Ghostwriting Legislation

'In a data rich study Mary Kroeger offers a groundbreaking analysis of when, why, and how state legislators rely on outsiders to write laws. Bureaucrats and interest groups gladly offer bills to be introduced and work to get them passed. A survey experiment shows the public's disapproval of this practice.' Virginia Gray, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
'Legislators write laws, which bureaucracies then implement – or so the standard story goes. In this smart, incisive analysis, Kroeger convincingly demonstrates that in fact bureaucrats, along with other 'outsiders' like interest groups, play a crucial role in the development and writing of laws. Every scholar of policymaking in the US should read this book!' Charles R. Shipan, University of Michigan