Why Government Fails So Often: And How It Can Do Better

by Peter H. Schuck

Book Overview

How government can implement more successful policies, more often

From healthcare to workplace and campus conduct, the federal government is taking on ever more responsibility for managing our lives. At the same time, Americans have never been more disaffected with Washington, seeing it as an intrusive, incompetent, wasteful giant. Ineffective policies are caused by deep structural factors regardless of which party is in charge, bringing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691161623
• ISBN13: 9780691161624
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.4"