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When Bad Policy Makes Good Politics
Robert P. Saldin
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Paperback. Series: Studies in Postwar American Political Development. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. .
From all outward appearances, the American policymaking process has been revolutionized in the last half century. Beginning in the 1970s, new safeguards were put in place to prevent the kind of free-wheeling and sometimes reckless policymaking environment of earlier periods. These changes--including the creation of the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office--were widely hailed as ushering in a new era of accountability in Washington and putting an end to the days when cagey political operatives could rush major legislation through Congress without any real consideration of the economic costs. But what if the supposedly new and improved policymaking process that resulted from ... Read more
From all outward appearances, the American policymaking process has been revolutionized in the last half century. Beginning in the 1970s, new safeguards were put in place to prevent the kind of free-wheeling and sometimes reckless policymaking environment of earlier periods. These changes--including the creation of the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office--were widely hailed as ushering in a new era of accountability in Washington and putting an end to the days when cagey political operatives could rush major legislation through Congress without any real consideration of the economic costs. But what if the supposedly new and improved policymaking process that resulted from ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Postwar American Political Development
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190255442
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V9780190255442
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About Robert P. Saldin
Robert Saldin is Associate Professor of Political Science and the Director of the Project on American Democracy and Citizenship at Montana State University. He is also the author of War, the American State, and Politics since 1898.
Reviews for When Bad Policy Makes Good Politics
Rob Saldin has written the kind of book that I wish I had authored, the kind that is an instant "classic" in the discipline.
Patricia Strach, The Forum
When Bad Policy Makes Good Politics helps readers to appreciate the challenges of advancing solutions in the policy domain of long-term care, which are themselves fascinating, complex, and likely largely ... Read more
Patricia Strach, The Forum
When Bad Policy Makes Good Politics helps readers to appreciate the challenges of advancing solutions in the policy domain of long-term care, which are themselves fascinating, complex, and likely largely ... Read more