Dust-up : asbestos litigation and the failure of commonsense policy reform / Jeb Barnes.

In an era of polarization, narrow party majorities, and increasing use of supermajority requirements in the Senate, policy entrepreneurs must find ways to reach across the aisle and build bipartisan coalitions in Congress. One such coalition-building strategy is the "politics of efficiency,&quo...

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Main Author: Barnes, Jeb
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Published: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, ©2011.
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