Do New Leaders Make a Difference? : : Executive Succession and Public Policy Under Capitalism and Socialism / / Valerie Bunce.

Professor Bunce assesses the impact of changes in leadership on priorities in policy within the Soviet bloc and western democratic states during the postwar era, with particular emphasis on the Soviet Union and the United States.Originally published in 1981.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the late...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1981
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 633
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Changing Leaders and Changing Policies
  • 2. Methodology
  • 3. Changing Leaders and Changing Policies: The Western States
  • 4. Leadership Succession and Welfare Policy in the United States: A Case Study of the Impact of Elections on Public Policy
  • 5. The Impact of Elite Succession: The Socialist States
  • 6. Leadership Change and Policy Innovation: A Case Study of the Impact of Succession on Soviet Postwar Agricultural Policy
  • 7. Conclusion: Policy Cycles and Leadership Succession
  • Appendix
  • References
  • Index