Description |
1 online resource (xii, 342 pages) : illustrations. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
California/Milbank series on health and the public ; 2
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California/Milbank series on health and the public ; 2.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-332) and index. |
Contents |
Foreword by Daniel M. Fox and Samuel L. Milbank; Acknowledgments; 1. Politics Is ... and Debating Points; 2. The Stories We Tell and the X-Men; 3. Landlords, Tenants, and Conflict; 4. Interests and a Fiscal Crisis; 5. Representation, Relationships, and Campaign Warchests; 6. Punctuated Equilibrium and the Fate of Hospital Rate Setting; 7. Agendas and Children's Health Care; 8. Conversations, Games, and the Death Penalty; 9. Concluding Remarks; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index. |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives.
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Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives. |
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Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives. |
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Legislators -- Massachusetts.
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Legislators. |
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Massachusetts. |
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Political planning -- Massachusetts.
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Political planning. |
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Medical policy -- Massachusetts.
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Medical policy. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: McDonough, John E. (John Edward). Experiencing politics. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000 0520224108 (DLC) 99056844 (OCoLC)42780421 |
ISBN |
9780520925168 (electronic book) |
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0520925165 (electronic book) |
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058538911X (electronic book) |
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9780585389110 (electronic book) |
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0520224108 (cloth ; acid-free paper) |
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9780520224100 (cloth ; acid-free paper) |
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0520224116 (paperback ; acid-free paper) |
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9780520224117 (paperback ; acid-free paper) |
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1597346071 |
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9781597346078 |
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