Evolution of Modern States - Sweden, Japan, and the United States

Informationen zum Autor Sven Steinmo holds the Chair in Public Policy and Political Economy at the European University Institute in Florence and is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is also an Honorary Professor at the University of Southern Denmark and the NordWel Professor of Comparative Politics at the Institute for Future Studies in Stockholm, Sweden. Klappentext The Evolution of Modern States, first published in 2010, examines the politics, history, and public policy of Sweden, Japan, and the United States. Zusammenfassung This 2010 book examines the politics! history! and public policy of three countries in different continents. It shows how these countries' economic systems! social welfare policies! and political institutions have co-evolved over time to give these countries remarkably different abilities to adapt to the pressures they face in the twenty-first century. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: evolutionary narratives; 2. Sweden: the evolution of a bumble-bee; 3. The Japanese hybrid; 4. The United States: strong nation - weak state; 5. And yet it moves.

Product details

• Authors: Sven Steinmo, Sven (European University Institute Steinmo
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.07.2010
• EAN: 9780521145466
• ISBN: 978-0-521-14546-6
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 236 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics; Cambridge Studies in Comparati; Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education