Bibliograph

The great broadening, how the vast expansion of the policy-making agenda transformed American politics, Bryan D. Jones, Sean M. Theriault, Michelle C. Whyman

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The great broadening, how the vast expansion of the policy-making agenda transformed American politics, Bryan D. Jones, Sean M. Theriault, Michelle C. Whyman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-303) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The great broadening

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1051682869

Responsibility statement

Bryan D. Jones, Sean M. Theriault, Michelle C. Whyman

Sub title

how the vast expansion of the policy-making agenda transformed American politics

Table Of Contents

The great broadening -- The internal dynamics of the great broadening -- Crossing the legitimacy barrier -- Arcs and plateaus -- Dynamics of the great broadening -- Causes of the great broadening -- Causes of the great broadening: conventional explanations -- Causes of the great broadening: the role of social movements -- Feedback politics -- Consequences of the great broadening -- Transformation of us law: broadening and then thickening -- The administrative state and its legislative oversight -- Polarization in Congress: a macro-level analysis -- Appendix: Granger causality -- Microstory of polarization in Congress -- The interest-group system -- Politics of conservative reaction -- Extreme events, feedback policy-making, and American politics

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