The state in action : public policy and politics
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The state in action : public policy and politics
Pinter, 1990
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. [185]-203
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Adopts a thematic approach to understanding the role and function of the state, using modern perspectives of state theory coupled with empirical descriptions of policy. British case studies are put in context by comparison with other advanced Western European states and the USA.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Introduction: policy and process in the modern state, Roger King. Part 2 The central state and production: industrial policy, Wyn Grant
- financial markets, Michael Moran. Part 3 Changing central, intermediate and local state responsibilities: local state, local government and local administration, Ron Johnston
- health care policy and the states in "austerity capitalism", John Mohan
- privatization in transport - from the company state to the contract state, D. Banister. Part 4 The local state and consumption: tensions in the management of consumption - property struggles in housing and planning, Michael Harrison
- housing and the state - privatization, policy reform and plurality?, Robert Smith. Part 5 Conclusions: varieties of states and actions, James Simmmie.
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