The Policy State: An American Predicament

by Stephen Skowronek and Karen Orren

Book Overview

The steady accretion of public policies over the decades has fundamentally changed how America is governed. The formulation and delivery of policy have emerged as the government's entire raison d' tre, redefining rights and reconfiguring institutional structures. The Policy State looks closely at this massive unnoticed fact of modern politics and addresses the controversies swirling around it. Government has become more responsive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674237870
• ISBN13: 9780674237872
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.2"