Matt Grossmann is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Michigan State University and author of The Not-So-Special Interests.
发表于2024-11-08
Artists of the Possible 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
图书标签: 美国政策研究 比较政治 政策过程 政治学 利益集团 公共政策 公众舆论
Do policymakers heed the voices of the American public or only the lobbyists in Washington? Why do they take action on health reform, but not gun control? Why does policymaking usually move slowly, and sometimes not at all? Artists of the Possible takes on these questions, analyzing sixty years of domestic policy history to provide a new understanding of what drives policymaking in all three branches of government. The results are surprising: public policy does not address the public's largest concerns. The amount of policy-and its liberal or conservative direction-emerges instead from coalition building and compromises among political elites. Elections, public opinion, and media coverage have little impact, no matter the issue area. Even changes in Washington's partisan balance and ideological divides fail to reliably produce shifts in policy direction. This data-rich, exhaustively researched work overturns our most basic assumptions about how policy is made, challenging the notion that our government is of, by, and for the people.
Artists of the Possible 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书