Politics and Jobs: The Boundaries of Employment Policy in the United States

By Margaret Weir

Book Overview

Americans claim a strong attachment to the work ethic and regularly profess support for government policies to promote employment. Why, then, have employment policies gained only a tenuous foothold in the United States? To answer this question, Margaret Weir highlights two related elements: the power of ideas in policymaking and the politics of interest formation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069107853X
• ISBN13: 9780691078533
• Release Date: February 1992
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 6.5"