LEADER 02587oam 2200433I 450 001 9910974071903321 005 20251116170806.0 010 $a1-000-23821-0 010 $a0-429-30478-1 035 $a(CKB)4100000008702030 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5825507 035 $a(OCoLC)1108559029 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1108559029 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9780429304781 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008702030 100 $a20190715e20191979 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRhetoric and reality $ePresidential commissions and the making of public policy /$fTerrence R. Tutchings 210 $aLondon $cRoutledge$d2019 215 $a1 online resource (xviii, 164 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aWestview special studies in public policy and public systems management 300 $aFirst published 1979 by Westview Press. 311 08$a0-367-28603-3 330 $aSince 1945, the role of the president in shaping domestic and foreign policy has changed dramatically. Though the prodigious growth of the federal bureaucracy under the Executive Branch reflects much of this change, bureaucratic response to the major issues of the past three decades has been ineffective or nonexistent, and a notable parallel development has been the increasing use of public commissions in the policymaking process. Dr. Tutchings studies more than 100 public commissions using a model of the policymaking process that includes demands, decision and information costs, and policy results and outcomes. Reviewing the results of the commissions as reflected in presidential support of recommendations (via proposed legislation) and in congressional response, he notes that their membership has typically been dominated by government/corporate elites: as this membership has become more pluralistic, there has been a sharp decline in the contributions of the commissions to the policymaking process. Perhaps the most significant contribution of the book is its detailed development of the concept of rhetorical policy as a first step in the policymaking process. 410 0$aWestview special studies in public policy and public systems management. 606 $aExecutive advisory bodies$zUnited States 615 0$aExecutive advisory bodies 676 $a353.093 700 $aTutchings$b Terrence R$01874718 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910974071903321 996 $aRhetoric and reality$94485435 997 $aUNINA