Book review in this article:Explaining Policy Reversals. By Christopher Hood.The President and the Parties: The Transformation of the American Party System Since the New Deal. By Sidney M. Milkis.Values and Public Policy. Edited by Henry J. Aaron, Thomas E. Mann, and Timothy Taylor.The Politics Presidents Make: Leadership from John Adam to George Bush. By Stephen Skowronek.International Handbook of Local and Regional Government. By Alan Norton.Rethinking School Choice: Limits of the Market Metaphor. By Jeffrey R. Henig.