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Capitol investments : the marketability of political skills / Glenn R. Parker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Parker, Glenn R., 1946-
- Series:
- Economics, cognition, and society.
- Economics, cognition, and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Legislators--United States.
- Legislators.
- Politicians--United States.
- Politicians.
- Lobbyists--United States.
- Lobbyists.
- Occupational training--United States.
- Occupational training.
- Career development--United States.
- Career development.
- Human capital--Political aspects--United States.
- Human capital.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (215 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A sophisticated yet accessible analysis of the acquisition and marketability of political skills
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Politicians, institutions, and human capital; or, Becker goes to Washington
- Methodology : data and variables
- Congress as workplace : the production of marketable human capital
- Returns to specialized training : career mobility and grooming lobbyists
- Returns to general training : competitive wages
- but at a price
- Summary of findings and implications.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-191) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-69759-5
- 9786612697593
- 0-472-02429-9
- OCLC:
- 743201445
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