The Great Broadening : How the Vast Expansion of the Policymaking Agenda Transformed American Politics / Bryan D. Jones, Sean M. Theriault, Michelle Whyman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Bryan D., Author.

Theriault, Sean M., Author.

Whyman, Michelle, Author.

Series:

Chicago scholarship online.

Chicago scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Legislative oversight--United States.

Legislative oversight.

Public administration--United States.

Public administration.

Legislative power--United States.

Legislative power.

United States--Politics and government--20th century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (323 pages)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Beginning in the late 1950s and continuing through the 1970s, the United States experienced a vast expansion in national policy making. During this period, the federal government extended its scope into policy arenas previously left to civil society or state and local governments. With The Great Broadening, Bryan D. Jones, Sean M. Theriault, and Michelle Whyman examine in detail the causes, internal dynamics, and consequences of this extended burst of activity. They argue that the broadening of government responsibilities into new policy areas such as health care, civil rights, and gender issues and the increasing depth of existing government programs explain many of the changes in America politics since the 1970s. Increasing government attention to particular issues was motivated by activist groups. In turn, the beneficiaries of the government policies that resulted became supporters of the government's activity, leading to the broad acceptance of its role. This broadening and deepening of government, however, produced a reaction as groups critical of its activities organized to resist and roll back its growth.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

One. The Great Broadening

Two. Crossing the Legitimacy Barrier

Three. Arcs and Plateaus

Four. Dynamics of the Great Broadening

Five. Causes of the Great Broadening: Conventional Explanations

Six. Causes of the Great Broadening: The Role of Social Movements

Seven. Feedback Politics

Eight. Transformation of US Law: Broadening and Then Thickening

Nine. The Administrative State and Its Legislative Oversight

Ten. Polarization in Congress: A Macro-Level Analysis

Eleven. Microstory of Polarization in Congress

Twelve. The Interest-Group System

Thirteen. Politics of Conservative Reaction

Fourteen. Extreme Events, Feedback Policy-Making, and American Politics

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

0-226-62613-X

OCLC:

1104849574