Do institutions matter? : Government capabilities in the United States and abroad / R. Kent Weaver and Bert A. Rockman
Imprint
Washington, D.C. : The Brookings Institution, 1993
Descript
xiv, 498p. : figs, tables ; 23 cm
CONTENT
Assessing the effects of institutions -- Innovation, coordination, and implementation in energy policy -- Imposing losses in pension policy -- Targeting resources for industrial change -- Governments versus budget deficits -- Representing diffuse interests in environmental policymaking -- Political institutions and cleavage management -- Separation of powers and cleavage management -- Maintaining international commitments in trade policy -- Nuclear weapons and policy stability -- Military security policy -- When and how do institutions matter? -- Institutional reform and constitutional design