How Change Happens - Or Doesn't: The Politics of US Public Policy

by Elaine C. Kamarck

Book Overview

How do transformative changes in public policy take place? Why do some issues rise to the top of the political agenda, while others are completely ignored? What makes some major policy initiatives succeed-at times, even when the odds are decidedly against them-while others fail or languish for decades? Answering those questions is the purpose of this book. Elaine Kamarck traces the paths of a series of modern policy initiatives from the orderly world...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588269396
• ISBN13: 9781588269393
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
• Length: 163 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.5" x 5.8"