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Analysis of the 3 major components of Israeli military budget reveals that elections do influence military expenditures in Israel, though in a very different way than in the US. Proposes theoretical modifications. (Abstract amended)

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. "Where the Rubber Hits the Road and Everything Else Hits the Fan": A Brief Description of EPA's Enforcement Process and the Superfund Program -- 3. Heavy Seas before the Maelstrom: EPA Enforcement in the 1970s -- 4. Destruction, Confusion, Confrontation, and Disarray: EPA Enforcement and Congressional Oversight in the Gorsuch Era -- 5. "Away from the Brink"—But Not Out of the Woods: EPA Enforcement from 1983 to 1989 -- 6. Modest Progress and Renewed Suspicion: EPA Enforcement in the Bush I Administration -- 7. "Neither the Best of Times nor the Worst of Times": EPA Enforcement during the Clinton Administration -- 8. Suspicions, Schisms, and Partial Revival: EPA Enforcement during the Bush II Administration -- 9. Lessons Learned: Some Observations on Congressional Oversight, Organizational Structure, Management Approaches, and Career Staff Trends -- 10. Did Industry Capture EPA Enforcement? Captive Agency Theory and Its (Partial) Applicability -- 11. EPA Enforcement in the Context of Federal Civil Service Decline -- Appendix A. Persons Interviewed -- Appendix B. Government Service Job Titles of Individuals Interviewed by Author -- Appendix C. Standard Interview Questionnaire in Interviews Prior to 2003 -- Appendix D. Standard Interview Questions Asked in All Interviews Beginning in 2003 -- Notes -- Index

This book presents an overview of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) resource allocation issue, considering the period from 1948 to 1980. It describes the major characteristics of the DoD resource allocation process and discusses the potential impact of various shocks on the allocation system.

Steven Mintz reconstructs the emotional interior of a life stage too often relegated to self-help books and domestic melodramas. He describes the challenges of adulthood today and puts them into perspective by exploring how past generations achieved intimacy and connection, raised children, sought meaning in work, and responded to loss.

There are two dominant approaches to political decision making in general and foreign policy decision making in particular: rational choice and cognitive psychology. The essays here introduce and test the poliheuristic theory of decision making that integrates elements of both schools. The poliheuristic theory is able to account for the outcome and the process of decisions, and integrates across levels of analysis (individual, dyad, and group). The collection focuses on both elements of the theory itself and also looks at how the theory can be used to better understand political decisions that were made in the past