Rulemaking is the single most important function performed by government agencies. While Congress and the president provide the general framework for the government’s mission, rulemaking fills in the details that define the law and delineate how each agency carries out its responsibilities. Cornelius Kerwin, and new co-author Scott Furlong, update this highly regarded text with new data, fresh analysis of interest groups’ participation in rulemaking, as well as coverage of the Obama administration’s early actions, from executive orders and key personnel to agencies’ responses to changes. An invaluable and accessible guide to this intensely political process, Rulemaking contains the most current scholarship on a crucial yet understudied subject.

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 RULEMAKING: HOW GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WRITE LAW AND MAKE POLICY

• Throughout the book, you'll find a thorough review of the final years of the George W. Bush administration and coverage of the Obama administration's first year.
•  Chapter 1 features new coverage on the financial crisis of 2009 and federal regulatory response, and updated retrospectives of the presidential administrations since Reagan and their impact on the rulemaking process.
• Chapter 3 touches on issues presented by the financial crisis and revises the role of participations in the rulemaking process.
• Substantial revision to Chapter 4 reflects major points from the American University Symposium on Rulemaking and presents new material on information acquisition and use. The chapter also examines the different approaches of several government agencies to priority setting and includes expanded and revised discussion of the budget process and rulemaking managers.
• Electronic rulemaking is extended in Chapter 5, along with updates on public participation and recent research and literature on patters of participation and negotiated rulemaking.
• Chapter 6 thoroughly revises the topics of limited delegation and the legislative veto, expands its examination of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, and presents new coverage on principal agent theory
• Rigorously updated tables and figures throughout the book capture new data from the last six years.

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1. The Substance of Rules and the Reasons for Rulemaking

2. The Process of Rulemaking

3. Issues and Contradictions

4. The Management of Rulemaking

5. Participation in Rulemaking

6. Oversight of Rulemaking

7. Rulemaking: Theories and Reform Proposals

The strengths of Rulemaking are the comprehensive foundations and history of the rulemaking process, the engaging writing style, and the discussions of issues of management surrounding rulemaking. The authors give a balanced approach, and in fact, they do an excellent job of maintaining objectivity especially in discussions of congressional and presidential participation in rulemaking. In general, the book provides a good balance between description, example, and analysis in each chapter and it does a wonderful job of providing an overview of the impact of rulemaking on the policy process. - Kay Hofer, Texas State University at San Marcos

Rulemaking is the ideal single-source treatment of a complicated subject. Through readable prose and interesting examples, Kerwin and Furlong manage to highlight all of the relevant procedural and political facets of administrative lawmaking; they convey the nuances and practicalities of how rulemakers interact with their overseers in the political and judicial branches. Their discussion of overarching theory and current empirical research manages to be sophisticated without being stuffy. Whether used in its entirety—as I have done for thousands of students in regulatory politics courses—or more selectively, the professor can be sure that students will be well served! - Glenn Smith, University of California, San Diego

Cornelius M. Kerwin is currently the president of American University and a professor of public adminstration in American University's School of Public Affairs. Dr. Kerwin served as the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) for the 1998-1999 term. Additionally, he worked as a consultant for several organizations, including the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Agriculture, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Scott R. Furlong is professor of political science and public affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. His areas of expertise are regulatory policy and interest group participation in the executive branch. Furlong has published articles in a number of journals including Public Administration Review, The Journal of Public Administration, Research and Theory, Administrative Studies Quarterly and Policy Studies Journal. He has been teaching the public policy course for over twelve years.