Wendy N. Whitman Cobb 
Unbroken Government 
Success and the Illusion of Failure in Policymaking

Unbroken Government demonstrates how institutional and electoral characteristics present since the writing of the Constitution influence policy development. Utilizing policy areas as diverse as human spaceflight, clean air, homeland security, and foreign policy, this work shows how these patterns manifest themselves in the policymaking process.

Table of Content

1. Institutions and Policy 2. The Institutional-Policy Cycle 3. Human Spaceflight and Clean Air Policy 4. A Tale of Two Chambers 5. Executives and Policy 6. Bureaucratic Influence and Discretion 7. Something Old, Something New, Something Federal 8. A Path Forward

About the author

Wendy N. Whitman Cobb is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Cameron University, USA. She received her Ph D from the University of Florida, USA in 2012. Her studies focus on American institutions and public policy as well as US space policy.