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Lessons of Disaster
Policy Change after Catastrophic Events
Häftad, 2006
437 kr
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Even before the wreckage of a disaster is cleared, one question is foremost in the minds of the public: "What can be done to prevent this from happening again?" Today, news media and policymakers often invoke the "lessons of September 11" and the "lessons of Hurricane Katrina." Certainly, these …
Dam Politics
Restoring America's Rivers
Häftad, 2003
494 kr
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The politics of building dams and levees and other structures are just part of the policies determining how American rivers are managed or mismanaged. America's well-being depends upon the health of those rivers and important decisions go beyond just dam-building or dam removal. American rivers are …
Taking the Initiative
Leadership Agendas in Congress and the "Contract With America"
Häftad, 1996
629 kr
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"Taking the Initiative" shows that majority party leaders in Congress have set and successfully pushed their own policy agendas for decades - revealing the 'Contract With America' as only the most recent, and certainly not the most successful, example of independent policy making. Cutting deeply …
Expert Advice for Policy Choice
Analysis and Discourse
Av Duncan MacRae Jr., Dale Whittington
Häftad, 1997
494 kr
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Economic reasoning has thus far dominated the field of public policy analysis. This new introduction to the field posits that policy analysis should have both a broader interdisciplinary base - including criteria from such fields as political science, sociology, law, and philosophy, as well as …
Green Politics and Global Trade
NAFTA and the Future of Environmental Politics
Häftad, 1997
629 kr
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Environmental groups for the first time formalized their role in shaping U.S. and international trade policy during their involvement in NAFTA negotiations. John J. Audley identifies the political forces responsible for forging this new intersection of trade and environment policy during NAFTA …
After Disaster
Agenda Setting, Public Policy, and Focusing Events
Häftad, 1997
447 kr
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Disasters like earthquakes are known as focusing events - sudden calamities that cause both citizens and policymakers to pay more attention to a public problem and often to press for solutions. This book, the first comprehensive analysis of these dramatic events, explains how and why some public …
Preserving Public Lands for the Future
The Politics of Intergenerational Goods
Häftad, 1998
797 kr
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Comparing national efforts to preserve public lands, William R. Lowry investigates how effectively and under what conditions governments can provide goods for future generations. Providing intergenerational goods, ranging from balanced budgets to space programs and natural environments, is …
Politics of Unfunded Mandates
Whither Federalism?
Häftad, 1998
417 kr
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This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the politics behind the use of mandates requiring state and local governments to implement federal policy. Over the last twenty-five years, during both liberal and conservative eras, federal mandates have emerged as a resilient tool for advancing the …
Lobbying Together
Interest Group Coalitions in Legislative Politics
Häftad, 1999
797 kr
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Today organized interests fight most of their major battles within coalitions. Whether joining forces to address tobacco legislation or proposed air safety regulations, Washington lobbyists with seemingly little in common are combining their clout to get results. Kevin Hula here examines why …
Politics of Automobile Insurance Reform
Ideas, Institutions, and Public Policy in North America
Inbunden, 1999
993 kr
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American state and Canadian provincial governments have dealt with rapidly rising auto insurance rates in different ways over the last two decades, a difference many attribute to variances in political pressure exerted by interest groups such as trial attorneys and insurance companies. Edward L. …
Controlling Technocracy
Citizen Rationality and the NIMBY Syndrome
Häftad, 1999
417 kr
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Disputes over hazardous waste sites usually are resolved by giving greater weight to expert opinion over public "not-in-my-back-yard" reactions. Challenging the assumption that policy experts are better able to discern the general welfare, Gregory E. McAvoy here proposes that citizen opinion and …
Political Economy of Special-Purpose Government
Häftad, 1999
629 kr
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In recent decades, local governments across America have increasingly turned specialized functions over to autonomous agencies ranging in scope from subdivision-sized water districts to multi-state transit authorities. This book is the first comprehensive examination of the causes and consequences …
Conflict Amid Consensus in American Trade Policy
Häftad, 2000
591 kr
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Americans have witnessed inconsistent and seemingly dramatic turnabouts in legislators' attitudes toward trade, with strong bipartisan support for free trade and the Uruguay Round in one instant and heated debate over participation in the World Trade Organization the next. Martha L. Gibson …
Budgeting Entitlements
The Politics of Food Stamps
Inbunden, 2000
993 kr
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As budgetary concerns have come to dominate Congressional action, the design and implementation of welfare programs have come under greater scrutiny. This book focuses on the food stamp program to examine how the growing integration of welfare and budgeting has affected both politics and people. …
Politics of Ideas and the Spread of Enterprise Zones
Häftad, 2000
463 kr
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This book explores how policy ideas are spread - or diffused - in an age in which policymaking has become increasingly complex and specialized. Using the concept of enterprise zones as a case study in policy diffusion, Karen Mossberger compares the process of their adoption in Virginia, Indiana, …
Fenced Off
The Suburbanization of American Politics
Häftad, 2001
629 kr
