The essays in this volume take a fresh look at the history of institutions in the early modern
world. Casting a broad look across a variety of institutions, from missionary societies to …

How and why has government gotten bigger?“Should be a compulsory assignment for any
seminar on modern political culture.”—The Journal of American History American …

Throughout the twentieth century, there have been distinctive public policy eras. Much
demarcation between epochs arose because of tipping-point moments of change in …

During the past few years, a new generation of historians have turned their attention to the
influence of law, public policy, and public administration in American life in the period …

Most public problems can be approached in many ways. Urban noise, the honking of car
horns, for example, could be tackled by building effective mass transit and discouraging …

First published in 1982 by Basic Books, Ministers of Reform is now available in paperback. It
offers a wide-ranging assessment of progressive endeavors; its special interest to historians …

The arguments presented in Chapter Four suggested the need to shift our focus from
explaining moments of institutional choice to understanding processes of institutional …

This chapter argues that to understand the role of government and of public administration, it
is necessary to go back to our intellectual heritage. The American administrative state is …

Public administration as a modern discipline in the USA is only one hundred years old. The
phenomenon of government and the art of governance, though, are not new. The problems …