O'Dwyer, Conor,  1972- <br/><br/>
Runaway state-building  patronage politics and democratic development /  [electronic resource] : 
Conor O'Dwyer. 
 - Baltimore, Md. :  Johns Hopkins University Press,  2006. 
 - xv, 278 p. :  ill. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-271) and index. 
<br/><br/>The concept and causes of runaway state-building -- Constraining government patronage : different logics of party competition -- The runaway state-building phenomenon : patronage politics and bureaucratic rationalization -- Remaking the regions : the Europeanization of the state or domestic politics as usual? -- Local control : local parties and local state administrations -- A runaway welfare state? : postcommunist welfare politics -- Exporting the argument : party competition and state effectiveness in other new democracies. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>New democracies.<br/>Democratization.<br/>Bureaucracy.<br/>Patronage, Political.<br/>Nation-building.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Poland--Politics and government--1989-<br/>Czech Republic--Politics and government--1993-<br/>Slovakia--Politics and government--1993-
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JC423  / .O26 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.9