Partisan policy networks : how research organizations became party allies and political advocates / Zachary Albert.
| Author/creator | Albert, Zachary author |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2025] |
| Description | xiv, 344 pages illustrations 24 cm |
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| Physical medium | illustrations. |
| Contents | Policy research in a polarized era -- Part i. the modern marketplace for policy research -- Politicians and the demand for policy information -- Research groups and the supply of policy resources -- Developing and financing a group mission -- Sustaining an approach through internal practices and norms -- The politicization of policy research organizations -- Part ii. policy influence -- Group access to legislators on social media -- Group access to Congress and its members -- Partisan debates over cap-and-trade policy -- Implications for democracy and prospects for reform. |
| Abstract | Partisan Policy Networks explores how policy research in the United States became deeply intertwined with partisan politics in today's polarized era. -- from Publisher. |
| Abstract | "Partisan Policy Networks explores how policy research in the United States became deeply intertwined with partisan politics in today's polarized era. It challenges the notion that policy research is an objective search for optimal solutions. Instead, Zachary Albert argues that policy research is heavily influenced by partisan and ideological incentives. Central to this argument is the concept of partisan policy networks, which consist of elected officials, think tanks, and interest groups working together to achieve shared goals. The policy research organizations, or PROs, within these networks often produce research that supports shared partisan objectives rather than independent, objective analyses. Using case studies and original data, Albert traces the advent of partisan PROS and their ascendance in American politics, documents the many ways in which partisan policy networks are created and sustained, and shows how partisan PROs within these networks have privileged access to and influence over their preferred party in Congress"-- Page 4 of cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-330) and index. |
| LCCN | 2025410862 |
| ISBN | 9781512828016 |
| ISBN | 1512828017 |
| ISBN | ebook |
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