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Book SynopsisDemocratic government is about making choices. Sometimes those choices involve the distribution of benefits. This work examines the repercussions of unpopular government decisions in Canada and the USA, the two great democratic nations of North America.
Trade ReviewA remarkable volume . . . First, the contributions contained within it are uniformly admirable as scholarship without being cursed with the obscurantist and obsequious lingo that too often renders such tomes either impenetrable or unappealing to the attentive and intelligent public. Second, they provide genuinely informative and compelling explanations of why public policy works (or doesn't work) the way it does. Finally, by giving sufficient detail about selected policy areas to make them intelligible, and then by adding informed reflections and cogent conclusions, they provide citizens, public officials and politicians with the intellectual tools necessary to comprehend problems that may be only apparently insoluble. * The Innovation Journal *
Table of ContentsPreface 1. The Politics of PainLeslie A. Pal and R. Kent Weaver2. Cutting Old-Age PensionsR. Kent Weaver3. Controlling Health Care Costs for the AgedCarolyn Hughes Tuohy4. Telecommunications DeregulationRichard J. Schultz and Andrew Rich5. Tobacco ControlDonley T. Studlar6. Closing Military BasesLilly J. Goren and P. Whitney Lackenbauer7. Siting Nuclear WasteBarry G. Rabe8. Gun ControlLeslie A. Pal9. AbortionRaymond Tatalovich10. ConclusionsLeslie A. Pal and R. Kent Weaver
