The Policy State: An American Predicament
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (550 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674728742 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Karen Orren is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles.Stephen Skowronek is the Pelatiah Perit Professor of Political and Social Science at Yale University.
In The Policy State they point out that policy is not the only way in which America was governed historically, and they describe the transformation that occurred as policy took over more and more of the work of government, emerging as the raison d’être of the state’s operation.Rather than analyze individual policies to document this change, Orren and Skowronek examine policy’s effect on legal rights and the formal structure of policy-making authority. On the one hand, the policy state has rendered government more flexible, responsive, and inclusive. Rights and structure are the principal elements of government that historically constrained policy and protected other forms of rule. Karen Orren and Stephen Skowronek take a closer look at this well-known reality of modern governance. The policy state frames an American predicament: policy has eroded the foundations of government, even as the policy imperative pushes us ever forward, into an uncertain future.. Policy is government’s ready response to changing times, the key to its successful adaptation. The authors assess the emergence of a new “policy state,” in which rights and structure shed thei
Morone, Brown University)This book’s distinct contribution is to provide a unifying account of diverse legal developments in the areas of both rights and constitutional structure that together have led to the emergence of what the authors call the modern 'policy state.' (Richard H. A masterful, powerful, original, and important book! (James A. These changesthe irresistible spread of policy effortsrender policy-making more difficult, more transient, and more frustrating on every political side. The Policy State shows us how the policy gears whir over time and how the policy regime has profoundly shifted the Constitutional frame of American governance. Pildes, New Yo