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Experiencing politics : a legislator's stories of government and health care / / John E. McDonough



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Autore: McDonough John E (John Edward) Visualizza persona
Titolo: Experiencing politics : a legislator's stories of government and health care / / John E. McDonough Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (355 p.)
Disciplina: 328.744/092
Soggetto topico: Legislators - Massachusetts
Political planning - Massachusetts
Medical policy - Massachusetts
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-332) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
Sommario/riassunto: John 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Experiencing politics  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-92516-5
1-59734-607-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910812486403321
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Serie: California/Milbank series on health and the public ; ; 2.