Political Capacity And Economic Behavior
Westview Press Inc
1st Edition
Published on 3. July 1997
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-0-8133-3073-0 (ISBN)
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How can governments enhance economic growth while avoiding social and political instability? This timely book by an international team of economists and political scientists tackles that question head on, using theory and empirical data to provide a framework for measuring states political capacity and offering suggestions for increasing it. }Given todays heightened competition between national economies in the global marketplace, many have come to believe that government intervention is needed in order for a country to maximize its economic well-being. But to what extent can even the most capable government act to attract investment and enhance economic growth without creating or exacerbating conflicts in societyespecially when unpopular measures, such as those aimed at controlling inflation and population growth, must be implemented?This timely book by an international team of economists and political scientists tackles that question head on. The contributors draw on theory and empirical data to provide a framework for measuring governments ability to gather material resources and mobilize populations.
They analyze a variety of policy choices made in the United States and in other nations around the world during the past fifty years, showing how states can increase their political capacity and thereby reduce economic transaction costs and domestic resistance to government goals. }
They analyze a variety of policy choices made in the United States and in other nations around the world during the past fifty years, showing how states can increase their political capacity and thereby reduce economic transaction costs and domestic resistance to government goals. }
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8133-3073-0 (9780813330730)
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Content
Introduction (Marina Arbetman and Jacek Kugler. ) * The Concept Of Political Capacity Relative Political Capacity: Political Extraction and Political Reach (J. Kugler and M. Arbetman. ) Theoretical Link of Political Capacity to Development (A.F.K. Organski. ) * Economic Applications Political Capacity and Economic Determinants of Inflation (Fahim Al-Marhubi. ) Political Capacity and the Use of Seigniorage (Lorena Alcazar. ) Political Capacity and Private Investment (Yi Feng and Baizhu Chen. ) Political Capacity and Economic Growth (David A. Leblang. ) Political Capacity, Macroeconomic Factors, and Capital Flows (Slamet Seno Adji, Y. S. Ahn, Cheryl M. Holsey, and Thomas D. Willett. ) Political Capacity and Black Market Premiums (M. Arbetman and Dipak Ghosh. ) * Political Applications Political Capacity and Government Resource Transfers (Daniel E. Ponder. ) Political Capacity and Demographic Change (M. Arbetman, J. Kugler, and A.F.K. Organski. ) Political Capacity and Violence (J. Kugler, Michelle Benson, Andy Hira, and Dimitry Panasevich. ) Political Capacity, Growth, and Distributive Commitments (Lewis W. Snider. ) * Extending Political Capacity Political Capacity and the Economic Frontier (John H.Y. Edwards. ) New Estimates of Political Capacity (C. M. Holsey and Ling Cao. ) Alternative Approaches to Estimating Political Capacity (T. D. Willett. ) The Unfinished Agenda (J. Kugler and M. Arbetman.)