Cover; Artists of the Possible; Studies In Postwar American Political Development; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Insularity of American Policymaking; Chapter 2 Aggregating Policy History; Chapter 3 Does the Issue Agenda Matter?; Chapter 4 The Long Great Society; Chapter 5 Issue Politics and the Policy Process; Chapter 6 Explaining Policy Change; Conclusion; Appendix A Policy History Sources and Content Analysis Questions; Appendix B Models of Explanations for Policy Change; Notes; References; Index
Summary
The project relies on a content analysis of 268 books and articles on the history of 14 different major policy areas over 60 years. The histories collectively uncover the 790 most significant policy enactments of the federal government and credit 1,306 specific actors for their role in policy change, along with more than 60 circumstantial factors. The book compiles and integrates these findings to assess the factors that drive policymaking
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 4, 2014)