Public Choices and Policy Change: The Political Economy of Reform in Developing Countries

Public Choices and Policy Change: The Political Economy of Reform in Developing Countries

Public Choices and Policy Change: The Political Economy of Reform in Developing Countries

Public Choices and Policy Change: The Political Economy of Reform in Developing Countries

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Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780801841569
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 04/01/1991
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.55(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Merilee S. Grindle is a research associate at the Harvard Institute for International Development. Her previous books include State and Countryside. John W. Thomas is Institute Fellow at the Harvard Institute for International Development. Both authors have written and consulted extensively on issues in development and are lecturers in public policy at the Kennedy School of Government.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction: Explaining Choice and Change
Chapter 2. Linking Theory and Practice
Chapter 3. Generalizing about Developing Country Policy Environments
Chapter 4. Settling Agendas: Circumstance, Process, and Reform
Chapter 5. Making Decisions: The Concerns of Policy Elites
Chapter 6. Implementing Reform: Arenas, Stakes, and Resources
Chapter 7. Reforming Policies in the 1980s: Changing Circumstances and Shifting Parameters
Chapter 8. Conclusion: Finding Room to Maneuver
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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