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Author Barnes, Jeb.

Title Dust-up : asbestos litigation and the failure of commonsense policy reform / Jeb Barnes
Published Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 138 pages) : illustrations
Contents Today's challenging legislative environment and the politics of efficiency -- The asbestos crisis in the United States -- Asbestos litigation reform as a "likely" case for the politics of efficiency -- The puzzling politics of the Fair Act -- The asbestos case and the politics of efficiency -- The asbestos case, institutional change, and the judicialization of American policymaking
Summary In an era of polarization, narrow party majorities, and increasing use of supermajority requirements in the Senate, policy entrepreneurs must find ways to reach across the aisle and build bipartisan coalitions in Congress. One such coalition-building strategy is the "politics of efficiency," or reform that is aimed at eliminating waste from existing policies and programs. After all, reducing inefficiency promises to reduce costs without cutting benefits, which should appeal to members of both political parties, especially given tight budgetary constraints in Washington. Dust-Up explo
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Subject Products liability -- Asbestos -- United States
Damages -- United States
Asbestos -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History
Law reform -- United States
LAW -- Environmental.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- General.
Asbestos -- Law and legislation
Damages
Law reform
Products liability -- Asbestos
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781589017863
1589017862
Other Titles Asbestos litigation and the failure of commonsense policy reform