| Politics and Jobs: The Boundaries of Employment Policy in the United States Revised Edition Contributor(s): Weir, Margaret (Author) |
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ISBN: 0691024928 ISBN-13: 9780691024929 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $59.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1993 Annotation: Americans claim a strong attachment to the work ethic and regularly profess support for government policies to promote employment. Why, then, have employment policies gained only a tenuous foothold in the United States? Margaret answer this question with two related elements: the power of ideas in policy as a straightforward outcome of public preferences, she shows how ideas frame problems and how interests from around possibilities created by the interplay of ideas and politics. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy - Political Science | American Government - General |
| Dewey: 339.509 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.09" W x 9.22" (0.82 lbs) 262 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Americans claim a strong attachment to the work ethic and regularly profess support for government policies to promote employment. Why, then, have employment policies gained only a tenuous foothold in the United States? To answer this question, Margaret Weir highlights two related elements: the power of ideas in policymaking and the politics of interest formation. |