Politics in the Age of Austerity
In a world of increasing austerity measures, democratic politics comes under pressure. With the need to consolidate budgets and to accommodate financial markets, the responsiveness of governments to voters declines. However, democracy depends on choice. Citizens must be able to influence the course of government through elections and if a change in government cannot translate into different policies, democracy is incapacitated.Many mature democracies are approaching this situation as they confront fiscal crisis. For almost three decades, OECD countries have - in fits and starts - run deficits and accumulated debt. As a result, an ever smaller…
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Weitere Autoren: Streeck, Wolfgang (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-7456-7867-2
- EAN: 9780745678672
- Produktnummer: 16370231
- Verlag: Wiley
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 3'980 KB
Über den Autor
Armin Schäfer is a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne, Germany. Wolfgang Streeck is Managing Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne, Germany.
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