LEADER 03826nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910345144103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-15737-X 010 $a9786612157370 010 $a1-4008-2885-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400828852 035 $a(CKB)1000000000788404 035 $a(EBL)457875 035 $a(OCoLC)432996500 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000234729 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11202190 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000234729 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10241847 035 $a(PQKB)11567964 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC457875 035 $a(OCoLC)1132222917 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse71050 035 $a(DE-B1597)502060 035 $a(OCoLC)880917979 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400828852 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000788404 100 $a20080207d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReforms at risk $ewhat happens after major policy changes are enacted /$fEric M. Patashnik 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (254 p.) 225 1 $aPrinceton studies in American politics 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-11998-8 311 $a0-691-13897-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [181]-228) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : general-interest policymaking and the politics of reform sustainability -- Policy reform as a political project -- Expert ideas meet politics : reforming the tax code -- Freedom the agricultural welfare state : the mixed case of the Freedom to Farm Act -- Reforming the American welfare state : ERISA and the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act -- Uncle Sam goes shopping : reinventing government procurement -- Unshackling an unstable industry : airline deregulation -- Making pollution control pay : emissions trading for acid rain -- Conclusions : the patterns and paradoxes of policy reform. 330 $aReforms at Risk is the first book to closely examine what happens to sweeping and seemingly successful policy reforms after they are passed. Most books focus on the politics of reform adoption, yet as Eric Patashnik shows here, the political struggle does not end when major reforms become enacted. Why do certain highly praised policy reforms endure while others are quietly reversed or eroded away? Patashnik peers into some of the most critical arenas of domestic-policy reform--including taxes, agricultural subsidies, airline deregulation, emissions trading, welfare state reform, and reform of government procurement--to identify the factors that enable reform measures to survive. He argues that the reforms that stick destroy an existing policy subsystem and reconfigure the political dynamic. Patashnik demonstrates that sustainable reforms create positive policy feedbacks, transform institutions, and often unleash the ''creative destructiveness'' of market forces. Reforms at Risk debunks the argument that reforms inevitably fail because Congress is prey to special interests, and the book provides a more realistic portrait of the possibilities and limits of positive change in American government. It is essential reading for scholars and practitioners of U.S. politics and public policy, offering practical lessons for anyone who wants to ensure that hard-fought reform victories survive. 410 0$aPrinceton studies in American politics. 606 $aPolitical planning$zUnited States 615 0$aPolitical planning 676 $a320.60973 700 $aPatashnik$b Eric M$0865798 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910345144103321 996 $aReforms at Risk$92565187 997 $aUNINA