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Description for Dust-Up
Paperback. Explores the congressional efforts to reform asbestos litigation - a case in which the politics of efficiency played a central role and seemed likely to prevail. This title provides an analysis of the political obstacles to Congress in replacing a form of litigation that everyone agrees is inefficient and unfair to both victims and businesses. Num Pages: 152 pages, 7 figures, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; LNKJ; RNH. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
In an era of polarization, narrow party majorities, and increasing use of supermajority requirements in the Senate, policy entrepreneurs must find ways to reach across the aisle and build bipartisan coalitions in Congress. One such coalition-building strategy is the "politics of efficiency", or reform that is aimed at eliminating waste from existing policies and programs. After all, reducing inefficiency promises to reduce costs without cutting benefits, which should appeal to members of both political parties, especially given tight budgetary constraints in Washington. "Dust-Up" explores the most recent congressional efforts to reform asbestos litigation - a case in which the politics ... Read more
In an era of polarization, narrow party majorities, and increasing use of supermajority requirements in the Senate, policy entrepreneurs must find ways to reach across the aisle and build bipartisan coalitions in Congress. One such coalition-building strategy is the "politics of efficiency", or reform that is aimed at eliminating waste from existing policies and programs. After all, reducing inefficiency promises to reduce costs without cutting benefits, which should appeal to members of both political parties, especially given tight budgetary constraints in Washington. "Dust-Up" explores the most recent congressional efforts to reform asbestos litigation - a case in which the politics ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781589017665
SKU
V9781589017665
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Ref
99-44
About Jeb Barnes
Jeb Barnes is a professor and the director of graduate studies in the Department of Political Science at the University of Southern California. He is the author of Overruled? Legislative Overrides, Pluralism, and Contemporary Court-Congress Relations and coeditor of Making Policy, Making Law: An Interbranch Perspective.
Reviews for Dust-Up
A concisely written and very accessible review... which ultimately help the reader identify institutional constraints embedded within policy formation. Choice