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9780801883651 Academic Inspection Copy

Runaway State-Building

Patronage Politics and Democratic Development
  • ISBN-13: 9780801883651
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Conor O'Dwyer
  • Price: AUD $124.00
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  • Local release date: 14/11/2006
  • Format: Hardback 296 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Politics & government [JP]
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Here, Conor O'Dwyer introduces the phenomenon of runaway state-building as a consequence of patronage politics in underdeveloped, noncompetitive party systems. Analyzing the cases of three newly democratized nations in Eastern Europe -- Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia -- O'Dwyer argues that competition among political parties constrains patronage-led state expansion.O'Dwyer uses democratization as a starting point, examining its effects on other aspects of political development. Focusing on the link between electoral competition and state-building, he is able to draw parallels between the problems faced by these three nations and broader historical and contemporary problems of patronage politics -- such as urban machines in nineteenth-century America and the Philippines after Marcos. This timely study provides political scientists and political reformers with insights into points in the democratization process where appropriate intervention can minimize runaway state-building and cultivate efficient bureaucracy within a robust and competitive democratic system.

List of Figures and TablesPrefaceList of AcronymsIntroduction1. The Concept and Causes of Runaway State-Building2. Constraining Government Patronage: Different Logics of Party Competition3. The Runaway State-Building Phenomenon: Patronage Politics and Bureaucratic Rationalization4. Remaking the Regions: The Europeanization of the State or Domestic Politics as Usual?5. Local Control: Local Parties and Local State Administrations6. A Runaway Welfare State? Postcommunist Welfare Politics7. Exporting the Argument: Party Competition and State Effectiveness in Other New DemocraciesConclusionAppendixes1. Data on the Number of State Administrative Personnel2. Data on Salaries3. Interview Sample4. Data Used to Calculate Party System Fractionalization5. Countries Used in Cross-National ComparisonNotesReferencesIndex

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