Description: Presents an orderly, congruous study, linking policy processes and results to an institutional and political framework familiar to most readers from earlier studies in American government. Discusses how government institutions and ideas created or inspired by the Constitution have a distinct impact on both policy processes and policy results; how political forces often exploit the Constitution and its structural, ideological, and political byproducts to influence public policy; and how the manipulation of this form of "constitutional politicso has shed a destructive light on contemporary politics and government. Covers such recent events as the Clinton impeachment and trial, the impact of special prosecutors on the strength and behavior of policy institutions, and how the rush to redefine and expand the meaning of constitutional rights impacts policy processes and outputs negatively.

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