Non-Policymaking: The Case of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform, 2005-06

• In Event: Privatizing Public Policy

Brief Overview

This paper explores how House Republicans used issue attention as a weapon to thwart immigration reform in 2005-6. It argues that expanding the scope of conflict is not just a strategy for policy change and theorizes its usefulness in obstruction.

Author

• Devin Fernandes, California State University, Chico