Timothy J. Conlan is university professor of government at George Mason University. He coauthored Pathways of Power with Paul L. Posner. Paul L. Posner is the director of the Graduate Public Administration Program, head of the Centers on the Public Service at George Mason University, and author of The Politics of Unfunded Mandates. Priscilla M. Regan is a professor in the School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs at George Mason University.

• Preface 1.Managing the Great Recession: A Stress Test for Modern Governance Timothy J. Conlan, Paul L. Posner, and Priscilla M. Regan 2. Economic Crisis and Policy Response: The Context, Design, and Politics of the Recovery ActTimothy J. Conlan and Paul L. Posner 3. A Lifeline to Struggling States: The State Fiscal Stabilization FundTimothy J. Conlan 4. The Rush to Pave: Adapting the Federal-aid Highway Network to ARRASheldon M. Edner and Matthew J. Critchfield 5. Oh What a Tangled Web: Implementation of Broadband Assistance GrantsPriscilla M. Regan 6. Weathering Explosive Growth: Weatherization Assistance Grants under ARRAAlan J. Abramson 7. A Bump in the Road: The Benefits of Established Networks for Implementing ARRA under the New Markets Tax Credit ProgramLehn M. Benjamin 8. Governing Without Networks? Implementing the Advanced Energy Tax Credit ProgramStefan Toepler and Matthew Sommerfeld 9. Accountability under Stress: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009Paul L. Posner 10. Conclusions: Networked Governance under Stress Paul L. Posner, Timothy J. Conlan, and Priscilla M. Regan Select BibliographyList of Contributors Index

a welcome contribution to the literature and could be adapted for use by researchers and in the classroom for courses in public policy making and administration as well as state and local government.