Unbroken Government

Success and the Illusion of Failure in Policymaking
2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-33918-8
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 189 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 363 g

Unbroken Government demonstrates how institutional and electoral characteristics present since the writing of the Constitution influence policy development. Utilizing policy areas as diverse as human spaceflight, clean air, homeland security, and foreign policy, this work shows how these patterns manifest themselves in the policymaking process.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Loparo, Kenneth A

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Institutions and Policy 2. The Institutional-Policy Cycle 3. Human Spaceflight and Clean Air Policy 4. A Tale of Two Chambers 5. Executives and Policy 6. Bureaucratic Influence and Discretion 7. Something Old, Something New, Something Federal 8. A Path Forward

Über Autor(innen)

Wendy N. Whitman Cobb is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Cameron University, USA. She received her PhD from the University of Florida, USA in 2012. Her studies focus on American institutions and public policy as well as US space policy.