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Reform capacity - the ability of political decision makers to adopt and implement policy changes that benefit society as a whole - can therefore be achieved in both power-concentration systems (which enable governments to ignore losers) and power-sharing systems (where governments build support for reform by compensating losers).   If political decision makers are able to solve the bargaining problems that sometimes complicate negotiations between winners and losers, power-sharing systems have certain advantages over power-concentration systems. The book argues that power sharing can lead to high reform capacity in societies where interest groups are powerful enough to block reforms; the book also argues that power sharing can lead to high reform capacity when reforms have short-term costs and long-term benefits, since power sharing helps to correct some of the short-sightedness that is inherent in democratic policymaking.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49581020446993,"sku":"GOR013622950","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52734560829713,"sku":"NIN9780198846819","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0198846819.jpg?v=1750973333"},{"product_id":"mass-unemployment-and-the-state-book-johannes-lindvall-9780199590643","title":"Mass Unemployment and the State","description":"Mass Unemployment and the State shows that domestic political arrangements -- the character of party competition, the relationship between interest organizations and the state, and underlying assumptions about the purpose of political authority -- have mattered greatly to the economic and labor market policies that European governments pursued in response to the problem of unemployment from the early 1970s to the 2000s. The book concentrates on four European countries: Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Sweden. All these countries have been celebrated as employment \"miracles,\" but for different reasons, and at different points in time. Low unemployment was the linchpin of political arrangements in West European states in the first decades after the Second World War. When mass unemployment became a threat once more in the 1970s, Austria and Sweden -- where post-war political arrangements remained intact -- responded more forcefully than Denmark and the Netherlands, where political arrangements were already changing. This set these four countries on different paths, with enduring (and sometimes unexpected) political, economic, and social consequences. Political arrangements mattered to economic policies in the 1970s and 1980s, and to labor market policies in the 1990s and 2000s.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51089314971921,"sku":"NIN9780199590643","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52516202971409,"sku":"NLS9780199590643","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53687590420753,"sku":"GOR015003176","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0199590648.jpg?v=1776941090"},{"product_id":"introduction-to-comparative-politics-book-johannes-lindvall-9780192896605","title":"An Introduction to Comparative Politics","description":"Laying the foundations for inquisitive study of comparative politics  Lindvall provides a uniquely accessible and truly global introduction to the principles and methodology of comparative politics, with learning features that build students' confidence in thinking critically about political systems and the data through which we can study them.  Key features - Interactive and easy-to-understand 'Learning from Data' exercises invite students to manipulate data across a range of variables, helping them become familiar with quantitative data. These exercises are available exclusively in the digital version.  - A wide range of detailed and illustrative case studies helps students connect the abstract to the concrete, and to expand their understanding of political systems, behaviours, and institutions across the globe.   - Research prompts support the growth of practical research skills and critical thinking.  - Multiple-choice self-test questions, with instant feedback, check and reinforce understanding as the student works through the book. These questions are available exclusively in the digital version.  - Author videos introduce each chapter and its importance; and lively, approachable commentary guides students through the fundamentals of comparative politics. 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