Screen LibraryAmerican politics in the age of ignorance Why lawmakers choose belief over research /
American Politics in the Age of Ignorance looks at ten policy myths and bad ideas that governments and public officials - most often conservatives - consistently repeat and re-enact. Acting on these myths, the policies inevitably fail and thereby reinforce preconceived beliefs that government is ine...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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American Politics in the Age of Ignorance looks at ten policy myths and bad ideas that governments and public officials - most often conservatives - consistently repeat and re-enact. Acting on these myths, the policies inevitably fail and thereby reinforce preconceived beliefs that government is ineffective at solving problems. "American Politics in the Age of Ignorance is simultaneously depressing, hopeful and engaging. Depressing because of its convincing arguments and examples that government policies are consistently made based on 'political myths' - accepted at face value by officeholders, candidates, journalists, and the public alike - rather than on empirical social science evidence. Hopeful because it makes an equally compelling case that we actually know a good deal about what works and what does not, and in theory at least, have a policymaking process designed to provide the feedback necessary to learn fr |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9781137308719, 2012. |
| Carrier Form: | 148 p. : 2 ill. |
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9781137308719 9781137308733 : 1137308737 : |
| CLC: | D771.20 |
| Contents: | 1. States as Laboratories of Futility 2. The Truth about Taxes: They Don't Matter Much 3. Sportsfare: Welfare for Professional Sports 4. Welfare Queens, Calculative Criminals, And the Myth of Homo Economicus 5. Sending Signals: Illegal Immigrants and Teenage Sex 6. Democracy is the Worst Form of Government 7. Fool Me Twice, Shame on Me. |