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Iron triangle (US politics) In United States politics, the "iron triangle" comprises the policy -making relationship among the congressional committees, the bureaucracy, and interest groups, [ 2] as described in 1981 by Gordon Adams. [ 3][ 4] Earlier mentions of this 'iron triangle' concept are in a 1956 Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report as ...
In the U.S, the most common tactic of effective issue networks is the role they play in what is called Iron Triangles. This is the three-way back-and-forth communication process between Congress, Bureaucracies, and the interest groups that make up an issue network where they discuss policy and agendas in order to compromise on solutions to ...
In the context of the United States, the appellation is sometimes extended to military–industrial–congressional complex (MICC), adding the U.S. Congress to form a three-sided relationship termed an "iron triangle". [10]
In politics, triangulation is a strategy associated with U.S. President Bill Clinton in the 1990s. The politician presents a position as being above or between the left and right sides or wings of a democratic political spectrum. It involves adopting for oneself some of the ideas of one's political opponent. The logic behind it is that it both ...
The iron law of oligarchy is a political theory first developed by the German-born Italian sociologist Robert Michels in his 1911 book Political Parties. [ 1] It asserts that rule by an elite, or oligarchy, is inevitable as an "iron law" within any democratic organization as part of the "tactical and technical necessities" of the organization. [ 1]
Elite capture[ 1] is a form of corruption whereby public resources are biased for the benefit of a few individuals of superior social status in detriment to the welfare of the larger population. Elites are groups of individuals who, because of self-ratifying factors such as social class, asset ownership, religious affiliations, political power ...
The Iron Triangle, a name given to the iron-producing region of South Australia, bounded by the mining towns of Iron Knob, Iron Baron and Iron Monarch, but more usually applied to the nearby industrial towns of Whyalla, Port Augusta and Port Pirie on the upper Spencer Gulf. The Iron Triangle, a junction of three major railroad lines in Fostoria ...
The concept of the Iron Triangle of Health Care was first introduced in William Kissick’s book, Medicine’s Dilemmas: Infinite Needs Versus Finite Resources in 1994, describing three competing health care issues: access, quality, and cost containment. [1] [2] Each of the vertices represents identical priorities.