Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Acknowledgments IX
4. Introduction: political skill and the problems of politics 1
5. Part I. Mapping the contours of the attentive public
6. 1. Mapping existing policies and their audiences 15
7. 2. Mapping ideological consensus and cleavage 38
8. 3. Mapping factions interests, and alliances 69
9. Part II. Five mental health controversies
10. 4. Civil commitment and the medical model 99
11. 5. The great budget controversy 141
12. 6. The psychology licensing act of 1967 152
13. 7. The Mendocino plan 161
14. 8. The bureau of social work transfer 170
15. Part III. Entrepreneurship in practice
16. 9. The entrepreneur designs a proposal and seeks support 183
17. 10. The entrepreneur builds a coalition 215
18. 11. The entrepreneur meets an opposition 231
19. 12. The essential entrepreneur 241
20. Appendix A. Mental health survey 267
21. Appendix B. Sampling procedure and rationale 277
22. Index 283