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The politics of major policy reform in postwar America
- Title
- The politics of major policy reform in postwar America / edited by Jeffery A. Jenkins, University of Virginia ; Sidney M. Milkis, University of Virginia.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2014]
- Supplementary Content
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- Description
- ix, 322 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "The Politics of Major Policy Reform in Postwar America examines the politics of recent landmark policy in areas such as homeland security, civil rights, health care, immigration, and trade, and it does so within a broad theoretical and historical context. By considering the politics of major programmatic reforms in the United States since the Second World War - specifically, courses of action aimed at dealing with perceived public problems - a group of distinguished scholars sheds light not only on significant efforts to ameliorate widely recognized ills in domestic and foreign affairs but also on systemic developments in American politics and government. In sum, this volume provides a comprehensive understanding of how major policy breakthroughs are achieved, stifled, or compromised in a political system conventionally understood as resistant to major change. Jeffery A. Jenkins is a Professor in the Department of Politics and Faculty Associate in the Miller Center at the University of Virginia. He has published more than thirty articles in peer-reviewed journals, such as the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, and Studies in American Political Development. He is also the author (with Charles Stewart III) of Fighting for the Speakership: The House and the Rise of Party Government (2013) and the editor (with Eric M. Patashnik) of Living Legislation: Durability, Change, and the Politics of American Lawmaking (2012)"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language (note)
- Text in English.
- Contents
- Introduction : the rise of a policy state? / Jeffery A. Jenkins and Sidney Milkis -- The long 1950s as a policy era / David R. Mayhew -- Litigation and reform / Sean Farhang -- Courts and agencies in the American civil rights state / R. Shep Melnick -- The politics of labor policy reform / Dorian T. Warren -- Teachers unions and American education reform : the power of vested interests / Terry M. Moe -- Progressive federalism and the contested implementation of Obama's health reform / Lawrence R. Jacobs and Theda Skocpol -- Federalism and the politics of immigration reform / Carol M. Swain and Virginia M. Yetter -- Trade politics and reform / Judith Goldstein -- The politics of intelligence reform / Richard H. Immerman -- Follow the leader : major changes to homeland security and terrorism policy / Jennifer L. Merolla and Paul Pulido -- Conclusion : Madison upside-down : the policy roots of our polarized politics / Paul Pierson.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-4364
- ISBN
- 9781107034983
- 1107034981
- 9781107668485
- 1107668484
- LCCN
- 2014005137
- 40024266331
- OCLC
- 873902588
- Title
- The politics of major policy reform in postwar America / edited by Jeffery A. Jenkins, University of Virginia ; Sidney M. Milkis, University of Virginia.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2014]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language
- Text in English.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Jenkins, Jeffery A., editor.Milkis, Sidney M., editor.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40024266331
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-4364