Making Policy, Making Law :An Interbranch Perspective - American Governance and Public Policy series

3.08 ( 12 Ratings by Goodreads)
Making Policy, Making Law

Making Policy, Making Law :An Interbranch Perspective - American Governance and Public Policy series

(Author) (Author) (Author) (Author) (Author) (Author) (Author) (Author) (Author) (Author)
3.08 (12 Ratings by Goodreads)
paperback
Published: 23 August, 2004
Standard worldwide delivery by Tue, August 4 - Fri, August 7
Order within 0
Condition: NEW
$51.41
Price includes shipping
Available 20 in stock
- +
Add to basket Wishlist This
FREE Returns within 30 days
More Details

Popular Books by Mark C. Miller

View All Books by Mark C. Miller
Judicial Politics in the United States
Judicial Politics in the United States
Mark C. Miller
$62.56
New
Add to basket
High Priests of American Politics
High Priests of American Politics
Mark C. Miller
$41.35
New
Add to basket
Judicial Politics in the United States
Judicial Politics in the United States
Mark C. Miller
$176.37 $194.16
New
Add to basket
Exploring Judicial Politics
Exploring Judicial Politics
Mark C. Miller
$64.53
New
Add to basket

Description

The functioning of the U.S. government is a bit messier than Americans would like to think. The general understanding of policymaking has Congress making the laws, executive agencies implementing them, and the courts applying the laws as written - as long as those laws are constitutional. "Making Policy, Making Law" fundamentally challenges this conventional wisdom, arguing that no dominant institution - or even a roughly consistent pattern of relationships - exists among the various players in the federal policymaking process. Instead, at different times and under various conditions, all branches play roles not only in making public policy, but in enforcing and legitimizing it as well. This is the first text that looks in depth at this complex interplay of all three branches. The common thread among these diverse patterns is an ongoing dialogue among roughly coequal actors in various branches and levels of government. Those interactions are driven by processes of conflict and persuasion distinctive to specific policy arenas as well as by the ideas, institutional realities, and interests of specific policy communities. Although complex, this fresh examination does not render the policymaking process incomprehensible; rather, it encourages scholars to look beyond the narrow study of individual institutions and reach across disciplinary boundaries to discover recurring patterns of interbranch dialogue that define (and refine) contemporary American policy. "Making Policy, Making Law" provides a combination of contemporary policy analysis, an interbranch perspective, and diverse methodological approaches that speak to a surprisingly overlooked gap in the literature dealing with the role of the courts in the American policymaking process. It will undoubtedly have significant impact on scholarship about national lawmaking, national politics, and constitutional law. For scholars and students in government and law - as well as for concerned citizenry - this book unravels the complicated interplay of governmental agencies and provides a heretofore in-depth look at how the U.S. government functions in reality.
See more

More Details

Type Book
ISBN13 9781589010253
ISBN10 1589010256
Number Of Pages 256
Item Weight 454 g
Publisher / Reseller Georgetown University Press
Format paperback
See More +

Media Reviews

This first-rate collection provides additional and more comprehensive support for a sophisticated, interactive political model of separated powers... Anyone with an interest in American political institutions ought to read this volume. It is chock full of thoughtful and insightful scholarship on a central aspect of American governance. Law & Politics Book Review

Show more

GoodReads Reviews

Author's Bio

Mark C. Miller is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Government and International Relations, and director of the Law and Society Program at Clark University, and author of The High Priests of American Politics: The Role of Lawyers in American Political Institutions. Jeb Barnes is assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Southern California, and author of Overruled? Legislative Overrides, Pluralism, and Contemporary Court-Congress Relations.

Show more