Reforms at risk : what happens after major policy changes are enacted /
Eric M. Patashnik.
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2008.
- xii, 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Princeton studies in American politics .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-228) and index.
Introduction : general-interest policymaking and the politics of reform sustainability -- Policy reform as a political project -- Expert ideas meet politics : reforming the tax code -- Freedom the agricultural welfare state : the mixed case of the Freedom to Farm Act -- Reforming the American welfare state : ERISA and the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act -- Uncle Sam goes shopping : reinventing government procurement -- Unshackling an unstable industry : airline deregulation -- Making pollution control pay : emissions trading for acid rain -- Conclusions : the patterns and paradoxes of policy reform.