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It's the government, stupid
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ISBN: 1529206405 152920643X 1529206413 1529206383 1529206391 9781529206395 9781529206401 9781529206388 Year: 2020 Publisher: Bristol Bristol University Press

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Governments have developed a convenient habit of blaming social problems on their citizens, placing too much emphasis on personal responsibility and pursuing policies to 'nudge' their citizens to better behaviour. Keith Dowding shows that, in fact, responsibility for many of our biggest social crises - including homelessness, gun crime, obesity, drug addiction and problem gambling - should be laid at the feet of politicians .He calls for us to stop scapegoating fellow citizens and to demand more from our governments, who have the real power and responsibility to alleviate social problems and bring about lasting change.


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Exits, Voices and Social Investment
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ISBN: 9781107484184 9781139377584 1139377582 9781139136709 1139136704 9781139380447 1139380443 9781107022423 1107022428 1139366424 110723171X 128064771X 1139379011 9786613633767 1139376152 1139372165 1107484189 Year: 2012 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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Over fifty years ago, Albert Hirschman argued that dissatisfied consumers could either voice complaint or exit when they were dissatisfied with goods or services. Loyal consumers would voice rather than exit. Hirschman argued that making exit easier from publicly provided services, such as health or education, would reduce voice, taking the richest and most articulate away and this would lead to the deterioration of public services. This book provides the first thorough empirical study of these ideas. Using a modified version of Hirschman's account, examining private and collective voice, and viewing loyalty as a form of social investment, it is grounded on a dedicated five-year panel study of British citizens. Given government policies over the past decade or more which make exit easier from public providers, this is a timely publication for all those who care about the quality of government services.


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Rational choice and political power
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ISBN: 1529206375 1529206340 1529206332 1529206359 9781529206333 1529206367 9781529206340 9781529206357 9781529206364 9781529206371 Year: 2019 Publisher: Bristol

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First time published in paperback and online, and featuring a new Introduction and two new chapters, this classic text explains how collective action problems underlie power inequalities and extensively engages with a body of new literature.


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Ministerial careers and accountability in the Australian Commonwealth government
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ISBN: 1922144010 1922144002 9781922144010 9781922144003 Year: 2012 Publisher: Canberra, Australia : ANU E Press,

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This book examines the roles, responsibilities and accountabilities of Australian cabinet ministers. It examines the sorts of jobs ministers do, what is expected of them, what they expect of the job and how they (are supposed to) work together as a team. It considers aspects of how they are chosen to become ministers; how they are scrutinised by parliament and the media; and how ministers themselves view accountability. It also looks at the causes of calls for ministers to resign, examines scandals around ministers and assesses ministerial accountability.

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Politicians - Australia - Ethical behavior. --- Government - General --- Law, Politics & Government --- Political Institutions & Public Administration - General --- Political consultants --- Politicians --- Political ethics --- Government - Non-U.S. --- Government - Asia --- Ethical behavior --- Public opinion --- Conduct of life. --- Public opinion. --- Australia --- Politics and government. --- Politics and government --- Ethics, Political --- Ethics in government --- Government ethics --- Political science --- Politics, Practical --- Advisors, Political --- Campaign consultants --- Political advisors --- Moral and ethical aspects --- New Holland --- Osṭralyah --- Usṭralyah --- Australie --- Avstralii︠a︡ --- Nova Hollandia --- Commonwealth of Australia --- Australiese Gemenebes --- أستراليا --- Usturāliyā --- كومنولث الأسترالي --- Kūmunwālth al-Usturālī --- Аўстралія --- Aŭstralii︠a︡ --- Australija --- Австралийски съюз --- Avstraliĭski sŭi︠u︡z --- Австралийският съюз --- Avstraliĭskii︠a︡t sŭi︠u︡z --- Mancomunitat d'Austràlia --- Awstralya --- Komonwelt sa Awstralya --- Australské společenství --- Australien --- Aŭstralio --- Komunejo de Aŭstralio --- Komunaĵo de Aŭstralio --- Austraalia --- Austraalia Ühendus --- Αυστραλία --- Aystralia --- Κοινοπολιτεία της Αυστραλίας --- Koinopoliteia tēs Aystralias --- אוסטרליה --- קהיליית אוסטרליה --- Ḳehiliyat Osṭralyah --- ʻAukekulelia --- Ausztrália --- Ausztrál Államszövetség --- Ástralía --- Samveldið Ástralía --- Negara Persemakmuran Australia --- Persemakmuran Australia --- Austrālijas Savienība --- Australijos Sandrauga --- Австралија --- Avstralija --- Комонвелтот на Австралија --- Komonveltot na Avstralija --- Државна заедница Австралија --- Državna zaednica Avstralija --- Aostralia --- Komanwel Australia --- Awstralja --- Ahitereiria --- Whakaminenga o Ahitereiria --- Австралия --- Австралийский Союз --- Avstraliĭskiĭ Soi︠u︡z --- Mancomunidad de Australia --- Awstralia --- Cymanwlad Awstralia --- Australian Government --- Government of Australia --- オーストラリア --- Ōsutoraria --- Statesmen --- Ethics --- Civics --- Consultants --- Австралийски съюз --- Австралийският съюз --- Австралийский Союз


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Accounting for Ministers
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ISBN: 9781139338134 1139338137 9780511980046 0511980043 9781139336390 1139336398 9781139339711 1139339710 9780521519724 0521519721 1107224365 1107385156 1280393807 9786613571724 1139337262 1139341294 Year: 2012 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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Accounting for Ministers uses the tools of modern political science to analyse the factors which determine the fortunes of Cabinet ministers. Utilising agency theory, it describes Cabinet government as a system of incentives for prime ministerial and parliamentary rule. The authors use a unique dataset of ministers from 1945 to 2007 to examine the structural and individual characteristics that lead to the selection and durability of ministers. Sensitive to historical context, it describes the unique features of different Prime Ministers and the sorts of issues and scandals that lead to the forced exit of ministers. The authors identify the structural factors that determine ministerial performance and tenure, seeing resignation calls as performance indicators. Probing the nature of individual and collective responsibility within Westminster forms of government, its rigorous analysis provides powerful new insights into the nature of Cabinet government.

Justice and democracy
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ISBN: 0521545439 9780521545433 0511211295 9780511211294 0521836956 9780521836951 0511216661 9780511216664 0511214871 9780511214875 0511213069 9780511213069 9780511490217 0511490216 1280540230 9781280540233 1107150221 9781107150225 0511315430 9780511315435 Year: 2004 Publisher: Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press

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'Justice' and 'democracy' have alternated as dominant themes in political philosophy over the last fifty years. Since its revival in the middle of the twentieth century, political philosophy has focused on first one and then the other of these two themes. Rarely, however, has it succeeded in holding them in joint focus. This volume brings together leading authors who consider the relationship between democracy and justice in a set of specially written chapters. The intrinsic justness of democracy is challenged, the relationship between justice, democracy and impartiality queried and the relationship between justice, democracy and the common good examined. Further chapters explore the problem of social exclusion and issues surrounding sub-national groups in the context of democracy and justice. Authors include Keith Dowding, Richard Arneson, Norman Schofield, Albert Weale, Robert E. Goodin, Jon Elster, David Miller, Phillip Pettit, Julian LeGrand and Russell Hardin.

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