Political Survival eBook

In Political Survival, Barry Ames shows how public policy, especially the public budget, is used by political leaders seeking to construct coalitions insuring their survival in office. Political theorists, comparative politics specialists, public policy experts, and scholars of Latin America will want to read this book.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1987.

Many titles in the Voices Revived program are also newly available as ebooks, offered at a discounted price to support wider access to scholarly work.