Readings (with some exceptions) are
organized thematically, or topically.
Note that this material has been derived from
earlier compilations by Professor Woods (whose
contribution is gratefully recognized) and amended
from various other resources...
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Topic: Policy
Actors, Process, and Models
- Sabatier, Theories of the Policy Process,
Second Editon, ch. 1,2.
- Allison, Graham. 1969. “Conceptual Models
and the Cuban Missile Crisis.” APSR 63:
689-719, or see Philip D. Zelikow with Graham T.
Allison, Essence
of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis
2nd edition (1999), theoretical
material.
- Bendor, Jonathon and Thomas Hammond. 1992.
“Rethinking Allison’s Models.” APSR 86:
301-322.
- Helen Ingram, Anne L. Schneider, and Peter
deLeon, "Social Construction and Policy Design,"
in Theories of
the Policy Process, Second Edition, Paul
Sabatier, ed. (2007), ch. 4.
- Jos, P. H. and M. E. Tompkins (2009).
"Keeping It Public: Defending Public Service
Values in a Customer Service Age." PAR 69(6):
1077-1086.
- Lowi, Theodore. 1972. “Four Systems of
Policy, Politics, and Choice.” PAR 32:
298-310.
- Heckathorn, Douglas and Steven Maser. 1990.
“The Contractual Architecture of Public Policy: A
Critical Reconstruction of Lowi’s Typology.” JOP 52:
1101-1123.
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Topic: Public
vs. Private
- Barry Bozeman, All Organizations Are Public:
Bridging Public and Private Organizational
Theories, (Jossey-Bass, 1987), pp.
83-106.
- Walker, R. M. and B. Bozeman (2011).
"Publicness and Organizational Performance." Journal of Public
Administration Research and Theory 21(suppl
3): i279-i281.
- Meier, K. J. and L. J. O'Toole (2011).
"Comparing Public and Private Management:
Theoretical Expectations." Journal of Public
Administration Research and Theory
21(suppl 3): i283-i299.
- Andrews, R., G. A. Boyne, et al.
(2011). "Dimensions of Publicness and
Organizational Performance: A Review of the
Evidence." Journal
of Public Administration Research and Theory 21(suppl
3): i301-i319.
- Bozeman, B. and S. Moulton (2011).
"Integrative Publicness: A Framework for Public
Management Strategy and Performance." Journal of Public
Administration Research and Theory
21(suppl 3): i363-i380.
- Williamson, Oliver. 1999. “Public and
Private Bureaucracies: A Transactions Cost
Perspective.” Journal
of Law, Economics, and Organization 15:
306-342.
- Charles Wolf, Jr., Markets or
Governments: Choosing between Imperfect
Alternatives, (The MIT Press, 1988),
especially ch. 4, "Types, Sources, and
Mechanisms".
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Topic: Public
Action, Part I
- Joe B. Stevens, The Economics of Collective Choice
(Westview, 1993), chpts. 1-4.
- Browning, Edgar K. and William R. Johnson.
1984. “The Trade-off Between Equality and
Effeciency.” Journal
of Law and Economics.
- Coase, Ronald. 1960. “The Problem of Social
Cost.” Journal
of Law and Economics 3:1-44.
- Zerbe, Richard O. and Howard E. McCurdy.
1999. “The Failure of Market Failure.” Journal of Policy
Analysis and Management 18: 558-578.
- Calabrese, Guido. 1992. “The Pointlessness
of Pareto: Carrying Coase Further.” Yale Law Journal 110:1211-1237.
See also:
Lee S. Friedman,
The Microeconomics
of Public Policy Analysis, (Princeton,
2002), ch. 15, 16.
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Topic:
Institutions and Choice, especially commons issues
- Elinor Ostrom, "Institutional Rational
Choice: An Assessment of the
Institutional Analysis and Development Framework,"
in Theories of
the Policy Process, Second Edition, Paul
Sabatier, ed. (2007), ch. 2.
- Dietz, T., E. Ostrom, et al. (2003). "The
Struggle to Govern the Commons." Science
302(5652): 1907-1912.
- Lawrence Lessig, "Do You Floss?", London Review of
Books, 18 August 2005.
