Living the Policy Process
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 20 March 2008
- ISBN 9780195335392
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages432 pages
- Size 233x159x23 mm
- Weight 603 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 10 line illustrations 0
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Long description:
Policymaking in large bureaucracies is hardly a simple process. Even the most respected policymakers have to contend with obstacles that seemingly have little to do with the issue at hand - office politics, work structure, and shifting political environments. Yet learning to manage such complex environments is necessary for good policymaking. In Living the Policy Process, Philip Heymann outlines the complex thought processes of policymakers as they struggle to influence both foreign and domestic policy decisions from within the United States government bureaucracy.
Focusing on three critical situations to illuminate the politics of policy choice-the successful attempt to sell missiles to the Mujahideen in Afghanistan in the 1980s; the Iran-Contra scandal; and the FDA's attempt to regulate smoking as well as the efforts to do the same by an outside lobbyist-Heymann dissects the intuitive yet rigorous framework that highly skilled policymakers follow to influence government outcomes. Throughout, he offers detailed accounts of the policy process at work in the Reagan, first Bush, and Clinton administrations, from the cabinet level down to the middle tiers of the federal bureaucracy.
Heymann deftly describes the shifting real-world conditions that government officials face as they struggle to shape the policy agenda. Ultimately, Living the Policy Process offers a clear, incisive look at the complex considerations involved from all perspectives, with concrete examples, and enriches the understanding of the overall policy process for students, scholars, and practitioners.
Anyone wanting to understand how public policies are made and how 'policy entrepreneurs' and special interests affect that process should read this superb book.
Table of Contents:
Preface: The Logic of Governmental Policy Choice
Introduction
Part I: Missiles for the Mujahideen
The Stinger Missile Case
Concerns and the Set of Beliefs that Connect Actions to Them
The Action Resumes in the Battle over the Stinger Missile
An Individual's Understanding of the Situation
Agendas and Windows of Opportunity
Influencing Others
Part II: Retaliation, Ransom, Revenues, Respect, and Rebellion
Respect and Loyalty
A Structure Held Together By Respect
Part III: Nicotine for Teens
Similarities and Differences
Recognizing and Creating a Dramatic Change in Setting for Policy Choice
Rival Coalitions of Influential Private Parties, and Congress as the Decision Maker
The Politics of Coalition Formation to Influence Legislation
The Dependence of Policy Outcomes on Processes of Choice
Weighing Intangibles, Questioning Assumptions
Effects of Process on Results
Appedices
List of Suggested Readings
