Is the pendulum swinging back? Policy and politics in the return of big government

Name: Is the pendulum swinging back? Policy and politics in the return of big government
Brand: Vita e Pensiero
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Article

Magazine

RIVISTA INTERNAZIONALE DI SCIENZE SOCIALI

Issue

RIVISTA INTERNAZIONALE DI SCIENZE SOCIALI - 2009 - 1

Title

Is the pendulum swinging back? Policy and politics in the return of big government

Authors

Marco Magnani, Gilberto Seravalli

Publisher

Vita e Pensiero

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Pages

Online from

01-2009

Issn

0035-676X (print) | 1827-7918 (digital)

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In the era of «small government», policy was considered the right way to conceive the role of the state in society and in the economy. This was intended as a perspective able to reduce the room for politics, considered a (dangerous) clash of power and party interests, and ideology. Given the current return of «big government», how does one deal with the unavoidable return of politics? In this paper we construct a model showing that politics should be considered purposely in a rational setting, to support effective policy, insofar as the state and its activities need substantial consensus. Key words: Politics, policy-making, local public goods, redistributive policies, elections. JEL Classification: D72, H40, H11.