Agendas and Instability in American Politics, Second Edition Contributor(s): Baumgartner, Frank R. (Author), Jones, Bryan D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226039471 ISBN-13: 9780226039473 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $98.01 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - General |
Dewey: 320.609 |
LCCN: 2008041084 |
Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.10 lbs) 368 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: When Agendas and Instability in American Politics appeared fifteen years ago, offering a profoundly original account of how policy issues rise and fall on the national agenda, the Journal of Politics predicted that it would "become a landmark study of public policy making and American politics." That prediction proved true and, in this long-awaited second edition, Bryan Jones and Frank Baumgartner refine their influential argument and expand it to illuminate the workings of democracies beyond the United States. The authors retain all the substance of their contention that short-term, single-issue analyses cast public policy too narrowly as the result of cozy and dependable arrangements among politicians, interest groups, and the media. Jones and Baumgartner provide a different interpretation by taking the long view of several issues--including nuclear energy, urban affairs, smoking, and auto safety--to demonstrate that bursts of rapid, unpredictable policy change punctuate the patterns of stability more frequently associated with government. Featuring a new introduction and two additional chapters, this updated edition ensures that their findings will remain a touchstone of policy studies for many years to come. |
Contributor Bio(s): Baumgartner, Frank R.: - Frank R. Baumgartner is the Richard J. Richardson Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Jones, Bryan D.: - Bryan D. Jones is the J. J. "Jake" Pickle Regent's Chair in Congressional Studies in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. Together, they are the authors of several books, including, most recently, Agendas and Instability in American Politics, also published by the University of Chicago Press. |