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A challenge for any government is to be able to operate effectively in the short-term and to think and act for the long-term. Any economic recovery strategy is likely to involve a capacity to govern in a way that enables the imposition of social costs long before economic benefits in terms of recovery arrive. Can governance for the long-term be assembled?
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Stoker, G. (2015). Economic Recovery and Governance for the Long-Term. In: Green, J., Hay, C., Taylor-Gooby, P. (eds) The British Growth Crisis. Building a Sustainable Political Recovery: SPERI Research & Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137441522_5
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