- Paul Seabright, "Managing Local
Commons: Theoretical Issues in Incentive
Design", Journal
of Economic Perspectives 7(4), Fall
1993: 113-134.
Updates
Highlighted
- Ostrom, E.,
M. A. Janssen, et al. (2007). "Going beyond
panaceas." Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences
104(39): 15176-15178.
- Ostrom, E.
(2007). "A diagnostic approach for going beyond
panaceas." Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences 104(39): 15181-15187.
- Ostrom, E.
(2009). "A General Framework for Analyzing
Sustainability of Social-Ecological Systems." Science
325(5939): 419-422.
- Vollan,
B. and E. Ostrom (2010). "Cooperation and the
Commons." Science 330(6006):
923-924.
- Rustagi,
D., S. Engel, et al. (2010). "Conditional
Cooperation and Costly Monitoring Explain
Success in Forest Commons Management." Science
330(6006): 961-965.
Some
others...
- Ostrom, Elinor. “A Behavioral Approach to
the Rational Choice Theory of Collective Action.”
American
Political Science Review 92:1-22
- Governing
the Commons by Elinor Ostrom
- John Tierney, "As New Englanders overfish
their way to ruin...", New York Times,
August 27, 2000.
- Jules Pretty, "Social Capital and the
Colleective Management of Resources,",
Science 302(5652): 1912-1914.
- Bendor, Jonathon and Dilop Mookherjee.
1987. “Institutional Structure and the Logic of
Ongoing Collective Action.” American Political
Science Review 81:129-145.
- Thráinn Eggertsoon, “Open Access
versus Common Property”, in Property Rights,
Cooperation, Conflict, and Law,
(Princeton University Press, 2003), ch. 3.
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Topic: Collective
Action (expect changes here)
- Joe B. Stevens, The Economics of Collective
Choice (Westview, 1993), chpts. 5.
- Potoski, Matthew and Aseem Prakash. 2005.
“Green Clubs and Voluntary Governance: ISO 14001
and Firms Regulatory Compliance.” American Journal
of Political Science.
- Axelrod, Robert. 1981. “The Emergence of
Cooperation Among Egoists.” American Political
Science Review 75:306-18.
- Lowery, David, Virginia Gray, Jennifer
Anderson, and Adam Newmark. 2004.
“Collective Action and the Mobilization of
Institutions.” Journal of Politics 66:684-705.
- Moe, Terry M. 1980. “A Calculus of Group
Membership.” American Journal of Political Science
24: 593-632.
- Lubell, Mark et al. 2002. “Watershed
Partnerships and the Emergence of Collective
Action Institutions.” American Journal of
Political Science 46: 148-163.
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Topic:
Local Markets (aka Quasi-Market Allocation)
- Tiebout,
Charles.
1956. “A Pure Theory of
Local Expenditures.”
Journal of Political
Economy 64:416-24.
- Lowery,
David and William Lyons 1989.
“The Impact of Jurisdictional
Boundaries: An
Individual
Level Test of the Tiebout Model.” Journal
of Politics 51:73-97.
- Epple,
Dennis and Allan Zelenitz 1981. “The
Implications of Competition Among
Jurisdictions: Does Tiebout Need Policies?” Journal of
Political Economy 89: 1197-1217.
- Chubb,
John and Terry Moe. 1988. “Politics,
Markets, and the Organization of Schools.” American
Political Science Review 82:
1065-87.
- Schneider,
Mark et al. 1997. “Institutional
Arrangements and the Creation of Social
Capital: The Effects of Public School
Choice.” American
Political Science Review 91:
82-93.
- Teske, Paul,
Michael Mintrom, and Samuel Best. 1993. “Establishing
the Micro Foundations of a Macro Theory: Information,
Movers, and the Competitive Local Market
for Public Goods” American Political
Science Review 87: 702-713, (also
see the exchange in 1995).
- Lowery,
David, William E. Lyons, and Ruth Hoagland
DeHoog. 1995. “The
Empirical Evidence for Citizen Information and
a Market for Public Goods.” APSR
89: 705-707. (Also read the response).
- Wallace
E. Oates, “An Essay on Fiscal
Federalism”, Journal
of Economic Literature XXXVII
(1999): 1120-1149.
