Rhetoric and Reality: Presidential Commissions and the Making of Public Policy

ISBN-13: 9780367301491 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 184 str.

Opis

This book provides a detailed development of the concept of rhetorical policy as a first step in the policymaking process. It explores more than 100 public commissions using a model of the policymaking process that includes demands, decision and information costs, and policy results and outcomes.

Spis treści

Preface -- The President and Public Policy -- The Organizational Dynamics of Policy Commissions -- Policy Elites -- Policy Outputs: Commission Recommendations -- Policy Results: Presidential Action and Congressional Response -- Two Models: One of Rhetoric and One of Reality -- Toward More-Public Rhetoric -- Presidential Advisory Commissions -- Coding Procedure

O autorze

Terrence R. Tutchings is adjunct professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin and executive associate at the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health.