{"product_id":"government-by-investigation-congress-presidents-and-the-search-for-answers-1945a-2012-9780815722687","title":"Government by Investigation: Congress, Presidents, and the Search for Answers, 1945a-2012","description":"\" \u003cp\u003ePaul C. Light examines and evaluates the 100 most significant investigations of policy failures, bureaucratic mistakes, and personal misconduct undertaken by the U.S. federal government between 1945 and 2012. Launched by Congress or the president, sometimes by both at the same time, the investigations at the core of this book were driven by the search for answers about significant breakdowns in government performance. Light reveals which investigations were most effective, and why.\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul C. Light\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brookings Institution Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.02w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815722687\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003ePaul C. Light\u003c\/b\u003e is the Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service at New York University's Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service. His many books include \u003ci\u003eDriving Social Change: How to Solve the World's Toughest Problems\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Government Ill Executed: The Decline of the Federal Service and How to Reverse It\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also a coauthor of \u003ci\u003eGovernment by the People\u003c\/i\u003e, now in its 24th edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brookings Institution Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40660788150387,"sku":"9.78082E+12","price":48.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_c5770ba5-e548-4c1b-a565-e9cb361504c5.jpg?v=1673450008","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/government-by-investigation-congress-presidents-and-the-search-for-answers-1945a-2012-9780815722687","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}