State Failure: The Impotence of Politics in Industrial Society - Rilegato

Janicke, Martin

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ISBN 10: 0271007141 ISBN 13: 9780271007144

Casa editrice: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, 1990

Riassunto

In an age when areas such as health, education, and the environment are becoming more and more dependent on the state, the state demonstrates again and again that it is not able to cope. State Failure is about this failure to states in both the East and the West to make urgent economic and political decision. The problem, Jänicke argues, begins in the political sphere where politicians, who are elected to make decisions, become merely the legitimators of their government departments.

The roots of the problem lie deeply embedded in the industrial structure, a structure that has passed its innovative phase and relies increasingly on public resources. Examining the failure of states in both Eastern and Western Europe, Jänicke concludes that we face a future of either stagnation or stark deindustrialization unless political means are found to solve the problems&;from environmental destruction to unemployment&; that now face us all.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Martin Jänicke is Professor of Comparative Political Science at the Free University, Berlin.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1990
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0271007141
• ISBN 13: 9780271007144
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 184
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