Dust-up : asbestos litigation and the failure of commonsense policy reform /

Dust-up : asbestos litigation and the failure of commonsense policy reform / Jeb Barnes.

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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,&quo...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Barnes, Jeb
Other title:Asbestos litigation and the failure of commonsense policy reform.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Products liability > Asbestos > United States.
Damages > United States.
Asbestos > Law and legislation > United States > History.
Law reform > United States.
Asbestos > Law and legislation.
Damages.
Law reform.
Products liability > Asbestos.
United States.
History.
Table of 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.

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