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Keeping the Compound Republic

Essays on American Federalism

By: Martha Derthick

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Keeping the Compound Republic

Essays on American Federalism

By: Martha Derthick

The framers of the U. S. Constitution focused intently on the difficulties of achieving a workable middle ground between national and local authority. They located that middle ground in a new form of federalism that James Madison called the "compound republic." The term conveys the complicated and ambiguous intent of the framing generation and helps to make comprehensible what otherwise is bewildering to the modern citizenry: a form of government that divides and disperses official power between majorities of two different kinds—one composed of individual voters, and the other, of the distinct political societies we call states. America's federalism is the subject of this collection of essays by Martha Derthick, a leading scholar of American government. She explores the nature of the compound republic, with attention both to its enduring features and to the changes wrought in the twentieth century by Progressivism, the New Deal, and the civil rights revolution. Interest in federalism is likely to increase in the wake of the 2000 presidential election. There are demands for reform of the electoral college, given heightened awareness that it does not strictly reflect the popular vote. The U. S. Supreme Court, under Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, has mounted an explicit and controversial defense of federalism, and new nominees to the Court are likely to be questioned on that subject and appraised in part by their responses. Derthick's essays invite readers to join the Court in weighing the contemporary importance of federalism as an institution of government.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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081579844X

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9780815798446

Policymaking for Social Security

By: Martha Derthick

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Policymaking for Social Security

By: Martha Derthick

Monograph tracing the development of the social security system in the USA, with particular reference to the role of social policy - outlines the historical role of programme executives, congress, politicians, trade union federations and public opinion, etc., examines programme financing, advantages and disadvantages of the scheme, discusses disability benefit, medicare health insurance and expanding cash benefits, and considers policy response to increasing deficit, with a view to changing the system. References.

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Brookings Institution Press

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0815718160

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9780815718161

The Politics of Deregulation

By: Martha Derthick,Paul J. Quirk

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The Politics of Deregulation

By: Martha Derthick,Paul J. Quirk

The standard wisdom among political scientists has been that "iron triangles" operated among regulatory agencies, the regulated industries, and members of Congress, all presumably with a stake in preserving regulation that protected the industries from competition. Despite almost unanimous agreement among economists that such regulation was inefficient, it seemed highly unlikely that deregulation could occur. Yet between 1975 and 1980 major deregulatory changes that strongly favored competition did take place in a wide range of industries. The results are familiar to airline passengers, users of telephone service, and trucking freight shippers, among others. Martha Derthick and Paul J. Quirk ask why this deregulation happened. How did a diffuse public interest prevail over the powerful industry and union interests that sought to preserve regulation? Why did the regulatory commissions, which were expected to be a major obstacle to deregulation, instead take the initiative on behalf of it? And why did influential members of Congress push for even greater deregulation? The authors concentrate on three cases: airlines, trucking, and telecommunications. They find important similarities among the cases and discuss the implications of these findings for two broader topics: the role that economic analysis has played in policy change, and the capacity of the American political system for transcending narrow interests.

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Keeping the Compound Republic

Essays on American Federalism

By: Martha Derthick

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Agency Under Stress

The Social Security Administration in American Government

By: Martha Derthick

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Agency Under Stress

The Social Security Administration in American Government

By: Martha Derthick

Prize-winning author Martha Derthick draws on the recent experience of the Social Security Administration to examine the quality of policymaker's guidance and the feasibility of their policies. Derthick concludes that many structural features of American government hinder good administration, that policymakers lack concern for administration, and that they often miscalculate the administrative consequences of their policy choices. To illustrate this argument, Agency Under Stress analyzes two much-publicized cases of poor performance by one of the biggest and best established of U.S. government agencies, the Social Security Administration. The first case is that of the supplemental security income program to support needy blind, aged and disabled persons. Given responsibility of administering the program in 1974, the Social Security Administration was unequal to the task: many payments were made in error; many eligible persons were not paid; computer systems were not ready; field employees worked millions of hours of overtime; and other agency programs suffered. The second case is that of an eligibility review that Congress ordered the Social Security Administration to conduct for disability insurance recipients in the 1980s. The results were similarly traumatic: of over 1.2 million cases examined, 495,000 had benefits terminated, and, flooded with appeals, the courts ruled overwhelmingly against the agency. Derthick's analysis and conclusions have far-reaching implications for how the government can effectively serve its clients.

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Brookings Institution Press

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0815705344

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9780815705345

Up in Smoke

From Legislation to Litigation in Tobacco Politics

By: Martha A. Derthick

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Up in Smoke

From Legislation to Litigation in Tobacco Politics

By: Martha A. Derthick

Now, with a brand new 3rd edition, the book returns to "ordinary politics" and the passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act which gave the FDA broad authority to regulate both the manufacture and marketing of tobacco products. Derthick shows our political institutions working as they should, even if slowly, with partisanship and interest group activity playing their part in putting restraints on cigarette smoking.

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CQ Press

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1452285640

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Order Without Design

Information Production and Policy Making

By: Martha S. Feldman

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Order Without Design

Information Production and Policy Making

By: Martha S. Feldman

In this lively and, ultimately, disturbing study of policy analysts who are employed in bureaucracies, the author finds a startling paradox. The analysts know that the papers they so painstakingly prepare will not be used; as one analyst remarked, "Either it won't get done in time, or it won't be good enough, or the person who wanted it done will have left and no one will know what to do with it, or the issue will no longer exist." Yet the analysts continue to work at producing these papers. The means of producing information is at the heart of the paradox. The process systematically produces information that is difficult to use directly in decision-making. Yet analysts can do little to alter the constraints of the process. They continue to produce papers because it is their job, they value doing it, and it is their major means of influencing policy. In so doing they make a unique, though indirect, contribution to policy making. Drawing on eighteen months of observation and participation in the work of the policy office of the U.S. Department of Energy, the author fully investigates the conditions that create the paradox and the positive as well as the negative implications of the process of information production in organizations.

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Stanford University Press

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0804717265

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Agency Under Stress

The Social Security Administration in American Government

By: Martha Derthick

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The Social Security Administration in American Government

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Up in Smoke

From Legislation to Litigation in Tobacco Politics

By: Martha A. Derthick

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From Legislation to Litigation in Tobacco Politics

By: Martha A. Derthick

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The Aging

A Guide to Public Policy

By: Bennett M. Rich,Martha Baum

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The Aging

A Guide to Public Policy

By: Bennett M. Rich,Martha Baum

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of federal programs for the aging, and their origins. Landmark federal legislation affecting the aging was enacted in the 1930s, and the intervening decades have witnesses a dramatic increase in the number and scope of programs. But far from constituting a cohesive national policy for the elderly, the many programs reflect the particular political and social conditions surrounding their origin and implementation. The multiplicity and complexity of resources and services available make achieving even a reasonable grasp of this field extremely difficult. This study offers a coherent and readable summary of this important area of federal legislation.

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University of Pittsburgh Press

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0822974282

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Policymaking for Social Security

By: Martha Derthick

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The Politics of Deregulation

By: Martha Derthick,Paul J. Quirk

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Keeping the Compound Republic

Keeping the Compound Republic

Policymaking for Social Security

Policymaking for Social Security

The Politics of Deregulation

The Politics of Deregulation

Keeping the Compound Republic

Keeping the Compound Republic

Agency Under Stress

Agency Under Stress

Up in Smoke

Up in Smoke

Order Without Design

Order Without Design

Agency Under Stress

Agency Under Stress

Up in Smoke

Up in Smoke

The Aging

The Aging

Policymaking for Social Security

Policymaking for Social Security

The Politics of Deregulation

The Politics of Deregulation

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