3651555Artists of the Possiblehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/artists-of-the-possible-9780190243326/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2451957/06c250a9-e02b-4461-b3dc-a7acc80283a7.jpg?v=638383994435070000830923MXNOxford University PressInStock/Ebooks/Do policymakers heed the voices of the American public or only the lobbyists in Washington? Why do they take action on health reform, but not gun control? Why does policymaking usually move slowly, and sometimes not at all? Artists of the Possible takes on these questions, analyzing sixty years of domestic policy history to provide a new understanding of what drives policymaking in all three branches of government. The results are surprising: public policy does not address the publics largest concerns. The amount of policy-and its liberal or conservative direction-emerges instead from coalition building and compromises among political elites. Elections, public opinion, and media coverage have little impact, no matter the issue area. Even changes in Washingtons partisan balance and ideological divides fail to reliably produce shifts in policy direction. This data-rich, exhaustively researched work overturns our most basic assumptions about how policy is made, challenging the notion that our government is of, by, and for the people....3587698Artists of the Possible830923https://www.gandhi.com.mx/artists-of-the-possible-9780190243326/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2451957/06c250a9-e02b-4461-b3dc-a7acc80283a7.jpg?v=638383994435070000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20149780190243326_W3siaWQiOiJjMjcwZWE5ZS0yMWU0LTRkMmYtYjgzNy1kNWI2YTU3OWY4ZmQiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjg5OSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjkwLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjgwOSwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTItMTdUMTE6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780190243326_Do policymakers heed the voices of the American public or only the lobbyists in Washington? Why do they take action on health reform, but not gun control? Why does policymaking usually move slowly, and sometimes not at all? Artists of the Possible takes on these questions, analyzing sixty years of domestic policy history to provide a new understanding of what drives policymaking in all three branches of government. The results are surprising: public policy does not address the publics largest concerns. The amount of policy-and its liberal or conservative direction-emerges instead from coalition building and compromises among political elites. Elections, public opinion, and media coverage have little impact, no matter the issue area. Even changes in Washingtons partisan balance and ideological divides fail to reliably produce shifts in policy direction. This data-rich, exhaustively researched work overturns our most basic assumptions about how policy is made, challenging the notion that our government is of, by, and for the people....9780190243326_Oxford University Presslibro_electonico_61ac4fb4-2284-3b88-a2d6-18f037be0de3_9780190243326;9780190243326_9780190243326Matt GrossmannInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/oxfordupuk-epub-6a8fa619-abb0-46c4-8af4-a37f41eccfed.epub2014-04-10T00:00:00+00:00Oxford University Press