02083nam a22003258a 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141020003000170040002400200050002300224082001500247100003000262245010900292246004700401264005200448300005900500336002600559337002600585338003600611500007300647520089800720700003301618776003501651856007101686CR9781139150842UkCbUP20180107143415.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||110901s2013||||enk     s     ||1 0|eng|d  a9781139150842 (ebook)  z9781107023185 (hardback)  z9781107670310 (paperback)  aUkCbUPcUkCbUPerda00aJK1021 b.A45 201200a328.732231 aAdler, E. Scott,eauthor.10aCongress and the Politics of Problem Solving / [electronic resource]cE. Scott Adler, John D. Wilkerson.3 aCongress & the Politics of Problem Solving 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2013.  a1 online resource (262 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).  aHow do issues end up on the agenda? Why do lawmakers routinely invest in program oversight and broad policy development? What considerations drive legislative policy change? For many, Congress is an institution consumed by partisan bickering and gridlock. Yet the institution's long history of addressing significant societal problems - even in recent years - seems to contradict this view. Congress and the Politics of Problem Solving argues that the willingness of many voters to hold elected officials accountable for societal conditions is central to appreciating why Congress responds to problems despite the many reasons mustered for why it cannot. The authors show that, across decades of policy making, problem-solving motivations explain why bipartisanship is a common pattern of congressional behavior and offer the best explanation for legislative issue attention and policy change.1 aWilkerson, John D.,eauthor.08iPrint version: z978110702318540uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139150842zCambridge Books Online