Break with convention - An original look at policymaking Policymaking is a messy business. It entails more than the traditional policy cycle discussed in most textbooks. And it involves more than presidents and members of Congress. 
Judges, bureaucrats, corporate leaders, journalists, and voters all influence and participate in the process, and at all levels of government. Each group practices a different kind of politics, which very often results in different policies and outcomes. By looking at six distinct, yet connected, policy domains, your students will see a more comprehensive and realistic view of policymaking: 
Boardroom Politics - decisions by professional and business leaders Bureaucratic Politics - rule-making and adjudication by administrators Cloakroom Politics - lawmaking by legislators Chief Executive Politics - decision making by presidents, governors, mayors, and their advisers Courtroom Politics - rulings by judges Living Room Politics - opinions expressed by and through the mass media, grassroots movements, political activists, and voters 
Policymakers are faced with tough choices. With this text, students are better prepared to evaluate their leaders' performance given the book'ss unique framework linking how policies are chosen with what policy is chosen. 
Thoroughly updated to reflect the issues of the early 21st century, this new edition also incorporates new and important scholarship. 
Recommended for classes in: Public Policy and American Government

Politics and Public Policy

Politics & Social Sciences

Gormley, William T.

Van Horn, Carl E.

Baumer, Donald C.

Politics & Government

Cq Pr

Getting beyond the traditional policy cycle discussed in most textbooks, the fully updated fourth edition of Politics and Public Policy offers a more comprehensive and realistic view of policymaking in the United States―one that looks beyond the jockeying between presidents and members of Congress, and explores the influence of corporate leaders, interest groups, bureaucrats, judges, and journalists. The book explores six distinct, yet connected, policy domains: <ul>
<li>Boardroom Politics (decisions by business leaders and professionals);</li> <li>Bureaucratic Politics (rule-making and adjudication by administrators);</li> <li>Cloakroom Politics (lawmaking by legislators);</li> <li>Chief Executive Politics (decision making by presidents, governors, mayors, and their advisers);</li> <li>Courtroom Politics (rulings by judges); and</li> <li>Living Room Politics (opinions expressed through the mass media, grassroots movements, political activists, and voters).</li> </ul>
The authors’ unique framework prepares students to evaluate the strategies of various political actors within each domain.

Politics and Public Policy: Strategic Actors and Policy Domains

CQ Press

Break with convention - An original look at policymaking
Policymaking is a messy business. It entails more than the traditional policy cycle discussed in most textbooks. And it involves more than presidents and members of Congress. 
Judges, bureaucrats, corporate leaders, journalists, and voters all influence and participate in the process, and at all levels of government. Each group practices a different kind of politics, which very often results in different policies and outcomes. By looking at six distinct, yet connected, policy domains, your students will see a more comprehensive and realistic view of policymaking: Boardroom Politics - decisions by professional and business leaders Bureaucratic Politics - rule-making and adjudication by administrators Cloakroom Politics - lawmaking by legislators Chief Executive Politics - decision making by presidents, governors, mayors, and their advisers Courtroom Politics - rulings by judges Living Room Politics - opinions expressed by and through the mass media, grassroots movements, political activists, and voters 
Policymakers are faced with tough choices. With this text, students are better prepared to evaluate their leaders′ performance given the book′ss unique framework linking how policies are chosen with what policy is chosen. 
Thoroughly updated to reflect the issues of the early 21st century, this new edition also incorporates new and important scholarship. 
Recommended for classes in: Public Policy and American Government

Politics and Public Policy (Paperback)

As evidenced in the 2008 elections and the transition to a new era of Democratic governance, one of the most important developments in American politics in recent years has been the resurgence of political parties. Democrats and Republicans represent different world views and policies, citizens recognise these differences, and many of them use party labels to make sense of the political world. Parties, Polarisation and Democracy in the United States describes and analyses the place of political parties in American politics today - both among elites and citizens at large. Many scholars and pundits denounce political polarisation; they view it as a symptom of a broken political system that provides unappealing choices for voters and that is frequently mired in deadlock. Baumer and Gold make a different argument - that party polarisation offers the kind of choice and accountability to voters that was not always present in earlier periods of American political history.

Parties, Polarization and Democracy in the United States

Gold, Howard J.

Routledge

Parties, Polarization, and Democracy in the United States

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