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The Art of Policymaking: Tools, Techniques, and Processes in the Modern Executive Branch

by: George E. Shambaugh, Paul J. Weinstein

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Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 3 weeks Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 352.340973
EAN: 9780321081032
ISBN: 032108103X
Label: Longman
Manufacturer: Longman
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: July 25, 2002
Publisher: Longman
Studio: Longman
Sales Rank: 98301




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Product Description:
This "how to" book explains the tools and techniques used to navigate the policy-making process in the Executive Branch today. Author Paul J. Weinstein Jr., who was Chief of Staff of the White House Domestic Policy Council during Clinton's administration, brings a unique and valuable insider's view to the book. In addition, an abundance of case studies, scenarios, and examples of actual documents give the book an eminiently real world orientation. The authors argue that understanding the specific tools and techniques using in policy-making is critical--the likelihood that policymakers will support a particular policy is often as much a function of the legitimacy of the process through which it was created as the merits of the policy itself. They argue that procedural legitimacy is, in turn, a function of the tools and techniques used in developing policy.Policy Makers: Policy councils, the White House staff, Agencies and policy implementation. Tools of the Trade: Poliy-making memoranda, Polling, Legislative clearance and coordination, Communicating and marketing policy. Case Studies: Welfare reform, the Clinton Economic Plan, Desert Shield and Desert Storm. For policymakers, students of public policy, general interest in politics.



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A seat at the players' table
Packaged neatly in this little book is a pass into the rarefied world of White House politics few individuals ever get to experience first hand. In concise language this easy to read book brakes out policy making in the executive branch to its composite processes and walks students through three real case studies taken from the authors own experiences. Well worth the read for students of public policy, young Hill staffers or anyone interested in an honest insight into the Clinton administration without the scandalous fluff.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Behind the doors of power
Behind the oaken doors of power lies a world few can understand, and even fewer can explain. Misters Weinstein and Shambaugh are elect members of a select few who have experienced that exclusive world and can translate its workings from geeky-wonk-speak into layman's English. The text details specific, interesting and instructive examples of individual policies' evolution, and draws from those anacdotes well-packaged principles for application across the broad policy spectrum. Essential reading for anybody who wishes to influence policy.


 


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