TY - BOOK ID - 37660396 TI - Reform capacity PY - 2017 SN - 0191821136 9780191821134 PB - Oxford : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Political planning. KW - Public administration KW - Coalition governments. KW - Decision making. KW - Cabinet system KW - Coalitions KW - Decision-making in public administration KW - Planning in politics KW - Public policy KW - Planning KW - Policy sciences KW - Politics, Practical UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:37660396 AB - It is often said that effective government requires a concentration of power. If we want our political leaders to adjust public policies to changing economic, social, and political circumstances, we should, in this view, leave our leaders alone: we should put in place electoral procedures that identify a clear winner in each election, and then we should let the winning political party govern without having to cooperate with others. The argument in this text is that this view is mistaken, since it seriously underestimates the ability of political decision makers to overcome democratic paralysis by compensating losers (groups that stand to lose from a reform). ER -