrgyzstan: fraudulent parliamentary elections, mass protests, and presidential abdications; 7. Failed cases: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus; Part III. Comparative Analyses: 8. Explaining divergent electoral outcomes: regime strength, international democracy assistance, and electoral dynamics; 9. The electoral model: evolution and elements; 10. The cross-national diffusion of democratizing elections; 11. After the elections: explaining divergent regime trajectories; 12. Conclusions: democratizing elections, international diffusion and U.S. democracy assistance. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826757903321 |
Bunce Valerie <1949->
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 | ||
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Democracy and the politics of electoral system choice : engineering electoral dominance / / Amel Ahmed [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Ahmed Amel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 320.6 |
Soggetto topico |
Democratization
Democracy Elections Representative government and representation |
ISBN |
1-139-85444-5
1-107-23780-7 1-139-84619-1 1-139-84063-0 1-139-84300-1 1-139-38213-6 1-139-84536-5 1-283-74670-0 1-139-84182-3 |
Classificazione | POL000000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contradictions and ambiguities of democratization -- Strategies of containment : the role of repression and accommodation -- Strategies of competition : the logic of electoral system choice, single member plurality (SMP) vs. proportional representation (PR) -- The United States : pre-industrial democratization and the origins of SMP -- The United Kingdom : safeguarding the Reform Acts with SMP -- France : the tumultuous path of electoral system choice in the Third Republic -- Belgium : minimizing the existential threat with PR -- Rethinking democracy's determinisms -- The existential threat : electoral viability and ideological radicalism. |
Altri titoli varianti | Democracy & the Politics of Electoral System Choice |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779346703321 |
Ahmed Amel
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 | ||
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Democracy and the politics of electoral system choice : engineering electoral dominance / / Amel Ahmed [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Ahmed Amel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 320.6 |
Soggetto topico |
Democratization
Democracy Elections Representative government and representation |
ISBN |
1-139-85444-5
1-107-23780-7 1-139-84619-1 1-139-84063-0 1-139-84300-1 1-139-38213-6 1-139-84536-5 1-283-74670-0 1-139-84182-3 |
Classificazione | POL000000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contradictions and ambiguities of democratization -- Strategies of containment : the role of repression and accommodation -- Strategies of competition : the logic of electoral system choice, single member plurality (SMP) vs. proportional representation (PR) -- The United States : pre-industrial democratization and the origins of SMP -- The United Kingdom : safeguarding the Reform Acts with SMP -- France : the tumultuous path of electoral system choice in the Third Republic -- Belgium : minimizing the existential threat with PR -- Rethinking democracy's determinisms -- The existential threat : electoral viability and ideological radicalism. |
Altri titoli varianti | Democracy & the Politics of Electoral System Choice |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827668203321 |
Ahmed Amel
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 | ||
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Democracy protests : origins, features, and significance / / Dawn Brancati [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Brancati Dawn |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, United Kingdom : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 210 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 321.8 |
Soggetto topico |
Democracy
Democracy - Economic aspects Protest movements World politics - 1989- |
ISBN |
1-108-11057-6
1-108-10580-7 1-108-10989-6 1-108-11125-4 1-108-11465-2 1-108-11193-9 1-316-50275-9 1-316-48096-8 |
Classificazione | POL000000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Characteristics of democracy protests -- Relating economic crises to democracy -- Analyzing the rise of democracy protests -- Analyzing elections as trigger events -- Historical trends in government responses -- Analyzing political accommodation -- Historical trends in democratization -- Analyzing democratization -- Appendix: Data and measures. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136612703321 |
Brancati Dawn
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Cambridge, United Kingdom : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2016 | ||
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Democratization and research methods / / Michael Coppedge [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Coppedge Michael <1957-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 357 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 321.8 |
Collana | Strategies for social inquiry |
Soggetto topico |
Democratization - Research - Methodology
Comparative government - Research - Methodology |
