{"product_id":"state-of-access-success-and-failure-of-democracies-to-create-equal-opportunities-paperback","title":"State of Access: Success and Failure of Democracies to Create Equal Opportunities - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJorrit de Jong\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eGowher Rizvi\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A Brookings Institution Press and Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation publication \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book documents a worrisome gap between principles and practice in democratic governance. The State of Access is a comparative, cross-disciplinary exploration of the ways in which democratic institutions fail or succeed to create the equal opportunities that they have promised to deliver to the people they serve. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn theory, rules and regulations may formally guarantee access to democratic processes, public services, and justice. But reality routinely disappoints, for a number of reasons--exclusionary policymaking, insufficient attention to minorities, underfunded institutions, inflexible bureaucracies. The State of Access helps close the gap between the potential and performance in democratic governance.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGowher Rizvi\u003c\/b\u003e is director of the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, where he is also a lecturer in public policy. \u003cb\u003eJorrit de Jong\u003c\/b\u003e is a research fellow at the Ash Institute and former director of the Centre for Government Studies at Leiden University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 9.11 x 6.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52960238731571,"sku":"9780815775010","price":73.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/8Kvd23mRpv9780815775010.webp?v=1768481683","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/state-of-access-success-and-failure-of-democracies-to-create-equal-opportunities-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}