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Informationen zum Autor Sunil Ahuja is vice president for accreditation relations, institutional change, and research at the Higher Learning Commission. Robert E. Dewhirst is professor of political science at Northwest Missouri State University. Klappentext In this edited volume, an array of scholars has examined recent policymaking efforts in selected areas of contemporary importance. Government at Work: Policymaking in the Twenty-First Century Congress provides chapter-length treatment to reveal the similarities and fundamentals of policy development while also illustrating the unique issues and obstacles found in each policy environment. This book’s scope spans the entire policymaking process, exposing the readers to the interaction among all major power centers, ranging from interest groups, media, courts, Congress, the president, and the federal bureaucracy. It shows the dynamic nature of American policymaking system. The approach employed in this book treats events, such as Congress passing a law or the Supreme Court announcing a ruling, as important steps in the policy process rather than as merely ends unto themselves.This volume focuses on major legislation passed by Congress since the turn of the century. It features one case study per chapter, demonstrating how issues rise to the national agenda, pass through the congressional labyrinth to become public policies, are implemented by the federal bureaucracy, receive feedback from affected elements of the society, and ultimately evolve over the years. Zusammenfassung This edited volume features academic experts using leading policy frameworks to analyze the prominent U.S. public policy issues of the twenty-first century. Readers will learn about the similarities and fundamentals of policy development while also seeing the unique issues and obstacles found in each policy environment. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword, Robert P. Watson Preface Chapter 1: The Politics of the Policymaking Process in a Time of Hyperpartisanship, Sunil Ahuja and Robert E. Dewhirst Chapter 2: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (2009), Michelle L. Wade Chapter 3: The Struggle to Repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell (2010), Sean D. Foreman Chapter 4: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), Douglas M. Brattebo Chapter 5: Higher Education Opportunity Act (2008), Sunil Ahuja Chapter 6: Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act and Citizens United v. FEC (2002, 2010), Peter J. Bergerson, Margaret E. Banyan, Ashley Skalecki, and Aleea L. Perry Chapter 7: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (2010), Marcia L. Godwin with Shandra L. McDonald Chapter 8: The USA PATRIOT Act (2001), Kevin N. Buterbaugh Chapter 9: Evolving Lessons of Lawmaking In a Dynamic System, Robert E. Dewhirst and Sunil Ahuja ...
