Inheritance in Public Policy: Change Without Choice in Britain

by Richard Rose, Phillip L Davies, Phillip L. Davies

Book Overview

Although politicians promise innovation and change when they run for office, once elected they face inherited commitments to programs initiated by their predecessors, legacies that severely limit their freedom of choice. In this trail blazing work, Richard Rose and Phillip L. Davies systematically examine the ways in which decisions made by past generations of administrators control policy-making in the present. Basing their conclusions on a unique...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300206461
• ISBN13: 9780300206463
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"