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How did parity replace gender quotas in France as the preferred way to achieve greater representation for women in elected office? Why have these gender-based measures been embraced by some parties and not others? And, why do parties sometimes fail to implement quotas and parity? Gender Quotas, Parity Reform, and Political Parties in France considers this transition from quotas to parity, providing a history of French women's rights and the French electoral process, as well as an examination of the roles of the Socialist and Gaullist political parties. ... Read more

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Banking on Reform examines the political determinants of recent reforms to monetary policy institutions in the industrial democracies. With these reforms, political parties have sought to draw on the political credibility of an independent central bank to cope with electoral consequences of economic internalization and deindustrialization.
New Zealand and Italy made the initial efforts to grant their central banks independence. More recently, France, Spain, Britain, and Sweden have reformed their central banks' independence. Additionally, members of the European Union have implemented a single currency, with an independent European central bank to administer monetary policy.
Banking on Reform stresses the politics surrounding the choice of these institutions, specifically the motivations of political parties. Where intraparty conflicts have threatened the party's ability to hold office, politicians have adopted an independent central bank. Where political parties have been secluded from the political consequences of economic change, reform has been thwarted or delayed. The drive toward a single currency also reflects these political concerns. By delegating monetary policy to the European level, politicians in the member states removed a potentially divisive issue from the domestic political agenda, allowing parties to rebuild their support constructed on the basis of other issues. William T. Bernhard provides a variety of evidence to support his argument, such as in-depth case accounts of recent central bank reforms in Italy and Britain, the role of the German Bundesbank in the policy process, and the adoption of the single currency in Europe. Additionally, he utilizes quantitative and statistical tests to enhance his argument.
This book will appeal to political scientists, economists, and other social scientists interested in the political and institutional consequences of economic globalization.
William T. Bernhard is Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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An Excellent Study
Professor Bernhard has written a lucid yet dense explanation of phenomenon that, while much commented on, remains unexplained:Central Bank Independence.Considering the relationship between legislators, parties and central bank independence, Bernhard inserts politics back into a topic where it was previously neglected.

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This digital document is an article from Siempre!, published by Edicional Siempre on November 28, 1996. The length of the article is 905 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Partidos de Estados. (reforma política México)(TT: State parties) (TA: political reform in Mexico)
Author: Jaime Labastida
Publication: Siempre! (Refereed)
Date: November 28, 1996
Publisher: Edicional Siempre
Volume: v43Issue: n2267Page: p12(1)

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Are you tired of hearing about the complexities of the economy, unemployment, foreign policy, etc?Are you frustrated by politicians telling you the challenges America faces are too difficult for you to understand?I was too!So, I decided to dive headlong into each issue and find the real truth behind the ‘so called’ complexities, and what I found may surprise you.The issues of today aren’t mind boggling.They aren’t huge algorithms.What they are is straightforward challenges, which we can solve with good old fashioned common sense solutions. The problem is most politicians can’t balance a check book, let alone the national budget.They’re also too busy running for re-election instead of working for their constituents.In order to make this topic easy to understand and to bring it closer to home, we’ll follow Harold Barnes and his son Joshua as they go on an unexpected journey that starts with the writing of a Civics paper for school. The innocent and straightforward questions of a sixteen year old boy ignite their neighborhood, and then their state, into a political firestorm that eventually becomes The Franklin Party. If you want to recapture your pride in America and the spirit it was founded on, read this book.
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