Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures and Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. CHAPTER 1. Introduction: General-Interest Policymaking and the Politics of Reform Sustainability 1
6. CHAPTER 2. Policy Reform as a Political Project 16
7. CHAPTER 3. Expert Ideas Meet Politics: Reforming the Tax Code 35
8. CHAPTER 4. Reforming the Agricultural Welfare State: The Mixed Case of the Freedom to Farm Act 55
9. CHAPTER 5. Reforming the American Welfare State: ERISA and the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act 72
10. CHAPTER 6. Uncle Sam Goes Shopping: Reinventing Government Procurement 91
11. CHAPTER 7. Unshackling an Unstable Industry: Airline Deregulation 110
12. CHAPTER 8. Making Pollution Control Pay: Emissions Trading for Acid Rain 136
13. CHAPTER 9. Conclusions: The Patterns and Paradoxes of Policy Reform 155
14. Notes 181
15. Index 229