""Rich Democracies "will be an instant classic. Chock full of new findings, it provides the definitive account of what taxing, spending, and public policies mean for the wellbeing of people. It is a model of broad comparative research, combining quantitative analysis, case studies, and historical context. Written in an accessible style, it will also serve as a valuable textbook in courses accenting contemporary society, politics, and public policy, both for graduate students and advanced undergraduates. The conclusion that ...
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""Rich Democracies "will be an instant classic. Chock full of new findings, it provides the definitive account of what taxing, spending, and public policies mean for the wellbeing of people. It is a model of broad comparative research, combining quantitative analysis, case studies, and historical context. Written in an accessible style, it will also serve as a valuable textbook in courses accenting contemporary society, politics, and public policy, both for graduate students and advanced undergraduates. The conclusion that consensual decision-making serves a nation's citizens better than confrontation has enormous practical relevance for designing democratic institutions."--Arend Lijphart, former President of the American Political Science Association "A truly amazing accomplishment; a comprehensive treatment of structure and change in modern societies. Always addressing central questions in the social sciences, always empirically careful and methodologically sensitive, relentlessly comparative, Wilensky provides a powerful explanation of similarities and differences in the institutions, policies, and performance of rich democracies. In lucid, often colorful language, he knocks down widely-accepted ideological accounts of contemporary civilization, left, right, and center."--Neil Smelser, Director, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences "A monumental work, brilliant in its breadth and depth. A major contribution to debates about the functions of government, markets, and voluntary associations."--Lowell Turner, Professor of Labor and Industrial Relations, Cornell University
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