{"product_id":"means-motives-and-opportunities-how-executives-and-interest-groups-set-public-policy-hardback-9781009428590","title":"Means, Motives, and Opportunities; How Executives and Interest Groups Set Public Policy (Hardback) 9781009428590","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMeans, Motives, and Opportunities\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHow Executives and Interest Groups Set Public Policy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIlluminates how governors, motivated by political issues, shape budgets according to the opportunities interest groups provide them.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChristian Breunig (Author), Chris Koski (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009428590, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 February 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e300 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16 x 2.5 cm, 0.586 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Recommended.' D. Schultz, CHOICE\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMeans, Motives, and Opportunities illuminates how states spend public money through the lens of governmental structure, executive power, and interest group competition. Christian Breunig and Chris Koski argue that policymaking is a function of not only policymakers' means (powers), but of their motives (issues) and opportunities (interest group competition) for change. Using over twenty-five years of data across all fifty US states, four in-depth case studies, and multiple examples of budget battles, the book describes a budget-making environment in which governors must balance the preferences of interest groups with their own, all while attempting to build a budget that roughly balances. While governors are uniquely powerful, the range of changes they can make is largely impacted by interest group competition. By showing how means, motives, and opportunities matter, the book shows how spending decisions at the state level influence nearly every aspect of American life.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Setting Public Policy: 1. Explaining One Million Policy Stories\u003cbr\u003e 2. Meeting at the Margins: Interests and Governors in Public Budgeting\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Motives, Opportunities, and Means of Policy Change: 3. Motives: Issues of the Moment(s)\u003cbr\u003e 4. Opportunities: Interest Groups and their Budgetary Issues\u003cbr\u003e 5. Means: How Governors Shape Budgetary Outcomes\u003cbr\u003e 6. How Interests and Executives Set Public Policy in Four States with Nat Rubin\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Public Policy and Budgeting in the American States: 7. Conclusion: Public Government of Public Monies\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Constitution: government \u0026amp; the state [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Constitution: government \u0026amp; the state\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Constitution:%20government%20\u0026amp;%20the%20state%20%5BJPHC%5D%22\"\u003eJPHC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52414005936408,"sku":"9781009428590","price":74.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009428590i.jpg?v=1784335511","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/means-motives-and-opportunities-how-executives-and-interest-groups-set-public-policy-hardback-9781009428590","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}