Politics, Power and Policy Making: Case of Health Care Reform in the 1990s / Edition 1

by Mark E Rushefsky, Kant Patel

Overview

Tracking the issues of healthcare reform through the tumultous 1990s, this work opens a window on the changing dynamics of American politics from the Clinton inauguration in January 1993 through the Republican revolution of 1995 and the 1996 presidential race.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563249556
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/30/1997
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1310L (what's this?)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Rushefsky, Mark E; Patel, Kant

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures, Preface, 1. Setting the Stage, 2. Health Care Reform Returns to the National Agenda: The Winds of Change, 3. Presidential Leadership and Policy Making, 4. Congress and Health Care, 5. Interest Groups, 6. The Role of the Mass Media in the Policy Process, 7. Public Opinion and Health Care Policy, 8. Politics, Power, and Policy Making, Chronology, References, Index, About the Authors

Editorial Reviews

...well-organized and comprehensive, but appears to lack a distinctive theme or larger point.
— Political Science Quarterly

Richard Himelfarb

The authors contrast the 1993-94 period, which was characterized by attempted expansions of health programs and presidential initiatives, with the 1995-96 period, characterized by efforts at retrenchment and congressional initiatives. They use the attempts at health care reform in these periods to illustrate the workings of the policy process within the American political system. In addition, they describe particular policy proposals and discuss factors and institutional venues that shape policy. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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