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7 - Conclusion

Public Government of Public Monies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2024

Christian Breunig
Affiliation:
Universität Konstanz, Germany
Chris Koski
Affiliation:
Reed College, Oregon
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Summary

Governors are motivated to change public policy in response to issues and have powers that influence the shape and direction of budgets; however, interest groups are ultimately providing opportunities for action. We conclude with some broad recommendations for institutional and political tinkering in the American states. Specifically, we argue that policymakers can embrace the inevitability of interest group involvement in policymaking and be more thoughtful about the way they structure policies. This process enables diversity – by which we mean more groups with difference and alternative policy concerns – in representation. In addition, we argue that decentralization of gubernatorial power over the budget to alternative institutions could facilitate budgets that are more responsive to problems.

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Means, Motives, and Opportunities
How Executives and Interest Groups Set Public Policy
, pp. 221 - 236
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Conclusion
  • Christian Breunig, Universität Konstanz, Germany, Chris Koski, Reed College, Oregon
  • Book: Means, Motives, and Opportunities
  • Online publication: 11 April 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009428583.010
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  • Conclusion
  • Christian Breunig, Universität Konstanz, Germany, Chris Koski, Reed College, Oregon
  • Book: Means, Motives, and Opportunities
  • Online publication: 11 April 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009428583.010
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  • Conclusion
  • Christian Breunig, Universität Konstanz, Germany, Chris Koski, Reed College, Oregon
  • Book: Means, Motives, and Opportunities
  • Online publication: 11 April 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009428583.010
Available formats
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