Runaway state-building : patronage politics and democratic development / Conor O'Dwyer.
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TextPublication details: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006Description: xv, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0801883652 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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- JC423Â .O26 2006
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-271) and index.
1. The concept and causes of runaway state-building -- 2. Constraining government patronage : different logics of party competition -- 3. The runaway state-building phenomenon : patronage politics and bureaucratic rationalization -- 4. Remaking the regions : the Europeanization of the state or domestic politics as usual? -- 5. Local control : local parties and local state administrations -- 6. A runaway welfare state? : postcommunist welfare politics -- 7. Exporting the argument : party competition and state effectiveness in other new democracies.
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