Description |
1 online resource (xii, 342 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
California/Milbank series on health and the public ; 2 |
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California/Milbank series on health and the public ; 2.
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Contents |
Foreword by Daniel M. Fox and Samuel L. Milbank; Acknowledgments; 1. Politics Is ... and Debating Points; 2. The Stories We Tell and the X-Men; 3. Landlords, Tenants, and Conflict; 4. Interests and a Fiscal Crisis; 5. Representation, Relationships, and Campaign Warchests; 6. Punctuated Equilibrium and the Fate of Hospital Rate Setting; 7. Agendas and Children's Health Care; 8. Conversations, Games, and the Death Penalty; 9. Concluding Remarks; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index |
Summary |
John E. McDonough affords a rare glimpse into the practice of state politics in this insider's account of the fascinating interface between political science and real-life politics. A member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for thirteen years and a skilled storyteller, McDonough eloquently weaves together stories of politics and policy with engaging theoretical models in a way that illuminates both the theory and the practice |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-332) and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives.
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SUBJECT |
Massachusetts General Court. House of Representatives |
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Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives fast |
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Legislators -- Massachusetts
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Political planning -- Massachusetts
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Medical policy -- Massachusetts
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Medical policy.
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Politics, Practical.
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Health Policy
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Politics
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politics.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Legislative Branch.
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Politics, Practical
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Legislators
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Medical policy
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Political planning
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SUBJECT |
Massachusetts |
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Massachusetts
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
99056844 |
ISBN |
9780520925168 |
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0520925165 |
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058538911X |
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9780585389110 |
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0520224108 |
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9780520224100 |
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0520224116 |
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9780520224117 |
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1597346071 |
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9781597346078 |
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