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Topic:
Quasi-Markets II
- Peterson, Paul. The Price of
Federalism (The
Brookings Institution, 1995).
- Peterson, Paul and Mark Carl Rom. 1989.
“American Federalism, Welfare Policy, and
Residential Choices.” American Political Science Review 83:711-28.
- Volden, Craig, "The Politics of Competitive
Federalism," AJPS
46(2), 2002: 352-363.
- Berry, William, Richard Fording, and
Russell Hansen. 2003. “Reassessing the Race to the
Bottom in State Welfare Policy.” Journal of Politics
65: 327-49.
- Michael Bailey and Mark Carl Rom 2004. “A
Wider Race? Interstate Competition across Health
and Welfare Programs.” Journal of Politics 66: 326-47.
- Lowery, David. 1998. “Consumer Sovereignty
and Quasi-market Failure.” Journal of Public
Administration Research and Theory
137-172.
Some Other Resources:
- John D. Donahue, Disunited
States..., (Basic Books, 1997), ch. 1
- 4.
- Demetrios Caraley,
“Dismantling the Federal Safety Net:
Fictions Versus Realities”, Political
Science Quarterly 111(2), 1996:
225-258.
- Timothy Conlan, From New
Federalism to Devolution: Twenty-Five Years
of Intergovernmental Reform,
(Brookings, 1998).
- The New Federalism: Can the States
be Trusted?, John Ferejohn and Barry
R. Weingast, eds., (Hoover Institution Press,
1997).
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Topic:
"Fairness" and "Equity" and "Efficiency" in
Allocation
- Deborah Stone, Policy Paradox and
Political Reason (1997), ch. 2 (Equity)
and 3 (Efficiency).
- Michael Sandel, Justice, What's the
Right Thing to do?, (2009), ch. 2 (The
Greatest Happiness Principle/Utilitarianism).
Note
-- this material is not necessarily "classic" but
it has proven useful in talking about these
issues.
Links about Sept. 11 Victim's Compensation Fund.
Kenneth
R. Fineberg, What
is Life Worth? (New York, Public
Affairs, 2005)
Final Report of the September 11 Victim's
Compensation Fund. Link
to Volume 1. Link
to Volume 2.
Interviews
with Kenneth Fineberg
Link to
story on NPR's "Talk of the Nation" about Mr.
Fineberg's work on the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund,
established for victims of the Virginia Tech.
shootings. Link
to story.
Link to
Mr. Fineberg's Essay for NPR's "This I Believe"
series on the value of a human life. Link.
and
Link to
Gulf Oil Claims Facility. Link.
Also
(some other resources):
Lisa
Belkin, "Just Money", New York Times
Magazine, December 8, 2002
Paul Slovic, "The More Who Die, the Less We Care,"
in The Irrational
Economist: Making Decisions in a Dangerous
World, Erwann Michel-Kerjan and Paul
Slovic, eds., (2010), ch. 4.
Steven
W. Landsburg, "Do the poor deserve life support", Slate,
2006. (Link
to
story)
Robert
H. Frank, "Weighing the True Costs and Benefits in a
Matter of Life and Death",
New York Times,
January 19, 2006.
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Topic:
Contemporary Policy Challenges
- Hacker, J. S. (2004). "Privatizing Risk
without Privatizing the Welfare State: The Hidden
Politics of Social Policy Retrenchment in the
United States." American
Political Science Review 98(2): 243-260.
- Mettler, S. (2010). "Reconstituting the
Submerged State: The Challenges of Social Policy
Reform in the Obama Era." Perspectives on
Politics 8(03): 803-824.
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Topic:
How to think about the policy process.
- Nikolaos Aahariadis, "The Multiple
Streams Framework: Structure, Limitations,
Prospects," and James L. True, Bryan D. Jones, and
Frank R. Baumgartner, "Punctuated Equilibrium
Theory: Explaining Stability and
Change in Public Policy Making," in Theories of the
Policy Process, Second Edition, Paul
Sabatier, ed. (2007), ch. 3 and 6. ... and
...
- John Kingdon, Agendas, Alternatives, and Public
Policies, Update Edition, with an Epilogue on
Health Care (2nd Edition), (Longman,
2010).
- Frank R. Baumgartner and Bryan D. Jones, Agendas and
Instability in American Politics, Second
Edition, (Chicago, 2009).
