TY - BOOK ID - 49552613 TI - Performance of democracies : political institutions and public policies PY - 2005 SN - 1282268279 9786612268274 0191536741 PB - Oxford, UK ; New York : Oxford University Press, Inc., DB - UniCat KW - Democracy. KW - Government productivity KW - Comparative government. KW - Evaluation. KW - OECD countries KW - Economic policy. KW - Social policy. KW - Comparative political systems KW - Comparative politics KW - Government, Comparative KW - Political systems, Comparative KW - Political science KW - Productivity, Government KW - Capital productivity KW - Production (Economic theory) KW - Public administration KW - Self-government KW - Equality KW - Representative government and representation KW - Republics KW - OECD member countries KW - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:49552613 AB - Is the performance of western democracies in decline? Which countries show the best performance? Do institutions matter for political performance? This book offers a comprehensive analysis of twenty-one OECD countries by systematically examining all major domestic policy areas - domestic security policy, economic policy, social policy, and environmental policy - and using outcome indicators. The quality of democracy is assessed both at the level of the four policy areas and at ageneral level encompassing all policy areas. The question of trade-offs between policy areas is studied in an unprece ER -