Means, motives, and opportunities: how executives and interest groups set public policy

Means, Motives, and Opportunities illuminates how states spend public money through the lens of governmental structure, executive power, and interest group competition. Christian Breunig and Chris Koski argue that policymaking is a function of not only policymakers' means (powers), but of their...

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Hauptverfasser: Breunig, Christian (VerfasserIn), Koski, Chris (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge ; New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2024
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Zusammenfassung:Means, Motives, and Opportunities illuminates how states spend public money through the lens of governmental structure, executive power, and interest group competition. Christian Breunig and Chris Koski argue that policymaking is a function of not only policymakers' means (powers), but of their motives (issues) and opportunities (interest group competition) for change. Using over twenty-five years of data across all fifty US states, four in-depth case studies, and multiple examples of budget battles, the book describes a budget-making environment in which governors must balance the preferences of interest groups with their own, all while attempting to build a budget that roughly balances. While governors are uniquely powerful, the range of changes they can make is largely impacted by interest group competition. By showing how means, motives, and opportunities matter, the book shows how spending decisions at the state level influence nearly every aspect of American life
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Explaining one million policy stories -- Meeting at the margins : interests and governors in public budgeting -- Motives : issues of the moment(s) -- Opportunities : interest groups and their budgetary issues -- Means : how governors shape budgetary outcomes -- How interests and executives set public policy in four states with Nat Rubin -- Conclusion : public government of public monies
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 283 Seiten)
ISBN:9781009428583
DOI:10.1017/9781009428583

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