The polítical economy of state reform - political to the core

Kenneth A. Shepsle ()

Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 1999, vol. 19, issue 3, 442-459

Abstract: The reform of governmental institutions is presently quite salient as many countriesstruggle with transitions to democracy. It is a constant preoccupation of developingcountries as well as of highly developed democracies like Great Britain. International organizationslike the World Bank are especially interested in the prospects of political reformfor jump-starting national economies currently languishing in poverty and slow growth. Formany commentators on these issues, at the Bank and elsewhere, politics is the source of problems.Politics (and politicians) are held in disdain and reformers are encouraged to designschemes insulating economic policies from politics. This is wrong-headed. The present paperprovides a political-economy framework in which political ambition figures prominentlyand yet a constructive attitude toward politics is accommodated. JEL Classification: H50; D72.

Keywords: New political economy; state reform; public administration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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