CAN GOVERNMENT DO ANYTHING RIGHT ?
Roberts, Alasdair
CAN GOVERNMENT DO ANYTHING RIGHT ? Alasdair Roberts. - 1 - UK Polity Press 2018/01/01 - 123 - Democratic futures .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-123).
Machine generated contents note: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1. WHY IS EVERYONE SO ANGRY? 2. THE LONG PEACE 3. THE RIGHT TO RULE 4. TAMING THE ECONOMY 5. BATTLE OF THE BULGE 6. HARD CHOICES AHEAD 7. PERESTROIKA FURTHER READING NOTES.
"Across the Western world, people are angry about the inability of government to perform basic functions competently. With widespread evidence of policy failures at home and ill-conceived wars and interventions abroad, it is hardly surprising that politicians are distrusted and government is derided as a sprawling, wasteful mess. But what exactly is government supposed to do, and is the track record of Western governments really so awful? In this compelling book, leading scholar of public policy and management, Alasdair Roberts, explores what government does well and what it does badly. Political leaders, he explains, have always been obliged to wrestle with shifting circumstances and contending priorities, making the job of governing extraordinarily difficult. The performance of western democracies in recent decades is, admittedly, far from perfect but - as Roberts ably shows - it is also much better than you might think"--
9781509521500 (hardback) 9781509521517 (paperback)
Purchased Prism Books,Kadavanthra
2017037400
politics, Western Countries
World politics
Legitimacy of governments
Government accountability
Democracy
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization.--1945-1989.--1989---Western countries.--Western countries.--Western countries.
Western countries--Politics and government.
Western countries--Economic policy
Western countries--Foreign relations.
320 / ROB/CA
CAN GOVERNMENT DO ANYTHING RIGHT ? Alasdair Roberts. - 1 - UK Polity Press 2018/01/01 - 123 - Democratic futures .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-123).
Machine generated contents note: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1. WHY IS EVERYONE SO ANGRY? 2. THE LONG PEACE 3. THE RIGHT TO RULE 4. TAMING THE ECONOMY 5. BATTLE OF THE BULGE 6. HARD CHOICES AHEAD 7. PERESTROIKA FURTHER READING NOTES.
"Across the Western world, people are angry about the inability of government to perform basic functions competently. With widespread evidence of policy failures at home and ill-conceived wars and interventions abroad, it is hardly surprising that politicians are distrusted and government is derided as a sprawling, wasteful mess. But what exactly is government supposed to do, and is the track record of Western governments really so awful? In this compelling book, leading scholar of public policy and management, Alasdair Roberts, explores what government does well and what it does badly. Political leaders, he explains, have always been obliged to wrestle with shifting circumstances and contending priorities, making the job of governing extraordinarily difficult. The performance of western democracies in recent decades is, admittedly, far from perfect but - as Roberts ably shows - it is also much better than you might think"--
9781509521500 (hardback) 9781509521517 (paperback)
Purchased Prism Books,Kadavanthra
2017037400
politics, Western Countries
World politics
Legitimacy of governments
Government accountability
Democracy
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization.--1945-1989.--1989---Western countries.--Western countries.--Western countries.
Western countries--Politics and government.
Western countries--Economic policy
Western countries--Foreign relations.
320 / ROB/CA