UID:
edocfu_9959245927502883
Format:
1 online resource (355 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-520-92516-5
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1-59734-607-1
Series Statement:
California/Milbank series on health and the public ; 2
Content:
John E. McDonough affords a rare glimpse into the practice of state politics in this insider's account of the fascinating interface between political science and real-life politics. A member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for thirteen years and a skilled storyteller, McDonough eloquently weaves together stories of politics and policy with engaging theoretical models in a way that illuminates both the theory and the practice.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Foreword by Daniel M. Fox and Samuel L. Milbank; Acknowledgments; 1. Politics Is . . . and Debating Points; 2. The Stories We Tell and the X-Men; 3. Landlords, Tenants, and Conflict; 4. Interests and a Fiscal Crisis; 5. Representation, Relationships, and Campaign Warchests; 6. Punctuated Equilibrium and the Fate of Hospital Rate Setting; 7. Agendas and Children's Health Care; 8. Conversations, Games, and the Death Penalty; 9. Concluding Remarks; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
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Issued also in print.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-520-22410-8
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1525/9780520925168
