Understanding big government : the programme approach
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Understanding big government : the programme approach
Sage Publications, c1984
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"Sponsored by the European Consortium for Political Research/ECPR."
Bibliography: p. 249-259
Includes index
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Description
What grows when government grows? Why? What are the consequences for effectiveness and consent? Richard Rose answers these questions clearly and succinctly. The programme approach relates what government is, a set of organizations, to what these institutions do, namely, mobilize laws, money and employees to produce public programmes. The programmes are concerned with such varied things as education, health, pensions, economic development, law and order and national defence.
There is a wealth of ideas and data about which governments are biggest, comparing America, Britain, Continental European and Scandinavian countries; when governments grow, comparing the affluent 1960s with the difficult 1970s and the uncertain 1980s; and why some government programmes grow much more than others.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
GOVERNMENT IN THE 1980S
Identifying the Questions
The Strategy of Analysis
Chapter One
Taking the Measure of Government
Disaggregating Government
How Big is Big?
Patterns of Change
CHAPTER TWO
CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF BIG GOVERNMENT
Economic and Social Influences upon the Size of Government
Political Influences upon the Size of Government
Consequences of Big Government
CHAPTER THREE
THE USE OF LAWS AS A POLICY RESOURCE
The Inertia Accumulation of Laws
Causes of Change in the Statute Book
Consequences of Legislation
CHAPTER FOUR
RAISING TAX REVENUES
The Variety of Taxes
How and Why Taxes Grow
Intentions and Consequences of Increasing Taxes
CHAPTER FIVE
THE WORK OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
The Scale of Public Employment
The Causes of Public Employment
The Benefits of Public Employment
CHAPTER SIX
THE ORGANIZATIONS OF GOVERNMENT
Identifying Government Organizations
Causes of Organizational Change
Do Organizations Matter?
CHAPTER SEVEN
COMBINING RESOURCES INTO PROGRAMMES
The Manifold of Government Programmes
Programme Growth and Change
Declining Effectiveness and Continuing Consent?
CHAPTER EIGHT
THE LIMITS OF BIG GOVERNMENT
The Big Problem
Balancing Fiscal Loads
Effectiveness
A Choice Between Priorities
Consent
The First Priority of Government
The First Priorities of People
References
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"