Politics and Jobs

Type

Book

Authors

Margaret Weir

ISBN 10

0691024928

ISBN 13

9780691024929

Tags

Economic Policy & Development, Unemployment, Political science, United States, Social Policy, Economic policy, Public Policy, Government

Description

Americans claim a strong attachment to the work ethic and regularly profess support for government policies to promote employment. Why, then, have employment policies gained only a tenuous foothold in the United States? To answer this question, Margaret Weir highlights two related elements: the power of ideas in policymaking and the politics of interest formation. - from Amzon

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