This collection of articles looks beyond the often-explored lobbying activities of trade associations to examine and account for the increasing political involvement of individual business firms during the 1970s and 1980s. Unlike much of the literature on business-government relations, this volume is aimed at practicing public affairs managers and business executives, the teachers who prepare them for their profession, and management and public policy scholars.
This collection of articles looks beyond the often-explored lobbying activities of trade associations to examine and account for the increasing pol...
While civics textbooks describe an idealized model of "how a bill becomes law;" journalists often emphasize special interest lobbying and generous campaign contributions to Congress; and other textbooks describe common stages through which all policies progress, these approaches fail to convey--much less explain--the tremendous diversity in political processes that shape specific policies in contemporary Washington.
Bridging the gap between textbook models of how public policy should work, and how the process actually works in contemporary Washington, Pathways of Power...
While civics textbooks describe an idealized model of "how a bill becomes law;" journalists often emphasize special interest lobbying and generous ...
Conventional treatments of the policy process portray a single, idealized model of "how a bill becomes law"; journalistic treatments tend to emphasize the role of special interests and campaign contributions to Congress; and many college textbooks describe a common set of stages through which all policies progress, from agenda setting to legitimation to implementation. While these approaches have their merits, they fail to convey--much less explain--the great diversity of political processes that shape specific policies in contemporary Washington. Rather than a single route along which all...
Conventional treatments of the policy process portray a single, idealized model of "how a bill becomes law"; journalistic treatments tend to emphasize...
