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9780815714071

Can the Government Govern?

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  • ISBN13:

    9780815714071

  • ISBN10:

    0815714076

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1989-01-01
  • Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
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Summary

Can the Government Govern? argues that the problems of American government are inherently and substantially insitutional and discusses the politically difficult requirements for overcoming it. In so doing, this volume opens the debate and public discussion necessary for change.

Table of Contents

The Brookings Institutionp. v
Forewordp. vii
American Political Institutions and the Problem of Governancep. 1
Policy and Institutionsp. 45
U.S. Energy Policy: a Problem of Delegationp. 47
American Trade Policy: an Obsolete Bargain?p. 100
Macroeconomic Policymaking: Who is in Control?p. 139
Institutions and Governancep. 183
The Evolution of the White House Staffp. 185
The Changing Textbook Congressp. 238
The Politics of Bureaucratic Structurep. 267
Indexp. 331
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