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02477aam a2200385 a 4500 001 2DA6D87CE2DD11E284C630D7DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20130702010114 008 121010s2013 nyua b 001 0 eng c 020 $a 1137308710 (hbk.) 020 $a 9781137308719 (hbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)824602861 040 $a NLE $b eng $c NLE $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d CDX $d OCLCO $d BWX $d CSJ $d LML $d IXA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a JK275 $b .S38 2012 082 4 $a 320.973 100 1 $a Schultz, David A. $q (David Andrew), $d 1958- 245 10 $a American politics in the age of ignorance : $b why lawmakers choose belief over research / $c David Schultz. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c 2013. 300 $a vi, 139 p. : $b ill. ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Palgrave pivot. 505 0 $a States as Laboratories of Futility -- The Truth about Taxes: They Don't Matter Much -- Sportsfare: Welfare for Professional Sports -- Welfare Queens, Calculative Criminals, And the Myth of Homo Economicus -- Sending Signals: Illegal Immigrants and Teenage Sex -- Democracy is the Worst Form of Government -- Fool Me Twice, Shame on Me. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 114-133) and index. 520 $a State and local governments are often trumpeted as laboratories of democracy, capable of significant policy innovation and expertise. Yet the reality is that states more often than not repeatedly reenact failed policies that past research shows do not work. American Politics in the Age of Ignorance contends that policy making is shrouded in many myths and that policy makers often ignore ample research and evidence when it comes to legislating on a range of issues. Examining such hot button issues as restricting immigration and welfare migration, seeking to lure businesses with tax breaks, and providing public subsidies for sports stadiums, this book catalogs a list of repeatedly enacted failed policies that public officials advocate, offering a critical and skeptical analysis of the policy process. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Political sociology. 830 0 $a Palgrave pivot. 941 $a 4 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117015959.0 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718091335.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826064325.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20130702020942.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2DA6D87CE2DD11E284C630D7DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search