Experiencing Politics A Legislator's Stories of Government and Health Care

Name: Experiencing Politics A Legislator's Stories of Government and Health Care
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ISBN: 9780520224117

ISBN-10: 0520224116

ISBN-13: 9780520224117

Edition: 2001

Authors: John E. McDonough

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John E. McDonough affords a rare glimpse into the practice of state politics in this insider's account of the fascinating interface between political science and real-life politics. A member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for thirteen years and a skilled storyteller, McDonough eloquently weaves together stories of politics and policy with engaging theoretical models in a way that illuminates both the theory and the practice. By providing a link between scholarship and the world of experience, he communicates much about the essence of representative democracy. In the process, he demonstrates how politics extend beyond the public sphere into many aspects of life involving…

Book details

List price: $33.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 11/22/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 354
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Seeing Politics through Different Lenses



Basics



Politics Is ... and Debating Points



The Stories We Tell and the X-Men



Themes



Landlords, Tenants, and Conflict



Interests and a Fiscal Crisis



Representation, Relationships, and Campaign Warchests



Models



Punctuated Equilibrium and the Fate of Hospital Rate Setting



Agendas and Children's Health Care



Endings



Conversations, Games, and the Death Penalty



Concluding Remarks


Notes


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Index