03746nam 22009253u 450 991078007720332120230207222859.00-520-92516-51-59734-607-110.1525/9780520925168(CKB)111056485640966(EBL)224390(OCoLC)475931132(SSID)ssj0000152023(PQKBManifestationID)11162330(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000152023(PQKBWorkID)10340297(PQKB)10207482(MiAaPQ)EBC224390(DE-B1597)649347(DE-B1597)9780520925168(EXLCZ)9911105648564096620130418d2000|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrExperiencing politics[electronic resource] a legislator's stories of government and health careBerkeley University of California Press20001 online resource (355 p.)California/Milbank Books on Health and the PublicDescription based upon print version of record.0-520-22410-8 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; IndexJohn 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.LegislatorsMassachusetts.-- General Court.-- House of RepresentativesMedical policy - MassachusettsPolitical planning - MassachusettsHealth PolicyPoliticsPublic PolicySocial SciencesSocial Control PoliciesSocial Control, FormalPolicyHealth Care Economics and OrganizationsSociologyHealth CareState Government - U.SHILCCGovernment - U.SHILCCLaw, Politics & GovernmentHILCCLegislators.Massachusetts.-- General Court.-- House of Representatives.Medical policy - Massachusetts.Political planning - Massachusetts.Health PolicyPoliticsPublic PolicySocial SciencesSocial Control PoliciesSocial Control, FormalPolicyHealth Care Economics and OrganizationsSociologyHealth CareState Government - U.S.Government - U.S.Law, Politics & Government328.744/092McDonough John E618141Milbank Memorial FundAU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910780077203321Experiencing politics3755358UNINA