Government at Work

Policymaking in the Twenty-First-Century Congress
Herausgeber: Ahuja, Sunil; Dewhirst, Robert

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This edited volume features academic experts using leading policy frameworks to analyze the prominent U.S. public policy issues of the twenty-first century. Readers will learn about the similarities and fundamentals of policy development while also seeing the unique issues and obstacles found in each policy environment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781498530576
• ISBN-10: 1498530575
• Artikelnr.: 44437617

Autorenporträt

Sunil Ahuja is vice president for accreditation relations, institutional change, and research at the Higher Learning Commission. Robert E. Dewhirst is professor of political science at Northwest Missouri State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword, Robert P. Watson
Preface
Chapter 1: The Politics of the Policymaking Process in a Time of
Hyperpartisanship, Sunil Ahuja and Robert E. Dewhirst
Chapter 2: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (2009), Michelle L. Wade
Chapter 3: The Struggle to Repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell (2010), Sean D.
Foreman
Chapter 4: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), Douglas
M. Brattebo
Chapter 5: Higher Education Opportunity Act (2008), Sunil Ahuja
Chapter 6: Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act and Citizens United v. FEC (2002,
2010), Peter J. Bergerson, Margaret E. Banyan, Ashley Skalecki, and Aleea
L. Perry
Chapter 7: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
(2010), Marcia L. Godwin with Shandra L. McDonald
Chapter 8: The USA PATRIOT Act (2001), Kevin N. Buterbaugh
Chapter 9: Evolving Lessons of Lawmaking In a Dynamic System, Robert E.
Dewhirst and Sunil Ahuja