03177nam 2200613 450 991078787700332120200520144314.00-7391-8660-4(CKB)2670000000544677(EBL)1629202(OCoLC)871223863(SSID)ssj0001132708(PQKBManifestationID)12442944(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001132708(PQKBWorkID)11155580(PQKB)10375474(MiAaPQ)EBC1629202(Au-PeEL)EBL1629202(CaPaEBR)ebr10906707(CaONFJC)MIL577894(EXLCZ)99267000000054467720140819h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe path of American public policy comparative perspectives /Anne Marie Cammisa and Paul Christopher ManuelLanham, Maryland ;Plymouth, England :Lexington Books,2014.©20141 online resource (239 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-8661-2 0-7391-8659-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Contents""; ""List of Images""; ""Preface. Along the Bumpy, Cobblestoned Path""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter 1. Of Ideas and Institutions: The Foundational Tension of American Democracy""; ""Chapter 2. The Path of Political Development in Great Britain and the United States: A Brief Comparative History""; ""Chapter 3. Agenda Setting and Agenda Control: Case One: A Legislative History of the 1994 Republican Contract with America""; ""Chapter 4. Agenda Setting and Agenda Control: Case Two: The 2008â€?2010 Battle over Healthcare""""Chapter 5. What if American Democracy Were on a Different Path?""""Chapter 6. Conclusion: Ideas and Institutions Matter""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Authors""Among all the worlds' democracies, the American system of government is perhaps the most self-conscious about preventing majority tyranny. The American constitutional system is predicated on an inherent ideational and institutional tension dating back to the foundation of the nation in the eighteenth century, which constrains innovative policy development. Namely, the framers designed a system that simultaneously seeks to protect the rights of the minority out of power and provide for majority rule. These opposing goals are based on the idea that limiting governmental power will guarantee indiPolitical planningUnited StatesComparative governmentUnited StatesPolitics and governmentGreat BritainPolitics and governmentPolitical planningComparative government.320.60973Cammisa Anne Marie1582184Manuel Paul ChristopherMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787877003321The path of American public policy3864311UNINA