- Bryan D. Jones and Frank R. Baumgartner, The Politics of
Attention: How Government Prioritizes Problems,
(Chicago, 2005).
- Frank R. Baumgartner, Jeffrey M. Berry,
Marie Hojnacki, David C. Kimball, Beth L.
Leech, Lobbying
and Policy Change: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why,
(Chicago, 2009).
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Topic:
Constraints on Purposeful
Action... Organizations and
social situations... mostly
Assigned Reading:
- Paul A. Sabatier and
Hank C. Jenkins-Smith, "The Advoacy Coalition
Framework: An Asssement", in Theories of the
Policy Process, Paul A. Sabatier and
Hank Jernkins-Smith, eds., (Westview Press,
1999), ch. 6.
- Henry Mintzberg and
Alexandra McHugh, "Strategy Formation in an
Adhocracy", Administrative
Science Quarterly 30 (2), 1985:
160-197.
- Review Zahariadis
chapter in Sabatier text.
Other
Resources:
- Anthony Downs, Inside
Bureaucracy, (1967), ch. II, VIII,
IX, XIII, XVIII.
- Paul C. Nutt, "Types
of Organizational Decision Processes", Administrative
Science Quarterly 29(3),
1984: 414-450.
- Christine Oliver,
"Strategic Responses to Institutional
Processes", Academy of Management Review
16(1), 1991: 145-179.
- Anna Grandori, "A
Prescriptive Contingency View of
Organizational Decision Making", Administrative
Science Quarterly 29(2),
1984: 192-209.
- Deborah A. Stone, Policy Paradox
and Political Reason, (1988), ch.
11-15.
- Kathleen M.
Eisenhardt, "Agency Theory: An
Assessment and Review", Academy of
Management Review 14(1),
1989: 57-74.
- Thomas R. Oliver, “The
Dilemmas of Incrementalism: Logical and
Political Constraints in the Design of
Health Insurance Reforms”, Journal of
Policy Analysis and Management
18(4), 1999: 652-683.
- Policy Change
and Learning: An Advocacy Coalition
Approach, Paul A. Sabatier and Hank
C. Jenkins-Smith, eds., (Westview, 1993),
ch. 3.
- Hank C. Jenkins-Smith
and Paul A. Sabatier, "Evaluating the
Advocacy Coalition Framework", Journal of
Public Policy 14(2), 1994:
175-203.
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Topic: The
Minnowbrook III Conference (mostly drawn from
special issue of J-PART) and related issues
Readings:
- Bryer, T. A. (2007). "Toward a Relevant
Agenda for a Responsive Public Administration." J Public Adm Res
Theory 17(3): 479-500.
- O'Leary,
R. (2011). "Minnowbrook: Tradition, Idea, Spirit,
Event, Challenge." Journal of Public Administration
Research and Theory 21(suppl 1): i1-i6.
- Nabatchi, T., H. T. Goerdel, et al. (2011).
"Public Administration in Dark Times: Some
Questions for the Future of the Field." Journal of Public
Administration Research and Theory
21(suppl 1): i29-i43.
- Gooden, S. and S. Portillo (2011).
"Advancing Social Equity in the Minnowbrook
Tradition." Journal
of Public Administration Research and Theory
21(suppl 1): i61-i76.
- Getha-Taylor, H., M. H. Holmes, et al.
(2011). "Focusing the Public Leadership Lens:
Research Propositions and Questions in the
Minnowbrook Tradition." Journal of Public Administration
Research and Theory 21(suppl 1): i83-i97.
- Kioko, S. N., J. Marlowe, et al. (2011).
"Why Public Financial Management Matters." Journal of Public
Administration Research and Theory
21(suppl 1): i113-i124.
- Christensen, R. K., H. T. Goerdel, et al.
(2011). "Management, Law, and the Pursuit of the
Public Good in Public Administration." Journal of Public
Administration Research and Theory
21(suppl 1): i125-i140.
- Moynihan, D. P., S. Fernandez, et al.
(2011). "Performance Regimes Amidst Governance
Complexity." Journal
of Public Administration Research and Theory
21(suppl 1): i141-i155.
- Isett, K. R., I. A. Mergel, et al. (2011).
