Policy implementation of social welfare in the 1980s
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Policy implementation of social welfare in the 1980s
Transaction Books, c1987
Available at 5 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
With its highly centralized politi cal institutions, Israel is typical of the unitary, nonfederal politi cal systems in the world. On the other hand, with its growing em phasis on federalism, the United States reveals the functions and dysfunctions of the pluralist sys tem. In this provocative book, Frederick Lazin compares the two types of political systems to show how municipalities in Is rael, as in the United States, ex ert considerable influence on implementation of national do mestic policies. He argues con vincingly that unitary systems have many of the same diffi culties that their federal coun terparts have in implementing social welfare policies.This study provides a the oretical basis for understanding how administrative institutional system and socioeconomic sta tus variables affect the potential influence of municipalities and make implementation of policies so problematic. It develops a model for policy implementation in unitary systems which then serves as a framework of analy sis for a series of case studies of social welfare, education, and health policy in Israel. Com parisons are then made with the federal political system of the United States in which the na tional government needs the cooperation of local authorities to implement its policies. Refer ence is made to federal housing policies and programs for low-in come Americans. Similarities as well as differences are noted be tween the two systems in order to reach conclusions about pol icy implementation regardless of type of political system.The book contributes both to the general literature on policy implementation as well as to the politics of unitary versus federal systems. It provides a unique and important analysis of prob lems confronting both types of system in the area of policy im plementation of social welfare programs, which remain impor tant concerns in political sys tems throughout the world.
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