Politics and Public Policy

Focuses on one of the central themes in political sociology: the relationship between political power and the policy formation process. This work examines the exercise of power in two arenas: the interlocking networks among policy-planning organizations, and the effects of PACs on the voting behavior of elected officials in Canada and the US.

Summary

Focuses on one of the central themes in political sociology: the relationship between political power and the policy formation process. This work examines the exercise of power in two arenas: the interlocking networks among policy-planning organizations, and the effects of PACs on the voting behavior of elected officials in Canada and the US.

Product details

• Assisted by: Harland Prechel (Editor)
• Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2008
• EAN: 9781848551787
• ISBN: 978-1-84855-178-7
• No. of pages: 226
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 485 g
• Series: Research in Political Sociology; Research in Political Policy; Research in Political Sociolog; Research in Political Sociology
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education