{"product_id":"building-coalitions-making-policy-9781421405094","title":"Building Coalitions Making Policy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFocuses on backroom politics and gives readers an insider's perspective on the efforts of policymakers from three presidential administrations to get past the naysayers and effect real and lasting policy changes. This title offers an overview of policymaking during the Clinton and George W Bush administrations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA welcome addition to a public policy course or a course on presidential leadership, and practitioners can learn from it too. Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. Getting Past No: Building Coalitions and Making Policy from Clinton to Bush to Obama\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. The Electoral Connection and the Dissonant Game of Coalition Building in an Era of Partisan Policymaking\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Why LBJ Is Smiling: The Bush Administration, \"Compassionate Conservatism,\" and No Child Left Behind \u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Splitting the Coalition: The Political Perils and Opportunities of Immigration Reform \u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Embracing the Third Rail? Social Security Politics from Clinton to Obama\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. The Bush Administration and the Politics of Medicare Reform\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. A Solution for All Seasons: The Politics of Tax Reduction in the Bush Administration\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. The Bush Administration and the Uses of Judicial Politics\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. A Feint to the Center, a Move Backward: Bush's Clear Skies Initiative and the Politics of Policymaking\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. National Security, the Electoral Connection, and Policy Choice \u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. The Dynamics of Presidential Policy Choice and Promotion\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. Touching the Bases: Parties and Policymaking in the Twenty- First Century \u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. Bush's \"Our Crowd\"\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13. Politics, Elections, and Policymaking\u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529524420951,"sku":"9781421405094","price":34.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421405094.jpg?v=1731875950","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/building-coalitions-making-policy-9781421405094","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}