This book is about the implementation and performance of President Obama's economic stimulus program and how insights from this experience can inform public administration and public policy. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was an initiative of historic proportions to prop up...

Major elements of the Obama administration's health care, education, economic recovery, climate change, and financial reform initiatives have important intergovernmental consequences. This article reviews this broad intergovernmental agenda and analyzes its potential to shape the contours and...

State legislatures in the United States engage in a substantial amount of international activity. In the 2001-2002 legislative sessions, some 886 bills and resolutions with significant international implications were introduced. Approximately 306 of these were adopted. This level of...

This article examines state responses to the changing global economy, by exploring the growth of state international economic activities, variations in these activities, factors promoting and limiting state involvement in international affairs, and implications of these trends for the...