Incrementalism and Policymaking in the USA

Adaptations for a Partisan Age
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-38487-5
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 90 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 147 g

This book examines incrementalism as a policymaking process in the USA. It provides an overview of incrementalism as a theoretical concept, assesses historical and contemporary attitudes toward it, and considers it as a viable alternative to rationality. The book argues that incrementalism is both an inevitable and desirable method of policymaking, despite seeming ill suited to the current system of highly ideological and polarized political parties. It also advocates a return to realism in which policymakers on both the left and right recognize the superiority of incrementalism, as well as a new system of partisan incrementalism through which political parties compete by offering distinctive incremental alternatives on major policy issues. The book will appeal to scholars and students of American public policy, public administration and politics.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hayes, Michael T.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Incrementalism, Realism, and Idealism.- 2. A Realist Case for Incrementalism.- 3. Partisan Incrementalism: Realism within a Madisonian Context.- 4. Normal incrementalism: Theory and Application to Welfare Reform.- 5. Incrementalism and Political Inequality.- 6. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Michael T. Hayes is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at Colgate University, USA