Paradoxes of modernization [electronic resource] : unintended consequences of public policy reform / edited by Helen Margetts, Perri 6, Christopher Hood. Margetts, Helen. 6, Perri, 1960- Hood, Christopher, 1947- Policy sciences. H97 320.6 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. 'Paradoxes of Modernization' explores the unintended and unanticipated effects associated with 'modernisation' projects and tackles the key question that they provoke - why do policy-makers persist in such enterprises in the face of evidence that they tend to fail? Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2010. c2010. 2010 Text 1 online resource (xv, 272 p.) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199573547.001.0001 eng