"Networks in Public Administration Scholarship:
Understanding Where We Are and Where We Need to
Go." Journal of
Public Administration Research and Theory
21(suppl 1): i157-i173.
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Topic: Public
Service Motivation (From Professor Su)
- Alonso, P., & Lewis, G. B. (2001).
Public Service Motivation and Job Performance. The American Review
of Public Administration, 31(4), 363-380.
doi: 10.1177/02750740122064992
- Bright, L. (2008). Does Public Service
Motivation Really Make a Difference on the Job
Satisfaction and Turnover Intentions of Public
Employees? The American Review of Public
Administration, 38(2), 149-166. doi:
10.1177/0275074008317248
- Crewson, P. E. (1997). Public-Service
Motivation: Building Empirical Evidence of
Incidence and Effect. Journal of Public Administration
Research and Theory: J-PART, 7(4),
499-518.
- Houston, D. J. (2006). “Walking the Walk”
of Public Service Motivation: Public Employees and
Charitable Gifts of Time, Blood, and Money. Journal of Public
Administration Research and Theory,
16(1), 67-86. doi: 10.1093/jopart/mui028
- Moynihan, D. P., & Pandey, S. K.
(2007). The Role of Organizations in Fostering
Public Service Motivation. [Article]. Public
Administration Review, 67(1), 40-53. doi:
10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00695.x
- Patrick, F. (2000). ‘Public service
motivation’ as an argument for government
provision. Journal
of Public Economics, 78(3), 275-299. doi:
10.1016/s0047-2727(00)00075-x
- Perry, J. L. (1996). Measuring Public
Service Motivation: An Assessment of Construct
Reliability and Validity. Journal of Public
Administration Research and Theory: J-PART,
6(1), 5-22.
- Perry, J. L. (1997). Antecedents of Public
Service Motivation. Journal of Public Administration
Research and Theory: J-PART, 7(2),
181-197.
- Perry, J. L. (2000). Bringing Society In:
Toward a Theory of Public-Service Motivation. Journal of Public
Administration Research and Theory,
10(2), 471-488.
- Perry, J. L., Brudney, J. L., Coursey, D.,
& Littlepage, L. (2008). What Drives Morally
Committed Citizens? A Study of the Antecedents of
Public Service Motivation. [Article]. Public
Administration Review, 68(3), 445-458.
- Perry, J. L., & Wise, L. R. (1990). The
Motivational Bases of Public Service. Public
Administration Review, 50(3), 367-373.
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Topic:
Network analysis (from Professor Su)
- Agranoff, R., & McGuire, M. (1998).
Multinetwork Management: Collaboration and the
Hollow State in Local Economic Policy. Journal of Public
Administration Research and Theory: J-PART,
8(1), 67-91.
- Agranoff, R., & McGuire, M. (2001). Big
Questions in Public Network Management Research.
Journal of Public
Administration Research and Theory,
11(3), 295-326.
- Keast, R., Mandell, M. P., Brown, K., &
Woolcock, G. (2004). Network Structures: Working
Differently and Changing Expectations. Public
Administration Review, 64(3), 363-371.
- McGuire, M. (2002). Managing Networks:
Propositions on What Managers Do and Why They Do
It. Public
Administration Review, 62(5), 599-609.
- McGuire, M. (2006). Collaborative Public
Management: Assessing What We Know and How We Know
It. Public
Administration Review, 66, 33-43. doi:
10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00664.x
- Meier, K. J., & O'toole, L. J. (2001).
Managerial Strategies and Behavior in Networks: A
Model with Evidence from U.S. Public Education. Journal of Public
Administration Research and Theory,
11(3), 271-294.
- Milward, H. B., & Provan, K. G. (1998).
Measuring Network Structure. Public
Administration, 76(2), 387-407. doi:
10.1111/1467-9299.00106
- O'Toole, L. J., Jr. (1997). Treating
Networks Seriously: Practical and Research-Based
Agendas in Public Administration. Public
Administration Review, 57(1), 45-52.
- Provan, K. G., Fish, A., & Sydow, J.
(2007). Interorganizational Networks at the
Network Level: A Review of the Empirical
Literature on Whole Networks. Journal of
Management, 33(3), 479-516. doi:
10.1177/0149206307302554
- Provan, K. G., & Milward, H. B. (2001).
