The End of Pluralist Policymaking: The Case of the Affordable Care Act

• In Event: Challenges in Governance and Policy Conflict: Civil Society, Local Actors, and Policymaking Dynamics

Brief Overview

This literature review demonstrates that pluralist policymaking has given way to a less stable policymaking process characterized by centralized policymaking machines, an asymmetric party system, propaganda networks, and money driven elections.

Author

• Carter Wilson, Northern Michigan University