Brief History of Public Policy since the New Deal

Andrew E. Busch is Crown Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College. He is coauthor of several R&L books including The Imperial Presidency and the Constitution, Defying the Odds: The Elections of 2016, and After Hope and Change: The 2012 Elections and American Politics.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction to Public Policy Since the New DealChapter One: The New DealChapter Two: The Truman-Eisenhower EquilibriumChapter Three: The New Frontier/Great SocietyChapter Four: The Nixon-Ford-carter EquilibriumChapter Five: The Reagan RevolutionChapter Six: The Bush-Clinton EquilibriumChapter Seven: George W. Bush and the Republican Non-breakoutChapter Eight: New Directions in the Wake of the Great Recession?The Obama and Trump “Transformations”Conclusion

Too 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.