The policy game
Subtitle: how special interests and ideologues are stealing America
By: Peter Navarro
Series: Wiley management series on problem solving, decision making, and strategic thinking; Wiley management series on problem solving, decision making, and strategic thinking
Publisher: J. Wiley
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780471811695
Subjects: Politics and government; Interessenverband; Conservatism; Wirtschaftspolitik; Economic policy; Pressure groups; Ideologie; Liberalism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-329) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: The politics of the policy game; title: 1. Who owns the government: how special interests and ideologues capture public policy; title: 2. Vanishing apartments: the rent control policy game; title: Part II: America's special interests; title: 3. The greedmongers: who the special interests are; title: 4. The coming of the second great depression: The protectionist policy game; title: 5. How they get what they want: Strategies and tactics of the special interests; title: 6. Between feast and famine: The farm policy game; title: Part III: America's ideologies; title: 7. The logic of ideology: Libertarian conservatism versus modern liberalism; title: 8. The dimming of America: The electric utility policy game; title: 9. the logic of ideology: Traditional conservatism versus modern liberalism; title: 10. The 59 gap: The equal rights amendment policy game; title: 11. The weapons sweepstakes: The defense policy game.