The New Institutional Politics

Ersson, Svante

ISBN 10: 0415183219 / ISBN 13: 9780415183215

Published by Routledge, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The New Institutional Politics
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415183219
• ISBN 13: 9780415183215
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

The New Institutional Politics is a comparative study of the impact of political institutions upon outcomes, and covers some of the major themes in the new institutionalism. It looks at how various democratic institutions like Konkordanzdemokratie or corporatism promote better outcomes than Westminster institutions.
The evaluation of the performance of political institutions covers the executive, the legislature and the judicial system. The book also looks at economic outcomes such as affluence and GDP growth as well as social ones like income distribution and quality of life. It examines the problems of institutional effects in democracies and dictatorships and provides analysis of some of the major models in political science.
This is an exploration of how political institutions matter for political, economic and social outcomes. It estimates their impact in relation to other major factors such as culture and social structure. It is written for political scientists and graduates studying comparative politics.

About the Author

Jan-Erik Lane is Professor of Political Science at the University of Geneva; he has published widely in public management and political theory.
Svante Ersson is a lecturer at Umea University. They are joint authors of a number of comparative books, including Politics and Society in Western Europe, 4th edition.