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While governmental policies and institutions may remain more or less the same for years, they can also change suddenly and unpredictably in response to new political agendas and crises. What causes stability or change in the political system? What role do political institutions play in this process? To investigate these questions, Policy Dynamics draws on the most extensive data set yet compiled for public policy issues in the United States. Spanning the past half-century, these data make it possible to trace policies and legislation, public and media attention to them, and governmental decisions over time and across institutions. Some chapters analyze particular policy areas, such as health care, national security, and immigration, while others focus on institutional questions such as congressional procedures and agendas and the differing responses by Congress and the Supreme Court to new issues. Policy Dynamics presents a radical vision of how the federal government evolves in response to new challenges-and the research tools that others may use to critique or extend that vision.
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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226039412
ISBN-13
9780226039411
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2255866
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Trade Paperback
Publication Year
2002
Language
English
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Weight
19.8 Oz
Width
6in.
Height
0.9in.
Length
9in.
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Dewey Edition
21
Table of Content
Preface List of Contributors Part One: Theoretical Beginnings 1 Positive and Negative Feedback in Politics Frank R. Baumgartner and Bryan D. Jones 2 Studying Policy Dynamics Frank R. Baumgartner, Bryan D. Jones, and John D. Wilkerson Part Two: Multidimensionality and Punctuated Equilibrium in Public Policy 3 The Logic of Positive Feedback: Telecommunications Policy through the Creation, Maintenance, and Destruction of a Regulated Monopoly Michael C. MacLeod 4 The Multiple and Changing Goals of Immigration Reform: A Comparison of House and Senate Activity, 19471993 Valerie F. Hunt 5 Multiple Topics, Multiple Targets, Multiple Goals, and Multiple Decision Makers: Congressional Consideration of Comprehensive Health Care Reform John W. Hardin 6 The Multiple Goals of Science and Technology Policy T. Jens Feeley 7 The Changing Focus of National Security Policy James L. True Part Three: The Coevolution of the Issues and Structures of American Politics 8 The Changing Public Agenda over the Postwar Period Jeffery C. Talbert and Matthew Potoski 9 Omnibus Legislation: An Institutional Reaction to the Rise of New Issues Glen S. Krutz 10 New Issues, New Members: Committee Composition and the Transformation of Issue Agendas on the House Banking and Public Works Committees E. Scott Adler 11 Using Bills and Hearings to Trace Attention in Congress: Policy Windows in Health Care Legislating John D. Wilkerson, T. Jens Feeley, Nicole S. Schiereck, and Christina Sue 12 The Changing Agendas of Congress and the Supreme Court Frank R. Baumgartner and Jamie K. Gold Part Four: Conclusions 13 Punctuations, Ideas, and Public Policy Bryan D. Jones and Frank R. Baumgartner Appendices References Index