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9780520224117

Experiencing Politics: A Legislator's Stories of Government & Health Care

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  • ISBN13:

    9780520224117

  • ISBN10:

    0520224116

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-10-01
  • Publisher: UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PRESS

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Summary

John E. McDonough affords a rare glimpse into the practice of state politics in this insider's account of the fascinating interface between political science and real-life politics. A member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for thirteen years and a skilled storyteller, McDonough eloquently weaves together stories of politics and policy with engaging theoretical models in a way that illuminates both the theory and the practice. By providing a link between scholarship and the world of experience, he communicates much about the essence of representative democracy. In the process, he demonstrates how politics extend beyond the public sphere into many aspects of life involving diverse values and interests. McDonough describes the nature of conflict, the role of interests, agenda setting, the nature and pace of change, the use of language, and more. Accessible, insightful, and original, his stories touch on a broad range of issues--including health care politics, campaigns, and elections; a street gang called the X-men; the death penalty; campaign finance reform, and tenants versus landlords. To the author, politics is everywhere and political dynamics are universal. While the setting for this book is one legislature, the lessons and insights are intended for everyone.

Author Biography

John E. McDonough is Associate Professor at the Heller School at Brandeis University

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Daniel M. Fox
Samuel L. Milbank
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: Seeing Politics through Different Lenses 1(16)
PART ONE: BASICS 17(64)
Politics Is... and Debating Points
19(27)
The Stories We Tell and X-Men
46(35)
PART TWO: THEMES 81(116)
Landlords, Tenants, and Conflict
83(36)
Interests and a Fiscal Crisis
119(39)
Representation, Relationships, and Campaign Warchests
158(39)
PART THREE: MODELS 197(88)
Punctuated Equilibrium and the Fate of Hospital Rate Setting
199(38)
Agendas and Children's Health Care
237(48)
PART FOUR: ENDINGS 285(38)
Conversations, Games and the Death Penalty
287(24)
Concluding Remarks
311(12)
Notes 323(6)
Select Bibliography 329(4)
Index 333

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