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Book SynopsisToday’s policy environment is filled with difficult and important issues. Taxes and spending, the future of Social Security, poverty, immigration, the environment, education, and religious liberty are only a few. To understand these issues going into the future, it is important to understand how these issues originated and developed. This book offers a brief history of domestic public policy since the New Deal, focusing on both the substance of policy and several key concepts.
Trade ReviewToo often courses in American politics ignore the public policies that are the very stuff about which political forces contend. This book provides a comprehensive and insightful narrative about the actual course of public policy since the New Deal and therefore enables students to understand how policy and politics interact. I plan to use it in my American Politics course. -- Marc Landy, Boston College
A historical discussion of public policy—unfortunately now widespread—is uniformed discussion. Andrew Busch rectifies this shortcoming with a balanced, thorough and incisive analysis of the variable course of US domestic policy since 1932. It’s essential reading for both scholars and students of American public policy and a welcome addition to many classrooms. -- Steven E. Schier, Carleton College
