{"product_id":"government-by-investigation-congress-presidents-and-the-search-for-answers-1945-2012-paperback","title":"Government by Investigation: Congress, Presidents, and the Search for Answers, 1945?2012 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul C. Light\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A Brookings Institution Press and Governance Institute publication \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\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\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 9.04 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 22, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130454577287,"sku":"9780815722687","price":64.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e1ef3c79d7993017060a2496bb0e797e.webp?v=1732610938","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/government-by-investigation-congress-presidents-and-the-search-for-answers-1945-2012-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}