Introduction : the rise of a policy state? / Jeffery A. Jenkins and Sidney Milkis
The long 1950s as a policy era / David R. Mayhew
Litigation and reform / Sean Farhang
Courts and agencies in the American civil rights state / R. Shep Melnick
The politics of labor policy reform / Dorian T. Warren
Teachers unions and American education reform : the power of vested interests / Terry M. Moe
Progressive federalism and the contested implementation of Obama's health reform / Lawrence R. Jacobs and Theda Skocpol
Federalism and the politics of immigration reform / Carol M. Swain and Virginia M. Yetter
Trade politics and reform / Judith Goldstein
The politics of intelligence reform / Richard H. Immerman
Follow the leader : major changes to homeland security and terrorism policy / Jennifer L. Merolla and Paul Pulido
Conclusion : Madison upside-down : the policy roots of our polarized politics / Paul Pierson.
The politics of major policy reform in postwar America. ISBN 9781107668485. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.