Social Democracy and Rational Choice / Edition 1

by Henry Milner

Overview

Is it possible in this post-socialist world, for equity and efficiency to be reconciled? Or is a productive welfare state a contradication in terms? This book addresses these questions in theory and in practice, using the Nordic countries as its case study.
Social Democracy and Rational Choice will appeal to readers interested in comparative institutional and policy analysis, and in particular to those concerned with the future of the welfare state and the latest developments in the Nordic countries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138882201
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/02/2014
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	316
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

List of figures, Preface, INTRODUCTION, Part I. Towards a social-democratic political economy, 1. THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE, 2. THE USES OF RATIONAL CHOICE, 3. PREFERENCES, CHOICES AND OUTCOMES: THE USES OF GAME THEORY, 4. POSITIONAL COMPETITION AND KNOWLEDGE FAILURE, Part II. From theory to practice, 5. SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL ECONOMY – INITIAL GUIDELINES, 6. COMMERCIALISM AND THE KNOWLEDGE FOR RATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL CHOICES, 7. CORPORATISM, ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONAL CHOICE, 8. RATIONALITY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND STRUCTURES OF GOVERNMENT, Part III. The prospects for Nordic social democracy, 9. THE INSTITUTIONS OF SCANDINAVIAN SOCIAL DEMOCRACY TODAY AND TOMORROW: I, 10. THE INSTITUTIONS OF SCANDINAVIAN SOCIAL DEMOCRACY TODAY AND TOMORROW: II, 11. THE EC, THE NORDIC COUNTRIES AND THE INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS OF SOCIAL DEMOCRACY, CONCLUSION, Notes, Bibliography, Index