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Author Grossmann, Matthew, author

Title Artists of the possible : governing networks and American policy change since 1945 / Matt Grossmann
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (x, 249 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
Series Studies in postwar American political development
Oxford studies in postwar American political development
Contents 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)
Subject Political planning -- United States -- History
Policy sciences -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
Policy sciences
Political planning
Politics and government
Government - U.S.
Law, Politics & Government.
Political Institutions & Public Administration - U.S., General.
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410
Subject United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Oxford University Press
ISBN 9780199370726
0199370729
9780199967858
0199967857