conservative and social democratic economic strategies in the world economy /
First Statement of Responsibility
Carles Boix.
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New York, N.Y. :
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Cambridge University Press,
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c1998.
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xiv, 280 p. :
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ill. ;
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24 cm.
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Cambridge studies in comparative politics
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-270) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. Introduction -- 2. Political Parties and the Structural Conditions of the Economy -- 3. Supply-Side Economic Strategies from a Comparative Perspective (I): Public Investment and the Formation of Human Capital -- 4. Supply-Side Economic Strategies from a Comparative Perspective (II): The Public Business Sector and Tax Strategies -- 5. The Social Democratic Project: Macroeconomic Stability and State Intervention in Spain -- 6. The Political and Electoral Dimensions of the PSOE's Economic Strategy -- 7. Turning around the Postwar Consensus: Defining a Conservative Economic Framework in Britain -- 8. The Political and Electoral Dimensions of the Conservative Economic Strategy -- 9. Partisan Strategies and Electoral Coalitions -- 10. Conclusions.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Carles Boix shows that an increasingly interdependent world economy and recent technological shocks have exacerbated the dilemmas faced by governments in choosing amongst various policy objectives, like job creation and reducing income inequality.