{"product_id":"reform-capacity-hardcover-2","title":"Reform Capacity - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohannes Lindvall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe argument of this book 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). Reform capacity - the ability of political decision makers to adopt and implement policy changes that benefit society as a whole - can therefore be achieved in both power-concentration systems (which enable governments to ignore losers) and power-sharing systems (where governments build support for reform by \u003cem\u003ecompensating\u003c\/em\u003e losers). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf political decision makers are able to solve the bargaining problems that sometimes complicate negotiations between winners and losers, power-sharing systems have certain advantages over power-concentration systems. The book argues that power sharing can lead to high reform capacity in societies where interest groups are powerful enough to block reforms; the book also argues that power sharing can lead to high reform capacity when reforms have short-term costs and long-term benefits, since power sharing helps to correct some of the short-sightedness that is inherent in democratic policymaking.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohannes Lindvall, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Political Science, Lund University\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohannes Lindvall is a Professor of Political Science at Lund University, Sweden. Before joining Lund University in 2010, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Lincoln College, Oxford, and at the European University Institute in Florence. Lindvall is the author of \u003cem\u003eMass Unemployment and the State\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford University Press 2010) as well as articles in journals such as the \u003cem\u003eAmerican Political Science Review\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eBritish Journal of Political Science\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eComparative Political Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eComparative Politics\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eEuropean Journal of Political Research\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWorld Politics\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 174\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47355592704249,"sku":"9780198766865","price":179.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/eHyq2ma-n_9780198766865_f5535958-16c1-47a0-9e65-55da929eca12.webp?v=1769854260","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/reform-capacity-hardcover-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}