Do Networks Really Work? A Framework for
Evaluating Public-Sector Organizational Networks.
Public
Administration Review, 61(4), 414-423.
- Provan, K. G., & Sebastian, J. G.
(1998). Networks within Networks: Service Link
Overlap, Organizational Cliques, and Network
Effectiveness. The
Academy of Management Journal, 41(4),
453-463.
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Topic: The
Logic of Inquiry -- Methodological Interlude
- Christakis, N. A. and J. H. Fowler (2007).
"The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network
over 32 Years." New
England Journal of Medicine 357(4):
370-379.
- Cohen-Cole, E. and J. M. Fletcher (2008).
"Detecting implausible social network effects in
acne, height, and headaches: longitudinal
analysis." British
Medical Journal 337.
- Carrell, S. E., M. Hoekstra, et al. (2011).
"Is poor fitness contagious?: Evidence from
randomly assigned friends." Journal of Public
Economics 95(7-8): 657-663.
- VanderWeele, T. J. (2011). "Sensitivity
Analysis for Contagion Effects in Social
Networks." Sociological
Methods & Research 40(2): 240-255.
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Topic: Bureaucratic
representation (from Professor Su)
- Bradbury, M. D., & Kellough, J. E.
(2008). Representative Bureaucracy: Exploring the
Potential for Active Representation in Local
Government. Journal
of Public Administration Research and Theory,
18(4), 697-714. doi: 10.1093/jopart/mum033
- Hindera, J. J. (1993). Representative
Bureaucracy: Further Evidence of Active
Representation in the EEOC District Offices. Journal of Public
Administration Research and Theory: J-PART,
3(4), 415-429.
- Keiser, L. R., Wilkins, V. M., Meier, K.
J., & Holland, C. A. (2002). Lipstick and
Logarithms: Gender, Institutional Context, and
Representative Bureaucracy. The American
Political Science Review, 96(3), 553-564.
- Lim, H.-H. (2006). Representative
Bureaucracy: Rethinking Substantive Effects and
Active Representation. Public Administration Review,
66(2), 193-204. doi:
10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00572.x
- Meier, K. J., Wrinkle, R. D., &
Polinard, J. L. (1999). Representative Bureaucracy
and Distributional Equity: Addressing the Hard
Question. The
Journal of Politics, 61(4), 1025-1039.
- Riccucci, N. M., & Saidel, J. R.
(1997). The Representativeness of State-Level
Bureaucratic Leaders: A Missing Piece of the
Representative Bureaucracy Puzzle. Public
Administration Review, 57(5), 423-430.
- Sowa, J. E., & Selden, S. C. (2003).
Administrative Discretion and Active
Representation: An Expansion of the Theory of
Representative Bureaucracy. Public
Administration Review, 63(6), 700-710.
- Subramaniam, V. (1967). Representative
Bureaucracy: A Reassessment. The American
Political Science Review, 61(4),
1010-1019.
- Wilkins, V. M. (2007). Exploring the Causal
Story: Gender, Active Representation, and
Bureaucratic Priorities. Journal of Public Administration
Research and Theory, 17(1), 77-94. doi:
10.1093/jopart/muj012
- Wilkins, V. M., & Keiser, L. R. (2006).
Linking Passive and Active Representation by
Gender: The Case of Child Support Agencies. Journal of Public
Administration Research and Theory,
16(1), 87-102. doi: 10.1093/jopart/mui023
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Topic:
Performance management (from Professor Su)
- Moynihan, D. P., & Pandey, S. K.
(2005). Testing How Management Matters in an Era
of Government by Performance Management. Journal of Public
Administration Research and Theory,
15(3), 421-439. doi: 10.1093/jopart/mui016
- Heinrich, C. J. (1999). Do Government
Bureaucrats Make Effective Use of Performance
Management Information? Journal of Public Administration
Research and Theory: J-PART, 9(3),
363-393.
- Pollitt, C. (2006). Performance Management
in Practice: A Comparative Study of Executive
Agencies. Journal
of Public Administration Research and Theory,
16(1), 25-44. doi: 10.1093/jopart/mui045
- Radin, B. A. (2000). The Government
Performance and Results Act and the Tradition of
Federal Management Reform: Square Pegs in Round
Holes? Journal
of Public Administration Research and Theory,
10(1), 111-135.
