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W. W. Norton & Company : College Books

Policy Paradox

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Losing is Winning
  • Parades: Recreation of Speech?
  • For or against Welfare Enemies of Allies?
  • Which Came First-The Problem or the Solution?
  • Babies: Product or Service?
  • PART I: POLITICS
  • Chapter 1: The Market and the Polis
  • Community
  • Public Interest
  • Commons Problems
  • Influence
  • Cooperation
  • Loyalty
  • Groups
  • Information
  • Passion
  • Power
  • PART II: GOALS
  • Chapter 2: Equity
  • The Dimensions of Equality
  • The Arguments for Equality
  • Chapter 3: Efficiency
  • What is Efficiency?
  • Markets and Efficiency
  • Challenges from the Market
  • Challenges from the Polis
  • The Equality-Efficiency Trade-Off
  • Chapter 4: Security
  • Dimensions of Need
  • Needs in the Polis
  • The Security-Efficiency Trade-Off
  • Chapter 5: Liberty
  • Liberty in the Polis
  • The Liberty-Security Trade-Off: Two Dilemmas
  • The Liberty-Equality Trade-Off
  • PART III: PROBLEMS
  • Chapter 6: Symbols
  • Stories
  • Synechdoches
  • Metaphors
  • Ambiguity
  • Chapter 7: Numbers
  • Numbers as Metaphors
  • Numbers as Norms and Symbols
  • The Hidden Stories in Numbers
  • Making Numbers in the Polis
  • Chapter 8: Causes
  • Causal Stories As Problem Definition
  • Making Causes in the Polis
  • Using Causes in the Polis
  • Chapter 9: Interests
  • Concepts of "Interests"
  • Making Interest in the Polis
  • How Issues and Interests Define Each Other
  • Chapter 10: Decisions
  • The Concept of Rational Decision Making
  • Decisions in the Polis
  • PART IV: SOLUTIONS
  • Chapter 11: Inducements
  • The Theory of Inducements
  • Making Inducements in the Polis
  • Chapter 12: Rules
  • How a Rule Works
  • In Search of Good Rules
  • Making Rules in the Polis
  • Chapter 13: Facts
  • The Two Faces of Persuasion
  • Making Facts in the Polis
  • Chapter 14: Rights
  • How Legal Rights Work: The Ways and Tastes of a Magistrate
  • Making Rights in the Polis: The Normative
  • Basis of Legal Rights
  • Making Rights in the Polis: The Political Basis of Legal Rights
  • Do Rights Work?
  • Chapter 15: Powers
  • Changing the Membership
  • Changing the Size
  • Changing Federalism
  • Conclusion: Political Reason
  • Metaphoric versus Calculating Reason
  • Political Reasoning as Strategic Representation
  • Policy Paradoxes as Boundary Tensions
  • The Value of Political Reason
  • Appendix: Policy Paradox in Action
  • Affirmative Action