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With new sources of cross‐national data appearing on income distribution and the characteristics of redistributional policy instruments, it is now possible to take the comparative analysis of welfare states well beyond the conventional focus on government expenditures. This study of 18 OECD nations examines the linkages between various aspects of the income redistribution process, elaborates a typology of welfare state regimes and locates the political origins of each of these regime

ISSN:0952-1895    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0491.1992.tb00026.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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Policy transfer across countries is occurring with increasing frequency. Yet, despite the fact that the importance of such policy learning is often cited as one of the primary rationales for comparative policy analysis, policy transfer is an under‐researched area of political science. This article examines and analyzes the actual process of policy transfer between the US and Britain and considers the relationship between policy transfer and the policymaking proces

ISSN:0952-1895    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0491.1992.tb00027.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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In review of judicial interpretation of the United States Constitution set against the current reality of American governance, the authors conclude that traditional separation of powers doctrines hold few constraints for delegation of “public functions” beyond the boundaries of the three branches. As the result of constitutional permissiveness, the legislative and executive departments have increasingly lost out (or abdicated) to private and quasi‐governmental institutions to conduct core government functions. Public accountability has been lost in this exchange. At a time of revolutionary change across Eastern Europe and elsewhere, when newly forming governments look to the United States for structural models, they are unlikely to be informed about the functional reality of American governance by either the written constitution or doctrines articulating the constit

ISSN:0952-1895    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0491.1992.tb00028.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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The rapid expansion of the Dutch welfare state in the 1960s is described as an example of non‐incremental policy growth. The reasons for this include: the largeness of policy change; the willingness of policymakers to consider new programs that marked dramatic departures from older programs, the commitment of policymakers to the goal of universalizing programs rather than introducing satisfycing measures; and the disruption of the traditional mode of corporatist representation in policymaking. The possibilities for an equally rapid dismantling of the welfare state are discusse

ISSN:0952-1895    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0491.1992.tb00029.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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The problems of coordinating the development and implementation of public policy are legion. While such problems are most commonly associated with large federal systems, they can arise with equal force and complexity in small, highly centralized, unitary states such as New Zealand. This article has four main purposes. First, it briefly surveys some of the recent literature on the nature of coordination and the mechanisms for enhancing policy coordination in government. Second, it outlines the nature and causes of the coordination difficulties that have been encountered in recent years in New Zealand. Third, it explores the various attempts which the Labour government (1984–90) and the National government (1990–present) have made to overcome these difficulties. Finally, the article considers some of the lessons which emerge from New Zealand's recent experie

ISSN:0952-1895    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0491.1992.tb00030.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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In France since 1958, it is possible to identify three different types of political leadership: pure presidential government, limited presidential government, and prime ministerial government. These three leadership types are the result of the semi‐presidential nature of the Fifth Republic. Under each of the three different forms of leadership, the role of the prime minister's office has changed. Following a brief presentation of the functions of the two components of the prime minister's office, hiscabinetand the General Secretariat of the Government, the changes which the office has undergone are identified. While the role of both of the components of the office varied according to the different types of political leadership, it is concluded that, because of its distinctive structure and functions, the role of prime minister'scabinethas been subject to the greatest amount of variatio

ISSN:0952-1895    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0491.1992.tb00031.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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The President as World Leader.By BARBARA KELLERMAN and RYAN J. BARILLEAUX.Keeping a Watchful Eye.By JOEL D. ABERBACH.Economic Decline and Political Change: Canada, Great Britain, the United States.Edited by HAROLD D. CLARKE, MARIANNE C. STEWART, and GARY ZUK.Business, Ethics, and the Environment: The Public Policy Debate.Edited by W. MICHAEL HOFFMAN, ROBERT FREDERICK, and EDWARD S. PETRY.Europe 1992: An American Perspective.Edited by GARY CLYDE HUFBAUER.The Nixon Presidency: Power and Politics in Turbulent Times.By MICHAEL A. GENOVESE.Criticism and Public Rationality: Professional Rigidity and the Search for Caring Government.By HARRY SMART.Wisdom: Its Nature, Origins, and Development.Edited by ROBERT J. STERNBERG.

ISSN:0952-1895    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0491.1992.tb00032.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY