Do They Walk Like They Talk? : Speech and Action in Policy Processes
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Dordrecht
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: Springer
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, 2009.
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1 CD-ROM
GENERAL NOTES
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Series: Studies in public choice, 15
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction.- Part I: Disciplinary perspectives. The Power of Words : A Philosophical Perspective. Information Shrouding and the Governmental Supply of Public Goods and Services: Perspectives from Economics. Party Rhetoric and Practices : Perspectives from Political Science.- Part II : Case Studies. Do (Italian) Politicians Walk Like They Talk? Speech and action in the Italian Regions. General policy discourse and public budgets in France: Empirical evidence. The Strategic Use of Budgetary Prevision : The Case of Revenue Prevision in Canadian Provincial Budgets, 1986 to 2004. Dissonance in fiscal policy: A systematic analysis of the congruence between speech and action in four Canadian provinces, 1971-2002. Measuring US Presidents Political Commitment for Fiscal Discipline between 1920 and 2006. Does it make a difference if the government is from the right or from the left ? A qualitative answer with numbers. Speech and Legislative Extremism in the U.S. Senate. The early European "federalism": Ambiguities of talks about how to walk towards a political union. Measuring How Political Parties Keep Their Promises. A narrative analysis of the constitution of coherence between walks and talks: Discursive construction of the social security reform in Turkey. Administrative Discourse and State Lotteries.- Conclusion.
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George Bush's 1988 campaign pledge, "Read my lips: no new taxes", has become a mantra for those who distrust politicians and bureaucrats. This book addresses the timely issue of speech in policy processes from a political-economy perspective.