ISBN |
1-139-50791-5
1-107-22556-6 1-280-77506-8 9786613685452 1-139-51745-7 1-139-51488-1 1-139-01617-2 1-139-51395-8 1-139-51653-1 1-139-51838-0 |
Classificazione | POL000000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: 1. Research methods and democratization; 2. Defining and measuring democracy; 3. Criteria for evaluating causal theories; 4. Checklists, frameworks, and Boolean analysis; 5. Case studies and comparative history; 6. Formal models and theories; 7. Rigor in extensive and intensive testing; 8. Political culture and survey research; 9. Quantitative testing; 10. An agenda for future research. |
Altri titoli varianti | Democratization & Research Methods |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790367503321 |
Coppedge Michael <1957->
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 | ||
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Democratization and research methods / / Michael Coppedge [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Coppedge Michael <1957-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 357 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 321.8 |
Collana | Strategies for social inquiry |
Soggetto topico |
Democratization - Research - Methodology
Comparative government - Research - Methodology |
ISBN |
1-139-50791-5
1-107-22556-6 1-280-77506-8 9786613685452 1-139-51745-7 1-139-51488-1 1-139-01617-2 1-139-51395-8 1-139-51653-1 1-139-51838-0 |
Classificazione | POL000000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: 1. Research methods and democratization; 2. Defining and measuring democracy; 3. Criteria for evaluating causal theories; 4. Checklists, frameworks, and Boolean analysis; 5. Case studies and comparative history; 6. Formal models and theories; 7. Rigor in extensive and intensive testing; 8. Political culture and survey research; 9. Quantitative testing; 10. An agenda for future research. |
Altri titoli varianti | Democratization & Research Methods |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828724103321 |
Coppedge Michael <1957->
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 | ||
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Education reform and social class in Japan : the emerging incentive divide / / Takehiko Kariya ; translation edited by Michael Burtscher |
Autore | Kariya Takehiko <1955-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
Disciplina | 370.951 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BurtscherMichael |
Collana | Routledge/University of Tokyo series |
Soggetto topico |
Education - Japan
Educational change - Japan Education - Social aspects - Japan Education - Japan - History |
ISBN |
1-135-12884-7
0-203-07699-0 1-283-89410-6 1-135-12885-5 |
Classificazione | POL000000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Education Reform and Social Class in Japan: The Emerging Incentive Divide; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Editorial Note; Introduction: The Complex of Class and Education in a Changing Society; 1. Education and Social Mobility in Post-War Japan; 2. The Age of Meritocracy; 3. Meritocracy, Ability Orientation and 'Discrimination'; 3.1. The Irony of Egalitarianism in Post-War Japan; 3.2. A Double Standard of Inequality and 'Meritocratic Discrimination'; 4. Education Reform and Elite Education; 5. Inequality of Effort Under the Meritocracy
6. Pitfalls of the 'Self-Responsible Society' - Is Opportunity Equal?7. The Structure of Self-Confidence - Educational Inequality and Self-Esteem; 8. The Incentive Divide - Selecting the Society of the Future; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779444803321 |
Kariya Takehiko <1955-, >
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
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Education reform and social class in Japan : the emerging incentive divide / / Takehiko Kariya ; translation edited by Michael Burtscher |
Autore | Kariya Takehiko <1955-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
Disciplina | 370.951 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BurtscherMichael |
Collana | Routledge/University of Tokyo series |
Soggetto topico |
Education - Japan
Educational change - Japan Education - Social aspects - Japan Education - Japan - History |
ISBN |
1-135-12884-7
0-203-07699-0 1-283-89410-6 1-135-12885-5 |
Classificazione | POL000000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Education Reform and Social Class in Japan: The Emerging Incentive Divide; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Editorial Note; Introduction: The Complex of Class and Education in a Changing Society; 1. Education and Social Mobility in Post-War Japan; 2. The Age of Meritocracy; 3. Meritocracy, Ability Orientation and 'Discrimination'; 3.1. The Irony of Egalitarianism in Post-War Japan; 3.2. A Double Standard of Inequality and 'Meritocratic Discrimination'; 4. Education Reform and Elite Education; 5. Inequality of Effort Under the Meritocracy
6. Pitfalls of the 'Self-Responsible Society' - Is Opportunity Equal?7. The Structure of Self-Confidence - Educational Inequality and Self-Esteem; 8. The Incentive Divide - Selecting the Society of the Future; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823771503321 |
Kariya Takehiko <1955-, >
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