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Structure and Policy in Japan and the United States: An Institutionalist Approach

by Peter F. Cowhey, Mathew McCubbins
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Structure and Policy in Japan and the United States: An Institutionalist Approach
Structure and Policy in Japan and the United States: An Institutionalist Approach

Sharp compare-and-contrast for policy-minded global thinkers

If you like understanding why governments succeed in one area and stall in another, this book gives you a smart, grounded way into Japan and the United States. It feels especially rewarding for readers who enjoy big policy questions but want them tied to real institutions, not just abstract theory. You can imagine readers appreciating how clearly it connects political structure to everyday outcomes like infrastructure, reform, and national priorities.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Structure and Policy in Japan and the United States: An Institutionalist Approach

by Peter F. Cowhey, Mathew McCubbins
$13.90
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ISBN: 9780521467100
Authors: Peter F. Cowhey, Mathew McCubbins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date of Publication: 1995-09-29
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Economics, Sociology, Politics
Related Topics: Economics, Finance, Political Science, Sociology, Politics, Society, Government
Goodreads rating: 5.0
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Description

Just as Japan and the United States are caught up in a major debate over the effectiveness of their governments, this volume offers new explanations of their comparative strengths and weaknesses. Why can Japan continue to build nuclear power plants while it has difficulty building an information superhighway? Why is the opposite the case in the United States? Will political reform change public policy in Japan? Would it make a difference in the United States? This volume explains why and how. It is one of the few volumes on the two countries that offers detailed studies valuable to policy makers as well as scholars and students of comparative policy and foreign policy.
 

Sharp compare-and-contrast for policy-minded global thinkers

If you like understanding why governments succeed in one area and stall in another, this book gives you a smart, grounded way into Japan and the United States. It feels especially rewarding for readers who enjoy big policy questions but want them tied to real institutions, not just abstract theory. You can imagine readers appreciating how clearly it connects political structure to everyday outcomes like infrastructure, reform, and national priorities.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.