Format:
Online-Ressource (223 p)
ISBN:
9783110109436
Series Statement:
European University Institute - Series C v.5/4
Content:
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- I. Introduction -- II. Elections and parliamentary democracies -- A. The position of elections in democratic theories -- B. The position of elections in the perception of politicians -- III. Determinants of policy outputs I -- A. Policy output studies -- B. A budgetary perspective: the theory of incrementalism -- C. Restrictions to active policy-making: limited flexibility -- IV. Determinants of policy outputs II -- A. General elements of the rational choice approach -- B. Econometric and politico-economic models -- 1. Politico-economic interdependence -- 2. The relationship between political and economic variables -- 3. 'Electoral cycles' and macro-economic policy -- 4. The difficulty of corroborating the existence of 'electoral cycles' -- 4.1 Various countries -- 4.2 The German case -- 5. 'Popularity cycles' and macro-economic policy -- 6. Critique of 'electoral and popularity cycle' models -- V. Analytical design -- A. The rational choice approach to the study of resource allocation -- 1. Herder-Dorneich's view of the relationship between expenditures, taxes, and elections in a democracy -- 2. The Downsian model of resource allocation reconsidered -- B. The German budgetary process and incrementalist theory -- C. Data and method -- 1. Selection criteria for the different areas -- 2. The different expenditure levels -- 3. Operationalization and statistical methods -- VI. Budgetary politics and elections: empirical results -- A. Subsidies and elections -- 1. Agricultural subsidies -- 2. Industrial subsidies -- 3. Social transfers -- 4. Social policy laws and elections -- 5. Subsidies as electoral politics - the statistical analysis -- B. Social policy and elections -- 1. Expenditure development over time -- 2. Social policy as electoral politics - the statistical analysis.
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Description based upon print version of record
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""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""I. Introduction""; ""II. Elections and parliamentary democracies""; ""A. The position of elections in democratic theories""; ""B. The position of elections in the perception of politicians""; ""III. Determinants of policy outputs I""; ""A. Policy output studies""; ""B. A budgetary perspective: the theory of incrementalism""; ""C. Restrictions to active policy-making: limited flexibility""; ""IV. Determinants of policy outputs II""; ""A. General elements of the rational choice approach""; ""B. Econometric and politico-economic models""
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""1. Politico-economic interdependence""""2. The relationship between political and economic variables""; ""3. �Electoral cycles� and macro-economic policy""; ""4. The difficulty of corroborating the existence of �electoral cycles�""; ""4.1 Various countries""; ""4.2 The German case""; ""5. �Popularity cycles� and macro-economic policy""; ""6. Critique of �electoral and popularity cycle� models""; ""V. Analytical design""; ""A. The rational choice approach to the study of resource allocation""
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""1. Herder-Dorneich�s view of the relationship between expenditures, taxes, and elections in a democracy""""2. The Downsian model of resource allocation reconsidered""; ""B. The German budgetary process and incrementalist theory""; ""C. Data and method""; ""1. Selection criteria for the different areas""; ""2. The different expenditure levels""; ""3. Operationalization and statistical methods""; ""VI. Budgetary politics and elections: empirical results""; ""A. Subsidies and elections""; ""1. Agricultural subsidies""; ""2. Industrial subsidies""; ""3. Social transfers""
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""4. Social policy laws and elections""""5. Subsidies as electoral politics - the statistical analysis""; ""B. Social policy and elections""; ""1. Expenditure development over time""; ""2. Social policy as electoral politics - the statistical analysis""; ""C. Research and technology policy and elections""; ""1. Expenditure development over time""; ""2. Research and technology policy as electoral politics - the statistical analysis""; ""VII. Summary of results and concluding remarks""; ""VIII. Appendix""; ""IX. Bibliography""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110900279
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110109436
Additional Edition:
Print version Budgetary Politics and Elections : An Investigation of Public Expenditures in West Germany
Language:
English
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