American Governance and Public Policy series

The Congressional Budget Office

Created in 1974, the U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has become one of the most influential forces in national policymaking.

The Government Taketh Away

Democratic government is about making choices. Sometimes those choices involve the distribution of benefits.

The Politics of Unfunded Mandates

National Health Insurance in the United States and Canada

Lobbying Together

Today organized interests fight most of their major battles within coalitions.

How Governments Privatize

Governments throughout the world confront enormous challenges when divesting.

Out and Running

From Revenue Sharing to Deficit Sharing

Once hailed as a revolutionary change in U.S. federal aid policy that would return power to state and local governments, General Revenue Sharing was politically dead a decade later. Bruce A.

Collaborative Public Management

Branching Out, Digging In

Sarah B. Pralle takes an in-depth look at why some environmental conflicts expand to attract a lot of attention and participation, while others generate little interest or action.