02849nam 22006254a 450 991081248640332120200520144314.00-520-92516-51-59734-607-110.1525/9780520925168(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)9911105648564096619991027d2000 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrExperiencing politics a legislator's stories of government and health care /John E. McDonough1st ed.Berkeley University of California Pressc20001 online resource (355 p.)California/Milbank series on health and the public ;2Description based upon print version of record.0-520-22410-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-332) and index.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.California/Milbank series on health and the public ;2.LegislatorsMassachusettsPolitical planningMassachusettsMedical policyMassachusettsLegislatorsPolitical planningMedical policy328.744/092McDonough John E(John Edward)1697541Milbank Memorial FundMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812486403321Experiencing politics4192370UNINA