Sextons as public servants -- Cemeteries in everyday life -- Records management and deeds -- Cultural competency in cemetery management -- Dark tourism and the cemetery -- Empathy and beyond -- Cemetery potpourri -- Concluding remarks.

"'The data economy' is a term used by many, but properly understood by few. Even more so the concept of 'big data'. Both terms embody the notion of a digital world in which many transactions and data flows animate a virtual space. This is the unseen world in which technology has become the...

The method of inquiry -- Fracking for oil and natural gas in Texas and its impacts on the economy -- Environmental federalism and federal regulations on fracking -- Factors affecting states' decision to frack and State of Texas' regulations on fracking -- Fracking and its impacts on the...

The rise and fall of citizen participation in America -- Critical choices in citizen participation -- How we did our study -- Thinking inside the box -- Impact on the margins -- It's not as easy as it seems -- When client service trumps democracy -- Active citizenship in the age of contracting.

Regulation has become a front-page topic recently, often referenced by politicians in conjunction with the current state of the US economy. Yet despite regulation' s increased presence in current politics and media, The Politics of Regulatory Reform argues that the regulatory process and its...