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Exogenous Interests, the Reagan Presidency, and Environmental Regulation.
- Source :
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Conference Papers -- American Political Science Association . 2003 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, p1-33. 33p. - Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- Social movements and other ‘exogenous’ interests play an important yet insufficiently understood role in presidential politics. With this paper I will explore the various theoretical understandings of exogenous interests and the presidency, and then examine the case of President Reagan and regulatory politics. I explain that Reagan built new regulatory structures that survive today, and thus created a new regulatory politics according to his obligations to exogenous interests. I argue that presidential policymaking is compelled by the imperatives of responding to exogenous political forces like social movements, organized interest groups, and key voting blocs. I find evidence that three exogenous interest groups, the business sector, right-wing social movements, and the Democrats, were forces that compelled Reagan’s policymaking decisions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Conference Papers -- American Political Science Association
- Publication Type :
- Conference
- Accession number :
- 16023415
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/apsa_proceeding_554.PDF