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The Regulators: Anonymous Power Brokers in American Politics

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The Regulators is a fresh look at how the regulatory system works in Washington and how it affects the life of every American. The book, an incisive and sometimes entertaining look at the back corridors of government, draws upon real-life regulatory episodes that illustrate the power and reach of the rule-making establishment in Washington. It's the first examination of the regulatory world, and the entities that interact with it, that is both accessible and indispensable to undergraduate, graduate, business, and law students, as well as regulatory practitioners and political junkies alike.




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    4.0 out of 5 stars Fun (?) with Regulation, May 20, 2003
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    Susan Dudley (Arlington, Virginia USA) - See all my reviews
    Cindy Skrzycki's weekly column titled "The Regulators" has captured the attention of readers of the Washington Post for more than a decade, uncovering the power struggles, political intrigue, special interests and legal battles that go on behind the scenes in Washington. Now, her wit and humor help make the seemingly arcane topic of regulation accessible (and even fun) for readers of her new book, The Regulators: Anonymous Power Brokers in American Politics.

    The book, punctuated by some of her most interesting and amusing columns over the years, will make interesting reading for anyone interested in American politics and regulation. Skrzycki's goal in writing the book was to "take a complicated and sometimes inscrutable topic and make it a comprehensible, important lesson in government," (XII), and she succeeds. The Regulators does not provide an academic treatment of the theories of regulation nor details of legal or economic principles. Rather, it addresses the more personal... Read more

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    5.0 out of 5 stars Delicious and informative, October 6, 2008
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    Dorit Rubinstein (San Jose, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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    This review is from: The Regulators: Anonymous Power Brokers in American Politics (Paperback)
    I have been reading Cindy Skrzycki's column for several years but have only now found out about this book. It's great. It not only takes previous (delicious) columns and puts them in context, it draws on public administration literature to teach you a lot more about the all encompassing administrative state - and all with humor and balance. Skrzycki knows her administrators and knows her politics. If you don't know anything about the administrative state, this is a really good place to start. If you know much about it, you'll still learn something you didn't.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars More Accurate than Any Civics Class, October 8, 2009
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    J. Slemrod (Ann Arbor, MI) - See all my reviews
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    Did you know that the federal government regulates the size of the holes in Swiss cheese?

    Cindy Skrzycki's book "The Regulators" is an absolute must-read for anyone interested in politics, lobbying, and everything in between. It will likely lay to rest the what you learned in civics class, showing the immense power that special interests in Washington can wield. She goes far beyond portraying these legislative battles as simply "business vs. labor" or "more vs. less," focusing closely on specific tactics that interests use, such as the use of arcane Congressional procedures, the targeting of Federal agencies tasked with promulgating regulations, and a whole host of other strategies. It's impossible to understand the political process without substantive and concise cast studies to study. Skrzycki's years as a Washington Post on the "regulatory beat" make her more than up to the task of providing them for students of the political process.
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