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Since the 1980s a distinctive suburban politics has emerged in the United States, Juliet F. Gainsborough argues in "Fenced Off". As suburbs have become less economically and socially dependent on the central cities, suburban and urban dwellers have diverged not only in their voting patterns but …
Improving Governance
A New Logic for Empirical Research
Av Laurence E. Lynn Jr., Carolyn J. Heinrich m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
1872 kr
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Policymakers and public managers around the world have become preoccupied with the question of how their goals can be achieved in a way that rebuilds public confidence in government. Yet because public policies and programs increasingly are being administered through a complicated web of …
Government Taketh Away
The Politics of Pain in the United States and Canada
Av Leslie A. Pal, R. Kent Weaver
Häftad, 2003
629 kr
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Democratic government is about making choices. Sometimes those choices involve the distribution of benefits. At other times they involve the imposition of some type of loss-a program cut, increased taxes, or new regulatory standards. Citizens will resist such impositions if they can, or will try to …
Virtual Inequality
Beyond the Digital Divide
Av Karen Mossberger, Caroline J. Tolbert m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
648 kr
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That there is a "digital divide" - which falls between those who have and can afford the latest in technological tools and those who have neither in our society - is indisputable. "Virtual Inequality" redefines the issue as it explores the cascades of that divide, which involve access, skill, …
Terra Incognita
Vacant Land and Urban Strategies
Häftad, 2004
643 kr
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Boon or blight? Ann Bowman and Michael Pagano define "vacant land" broadly, to include everything from brownfields (environmentally contaminated land) through trashed lots and abandoned buildings to greenspace (parks, community gardens, etc.). "Terra Incognita" takes a fresh look at what they …
How Governments Privatize
The Politics of Divestment in the United States and Germany
Av Mark Cassell
Häftad, 2003
797 kr
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Governments throughout the world confront enormous challenges when divesting. Whether it is poor-performing bank loans in Japan and Korea, military bases in the United States, or real estate in eastern Europe, the challenge of public divestment is more than just a question of how to map a path to …
Metropolitan Governance
Conflict, Competition, and Cooperation
Häftad, 2004
471 kr
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"Metropolitan Governance" is the first book to bring together competing perspectives on the question and consequences of centralized vs. decentralized regional government. Presenting original contributions by some of the most notable names in the field of urban politics, this volume examines the …
Making Policy, Making Law
An Interbranch Perspective
Häftad, 2004
378 kr
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The functioning of the U.S. government is a bit messier than Americans would like to think. The general understanding of policymaking has Congress making the laws, executive agencies implementing them, and the courts applying the laws as written - as long as those laws are constitutional. "Making …
Transatlantic Policymaking in an Age of Austerity
Diversity and Drift
Av Flor Aarts, Martin A. Levin m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
358 kr
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"Transatlantic Policymaking in an Age of Austerity" integrates the study of politics and public policy across a broad spectrum of regulatory and social welfare policies in the United States and several nations of Western Europe. The editors and a sterling list of contributors look at policymaking …
Shadowlands of Conduct
Ethics and State Politics
Häftad, 2005
643 kr
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Although the linking of "ethics" and "politics" may seem more like the ingredients for a comedian's monologue, it is a sober issue and one that affects every American - especially when it comes to state politics, where the cynical might say ethics can never survive. To find examples of the latest …
Power, Knowledge, and Politics
Policy Analysis in the States
Av John A. Hird
Häftad, 2005
643 kr
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If knowledge is power, then John Hird has opened the doors for anyone interested in public policymaking and policy analysis on the state level. A beginning question might be: does politics put gasoline or sugar in the tank? More specifically, in a highly partisan political environment, is …
Ten Thousand Democracies
Politics and Public Opinion in America's School Districts
Häftad, 2005
775 kr
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The essence of democracy is popular sovereignty. The people rule. In the United States, citizens exercise this right through elected officials who they believe will best represent their own values and interests. But are those interests and values always being followed? Authors Michael B. Berkman …
Globalization and the Politics of Pay
Policy Choices in the American States
Häftad, 2006
662 kr
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In the American federal system, states actively compete for jobs, business investment, and factory locations. Labor costs have played an important role in such interstate competition since the days of the pre-Civil War plantation economy. In recent years, however, global economic trends have put …
School's In
Federalism and the National Education Agenda
Av Paul Manna
Häftad, 2006
348 kr
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For most of the history of the United States, citizens and elected officials alike considered elementary and secondary education to be the quintessential state and local function. Only in the past four decades, from Lyndon B. Johnson's signing of the landmark Elementary and Secondary Education Act …
Federalism and Environmental Policy
Trust and the Politics of Implementation, Second Edition, Revised and Updated
Häftad, 2004
797 kr
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Giving particular attention to intergovernmental working relationships, this revised edition of "Federalism and Environmental Policy" has been significantly updated to reflect the changes that have taken place since the highly praised first edition. Denise Scheberle examines reasons why …
