Massachusetts Politics and Public Policy: Studies in Power and Leadership - Hardcover
Second only to the Red Sox as a major league sport in Massachusetts is hardball politics as it is played at the State House on Beacon Hill. Drawing on over thirty years as a participant-observer, teacher, and commentator, Richard A. Hogarty provides an inside view of the Bay State's political arena, including the workings of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, as well as the administrative bureaucracy.
Hogarty examines both the process of policymaking and the complexities of on-the-ground implementation, identifying the various participants and their roles and strategies. He describes power struggles that are entangled in intricate webs of personal and political relationships, and explores their historical antecedents.
Based on an extensive review of newspaper and media accounts, a survey of the surprisingly scanty professional literature, a close scrutiny of public documents, and dozens of personal interviews, the book addresses such topics as the delivery of mental health services, urban transportation, environmental protection, public safety, welfare, corrections, the death penalty, public higher education, ethnic politics, and state ethics reform. Hogarty analyzes the shifting problems of accountability that arise when public services are provided by a variety of political actors and organizations with a wide range of ideological motivations and social and cultural commitments.
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From the Publisher:
A penetrating look at the Bay State's rich and complex political culture.
About the Author:
Richard A. Hogarty is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Massachusetts Boston and a senior fellow of that institution's John W. McCormack Institute of Public Affairs. He serves as a member of Massachusetts's Mental Health Planning Council.
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- PublisherUniversity of Massachusetts Press
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 1558493514
- ISBN 13 9781558493513
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages342
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