Ghostwriting Legislation: How the Unelected Write State Policy
Author:   Mary Kroeger (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781009710107


Pages:   250
Publication Date:   30 June 2026
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Ghostwriting Legislation: How the Unelected Write State Policy


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Author:   Mary Kroeger (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
ISBN:  

9781009710107


ISBN 10:   1009710109
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   30 June 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not yet available, will be POD   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. A Theory of the Interaction Between Legislator, Legislature, and Groups; 3. Bring in the Bureaucrats; 4. Legislating from the Outside in the Golden State; 5. Prepackaged Policy: Model Bill Use in the Fifty US States; 6. Complexity and Deliberation by Design; 7. The Electoral Connection: Democratic Implications of Outsider Involvement; 8. Conclusion: Democracy in the States.

Reviews

'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


Author Information

Mary Kroeger is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on US state politics, American political institutions, bureaucratic-legislative interactions, and policy diffusion. She has been published in leading journals including the American Journal of Political Science and The Journal of Politics.

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