Esterling, Kevin M.

The political economy of expertise information and efficiency in American national politics / [electronic resource] : Kevin M. Esterling. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2004. - xiv, 286 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and (p. 259-275) and indexes.

Democracy in an age of information and analysis -- Policy expertise and accountability to citizens -- Policy expertise and interest group pressure -- Policy expertise and congressional learning -- Introduction to the case studies -- Emissions trading and confidence from EPA experimentation -- School choice, uncertainty, and conceptual ambiguities -- HMOs and methodological ambiguities -- Conclusion : the political economy of expertise -- Appendix : validity and reliability issues.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Pressure groups--United States.
Policy sciences.


Electronic books.

JK1118 / .E79 2004

322.4/3/0973