Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. The Half-Life of Policy Rationales: How New Technology Affects Old Policy Issues -- 1. Technology,Marine Conservation, and Fisheries Management -- 2. The Lighthouse as a Private-Sector Collective Good -- 3. Motorway Financing and...

Individuals tend to seek out communities and organizations that appeal to their beliefs and values. They gravitate to positions and responsibilities that suit their personal aspirations and ambitions, and in such pursuits they succeed best. In The United States of Ambition: Politicians, Power,...