The Power of Economists within the State - Couverture rigide

Christensen, Johan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1503600491 ISBN 13 : 9781503600492

Editeur : Stanford University Press, 2017

Synopsis

The spread of market-oriented reforms has been one of the major political and economic trends of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Governments have, to varying degrees, adopted policies that have led to deregulation: the liberalization of trade; the privatization of state entities; and low-rate, broad-base taxes. Yet some countries embraced these policies more than others.

Johan Christensen examines one major contributor to this disparity: the entrenchment of U.S.-trained, neoclassical economists in political institutions the world over. While previous studies have highlighted the role of political parties and production regimes, Christensen uses comparative case studies of New Zealand, Ireland, Norway, and Denmark to show how the influence of economists affected the extent to which each nation adopted market-oriented tax policies. He finds that, in countries where economic experts held powerful positions, neoclassical economics broke through with greater force. Drawing on revealing interviews with 80 policy elites, he examines the specific ways in which economists shaped reforms, relying on an activist approach to policymaking and the perceived utility of their science to drive change.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Johan Christensen is Assistant Professor in Leiden University's Institute of Public Administration.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Stanford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1503600491
• ISBN 13: 9781503600492
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 232
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