Public Policy
The Federal Government and Urban Housing, Third Edition
A comprehensive history of U.S. housing policy that illuminates the political struggles that have accompanied the nation’s effort to assist those citizens who are in desperate need of decent, affordable housing.
Fighting for Our Health
Insider Richard Kirsch offers a vivid, first-person account of how health care reform came to be.
Friends at the Bar
A Quaker lawyer looks at Friends’ relationship with the American legal system and at Friends’ legal ethics.
Water Pollution Policies and the American States
A fresh perspective on American water pollution policy
The Creation of a Federal Partnership
New perspective on state-level housing policy, how its role has grown in relation to the federal role.
Coping with Terrorism
A comprehensive examination of multiple dimensions of terrorism
Comparative Public Budgeting
Holistic, comparative analysis of multiple budget systems and contexts.
Rethinking Contemporary Warfare
Examines the combat experience of Israel’s ground forces in the Al-Aqsa Intifada in order to offer a set of innovative concepts for understanding irregular warfare.
Critical Urban Studies
Essays reevaluating and challenging the critiques of the urban studies field
The Beach Beneath the Streets
Examines New York City as a paradigmatic example of the tensions between privatization and public uses of space in the contemporary U.S.
Splintered Accountability
Detailed study of how real education reform works.
All But Forgotten
Study of Thomas Jefferson’s legacy in public administration.
Silencing the Opposition
Examines major challenges to the Fist Amendment and focuses on the extremely important paradigm shift of freedom of expression in the post-9/11 era.
Mission Expansion in the Federal Home Loan Bank System
Studies the Federal Home Loan Bank System, how it has changed over time and why
Transporting Atlanta
Examines the dynamics of Atlanta’s transportation crisis.
Getting a Poor Return
Examines competing claims and beliefs about the American legal system in the area of tax policy and tax enforcement.
The Quotable Judge Posner
Collection of quotations and judicial opinions of federal appellate judge Richard A. Posner
Who Speaks for Hispanics?
Examines the policy stances of two major Hispanic interest groups.
Urban Sprawl, Global Warming, and the Empire of Capital
Argues that the United States refuses to address global warming because of the reliance of the American economy on urban sprawl.
Universal Preschool
Examines recent trends in state-funded preschool education.
Foreign Workers in Israel
Explores how the entry of migrant workers into Israel raises questions beyond just those of the labor market.
The Rising State
Examines how federal and state governments have assumed ever-greater control over the education process since the 1960s.
Environmental Integration
A new and original way of looking at the challenge presented by environmental issues.
Comparative Environmental Regulation in the United States and Russia
Explores how policy actors in the United States and Russia have developed flexible incentive-based instruments for environmental protection.
The Politics of Identity
Makes the surprising claim that identity politics can facilitate rather than undermine worker solidarity.