{"product_id":"the-limits-of-policy-change-michael-t-hayes-9780878408351","title":"The Limits of Policy Change: Incrementalism, Worldview, and the Rule of Law","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichael Hayes offers a vigorous defense of incrementalism: the theory that the policymaking process typically should involve bargaining, delay, compromise, and, therefore, incremental change. Incrementalism, he argues, is one result of a checks-and-balances system in which politicians may disagree over what we want to achieve as a nation or what policies would best achieve shared goals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany political scientists have called for reforms that would facilitate majority rule and more radical policy change by strengthening the presidency at the expense of Congress. But Hayes develops policy typologies and analyzes case studies to show that the policy process works best when it conforms to the tenets of incrementalism. He contends that because humans are fallible, politics should work through social processes to achieve limited ends and to ameliorate-rather than completely solve-social problems. Analyzing the evolution of air pollution policy, the failure of President Clinton's health care reform in 1994, and the successful effort at welfare reform in 1995-96, Hayes calls for changes that would make incrementalism work better by encouraging a more balanced struggle among social interests and by requiring political outcomes to conform to the rule of law.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for students and specialists in politics, public policy, and public administration, \u003ci\u003eThe Limits of Policy Change \u003c\/i\u003eexamines in detail a central issue in democratic theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael T. Hayes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0878408355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780878408351\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Georgetown University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.38w x 0.56d","brand":"Michael T. Hayes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46431321620735,"sku":"9780878408351","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1611050e-0010-4762-85d7-b83d0524c717.jpg?v=1735140973","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-limits-of-policy-change-michael-t-hayes-9780878408351","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}