Experiencing politics : a legislator's stories of government and health care /

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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 el...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McDonough, John E. (John Edward)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000.
Series:California/Milbank series on health and the public ; 2.
Subjects:
Massachusetts. > General Court. > House of Representatives.
Massachusetts > General Court. > House of Representatives
Legislators > Massachusetts.
Political planning > Massachusetts.
Medical policy > Massachusetts.
Medical policy.
Politics, Practical.
Health Policy
Politics
Politique publique > Massachusetts.
Politique sanitaire > Massachusetts.
Politique sanitaire.
Politique.
politics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
Legislators.
Political planning.
Massachusetts
Massachusetts.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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