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Book SynopsisWeaving case studies from the wars against AIDS and drugs with an empirical analysis of congressional action on these issues, this title shows how members of Congress balance problem solving with re-election concerns, paying particular attention to their need to craft compelling rationales for their actions.
Trade ReviewA modest but useful step forward in the literature on target populations and policy design ... A useful volume that advances discourse on target populations ... This book will be useful to readers who are interested in the formation of public policy, who are interested in the nature of policy design-especially as policy design is linked to target populations, and who study the nature of the linkage of social problems with policy solutions. In the final analysis, this book makes a nice...contribution to the literature. American Politics
