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Brookings Commentary Calls For Reforms To Our Basic Governing Process

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Broken Politics, Issues in Governance Studies | Number 33. Darrell M. West, Vice President and Director, Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution: “With numerous examples over an extended period of broken politics leading to broken policies, we need to think about ways to reform our political system in ways that enhance our capacity for innovation, leadership, coalition-building, problem-solving, and implementation. We have to understand that failed governance is a problem for people of all political persuasions. While certain elements achieve short-term advantage from gridlock, stalemate, and hyper-partisanship, the system as a whole suffers and Americans grow more cynical. We must get serious about improving institutional performance, administrative infrastructure, and governance processes if we wish to address our policy problems.”

  • See also: But Will It Work?: Implementation Analysis to Improve Government Performance, Issues in Governance Studies | Number 32, R. Kent Weaver, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution – “This Issue Brief argues that the United States should adopt a program of Implementation Analysis for major legislative proposals in Congress. Implementation Analysis would be administered by the Government Accountability Office, and would draw on the Congressional Budget Office’s experience with budget scoring of legislative proposals. The Brief outlines major elements of an Implementation Analysis and argues that it could lead to major improvements in policy performance.”
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