'Achieving Democracy' explains and explores the dynamic and changing nature of contemporary government and the future of the regulatory state. In a critique of

Shows how the deregulation of public services in the US has been a success, why it has failed elsewhere, and what can be done to fix this.

Political scientist Samuel DeCanio examines how political elites used high levels of voter ignorance to create a new type of regulatory state with lasting impli

As an experiment in reconnecting academia to the broader democracy, this work is designed to invigorate public policy debate by rededicating academic work to th

The activist state of the New Deal started forming decades before the FDR administration, demonstrating the deep roots of energetic government in America. In th