Agendas and Instability in American Politics (Pocket)
avFrank R. Baumgartner, Bryan D. Jones, Frank R. Baumgartner
ISBN: 9780226039497 - UTGIVEN: 200905When "Agendas and Instability in American Politics" appeared fifteen years ago, offering a profoundly original account of how policy issues rise and fall on the national agenda, the "Journal of Politics" predicted that it would 'become a landmark study of public policy making and American politics'.[...]
The Politics of Information (Pocket)
avFrank R. Baumgartner, Bryan D. Jones, Frank R. Baumgartner
ISBN: 9780226198125 - UTGIVEN: 2015-01How does the government decide what's a problem and what isn't? Like individuals, Congress is subject to the "paradox of search." If policy makers don't look for problems, they won't find those that need to be addressed. But if they carry out a thorough search, they will almost certainly find new pr[...]
Lobbying and Policy Change (Häftad)
avFrank R. Baumgartner, Jeffrey M. Berry, Marie Hojnacki
ISBN: 9780226039459 - UTGIVEN: 200907During the 2008 election season, politicians from both sides of the aisle promised to rid government of lobbyists' undue influence. For the authors of Lobbying and Policy Change, the most extensive study ever done on the topic, these promises ring hollow - not because politicians fail to keep them b[...]
The Politics of Attention (Häftad)
avBryan D. Jones, Frank R. Baumgartner
ISBN: 9780226406534 - UTGIVEN: 200609On any given day, policymakers are required to address a multitude of problems and make decisions about a variety of issues, from the economy and education to health care and defense. This has been true for years, but until now no studies have been conducted on how politicians manage the flood of in[...]
