Economic adjustment and political transformation in small states
By: Erik Jones.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780199208333
Subjects: Corporate state -- Belgium; Corporate state -- Netherlands; Comparative government; Belgium -- Politics and government; Netherlands -- Politics and government; Belgium -- Economic policy; Netherlands -- Economic policy
Description: This work offers a provocative argument about the impact of political change on the economic strategies of small states, focusing on Belgium and the Netherlands. It argues that a transformation in the style of politics from consensus to competition has constrained the traditional formulae for economic policymaking.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-272) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The politics of economic adjustment; title: Consensual adjustment in consociational democracy; title: The implications of change; title: "Consensual" adjustment in post-consociational democracy; title: Conclusion.