Americans have a love-hate relationship with government. Rejecting bureaucracy--but not the goods and services the welfare state provides--Americans have demanded that government be made to run like a business. Hence today's privatization revolution. But as Jon D. Michaels shows, separating the...

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...

The campaign for a federal fleet corporation -- The creation of the federal land banks -- Municipalities struggle to meet new needs -- The truncated career of autonomous federal agencies -- The federal government promotes public authorities -- Public authorities since the Second World War --...