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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812486403321

Autore

McDonough John E (John Edward)

Titolo

Experiencing politics : a legislator's stories of government and health care / / John E. McDonough

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000

ISBN

0-520-92516-5

1-59734-607-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (355 p.)

Collana

California/Milbank series on health and the public ; ; 2

Disciplina

328.744/092

Soggetti

Legislators - Massachusetts

Political planning - Massachusetts

Medical policy - Massachusetts

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-332) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword by Daniel M. Fox and Samuel L. Milbank; Acknowledgments; 1. Politics Is . . . and Debating Points; 2. The Stories We Tell and the X-Men; 3. Landlords, Tenants, and Conflict; 4. Interests and a Fiscal Crisis; 5. Representation, Relationships, and Campaign Warchests; 6. Punctuated Equilibrium and the Fate of Hospital Rate Setting; 7. Agendas and Children's Health Care; 8. Conversations, Games, and the Death Penalty; 9. Concluding Remarks; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

John E. McDonough affords a rare glimpse into the practice of state politics in this insider's account of the fascinating interface between political science and real-life politics. A member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for thirteen years and a skilled storyteller, McDonough eloquently weaves together stories of politics and policy with engaging theoretical models in a way that illuminates both the theory and the practice.