Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science - New Policies, New Politics Policy Feedback, Power Building, American

This volume of The ANNALS considers the power of United States policy reform and its potential to build self-reinforcing political consequences. 

List of contents

Introduction
Policy Feedback in an Age of Polarization - Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson
General Lessons
Making What Government Does Apparent to Citizens: Policy Feedback Effects, Their Limitations, and How They Might Be Facilitated - Suzanne Mettler
Backlash Prevention: Taming Countervailing Forces in an Era of Political Polarization - Eric Patashnik
Asymmetric Partisan Polarization, Labor Policy and Cross-State Political Power-Building - Alexander Hertel-Fernandez
Prescriptions: Climate Change
A Long View on US Climate Policy: Choosing Policies that Grow Support for Decarbonization - Jonas Meckling
Building Climate Policy in the States - Samuel Trachtman
Prescriptions: Health Care
Medicaid and the Policy Feedback Foundations for Universal Healthcare - Jamila Michener
Medicare Expansion as a Path as well as a Destination: Achieving Universal Insurance through a New Politics of Medicare - Jacob S. Hacker
Prescriptions: Jobs, Wages, and Regional Development
The Political Benefits and Potential Policy Feedbacks of Addressing Regional Economic Divergence as a National Political Issue - Robert Manduca
Rebuilding Labor Power in the Post-Industrial United States - Andrew Schrank
Prescriptions: Criminal Justice
Transforming Police Surveillance of Kids to the Civic Incorporation of Youth - Vesla Weaver and Amanda Geller
Understanding Law Enforcement Attitudes to Enable Correctional Reform - Amy Lerman and Jessie Harney

Summary

This volume of The ANNALS considers the power of United States policy reform and its potential to build self-reinforcing political consequences.

Product details

• Authors: Jacob S Pierson Hacker, Jacob S S Pierson Hacker
• Assisted by: Jacob S Hacker (Editor), Jacob S S Hacker (Editor), Jacob S. Hacker (Editor), Paul Pierson (Editor), Pierson Paul (Editor)
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.10.2019
• EAN: 9781544398365
• ISBN: 978-1-5443-9836-5
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Annals of the American Academy; The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Politics & government, United States of America, USA, Politics and government