Politics and Jobs: The Boundaries of Employment Policy in the United States

ISBN-13: 9780691024929 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 262 str.

Margaret Weir

Opis

Americans claim a strong attachment to the work ethic and regularly profess support for government policies to promote employment. Why, then, have employment policies gained only a tenuous foothold in the United States? To answer this question, Margaret Weir highlights two related elements: the power of ideas in policymaking and the politics of interest formation.