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Capitol investments : the marketability of political skills / Glenn R. Parker.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Parker, Glenn R., 1946-
Contributor:
Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.
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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