- Poister, T. H., & Streib, G. (1999).
Performance Measurement in Municipal Government:
Assessing the State of the Practice. Public
Administration Review, 59(4), 325-335.
- Radin, B. A. (1998). The Government
Performance and Results Act (GPRA): Hydra-Headed
Monster or Flexible Management Tool? Public
Administration Review, 58(4), 307-316.
- Melkers, J., & Willoughby, K. (2005).
Models of Performance-Measurement Use in Local
Governments: Understanding Budgeting,
Communication, and Lasting Effects. Public
Administration Review, 65(2), 180-190.
doi: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2005.00443.x
- Walker, R. M., & Boyne, G. A. (2006).
Public management reform and organizational
performance: An empirical assessment of the U.K.
Labour government's public service improvement
strategy. Journal
of Policy Analysis and Management, 25(2),
371-393. doi: 10.1002/pam.20177
- Moon, M. J. (2002). The Evolution of
E-Government among Municipalities: Rhetoric or
Reality? Public
Administration Review, 62(4), 424-433.
- Meier, K. J., & O'Toole, L. J., Jr.
(2002). Public Management and Organizational
Performance: The Effect of Managerial Quality. Journal of Policy
Analysis and Management, 21(4), 629-643.
- Coggburn, J. D., & Schneider, S. K.
(2003). The Quality of Management and Government
Performance: An Empirical Analysis of the American
States. Public
Administration Review, 63(2), 206-213.
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Topic:
The
Problem
of
Analysis – general issues
Readings for discussion:
- Ann Langley, "In Search
of Rationality: The Purposes behind the
Use of Formal Analysis in Organizations", Administrative
Science Quarterly 34, (1989):
598-631. (skim)
- Evert Vedung, Public Policy
and Program Evaluation, (Transactions
Publishers, 1997), ch. 4 (“Models of
Evaluation”)
- Richard H. Thaler and
Cass R. Sunstein, Nudge, Improving Decisions About
Health, Wealth, and Happiness, (Yale
University Press, 2008), ch. 5, "Choice Architecture".
- Nancy Shulock, “The
Paradox of Policy Analysis: If It Is Not Used,
Why Do We Produce So Much of It?”, Journal of
Policy Analysis and Management 18(2),
(1999): 226-244. (skim)
- Robert H. Socolow,
"Failures of Discourse", in Boundaries of
Analysis: An Inquiry into the Tocks
Island Dam Controversy, Harold A. Feiveson,
Frank W. Sinden, and Robert H. Socolow, eds.,
(Ballinger, 1976), ch. 1.
- Laurence H. Tribe, "Ways
Not to Think About Plastic Trees", in When Values
Conflict, Laurence H. Tribe, Corinne
S. Schelling, and John Voss, eds., (Ballinger,
c1976). (skim)
Resource Readings:
- Onker N. Basu, Mark W.
Dirsmith, Parveen P. Gupta, “The Coupling of
the Symbolic and the Technical in an
Institutionalized Context: The
Negotiated Order of the GAO’s Audit Reporting
Process”, American
Sociological Review 64
(1999): 506-526.
- Beryl A. Radin,
“Presidential Address: The Evolution of the
Policy Analysis Field: From Conversation to
Conversations”, Journal of Policy Analysis and
Management 16(2), (1997): 204-218.
- David L. Weimer and
Aidan R. Vining, Policy Analysis, Concepts and
Practice, Third Edition, (Prentice
Hall, 1999), passim.
- The Tools of
Government: A Guide to the New
Governance. Lester M. Salamon,
ed. (Oxford University Press,
2002). ch. 1. 2, and 3.
- Savas, ch. 5 - 11.
- Richard H. Thaler and
Cass R. Sunstein, Nudge, Improving Decisions About
Health, Wealth, and Happiness, (Yale
University Press, 2008), remainder.
- Rejean Landry and
Frederic Varone, "The Choice of Policy
Instruments: Confronting the
Deductive and Interactive Approaches,"
in Designing
Government: From Instruments to
Governance (2005), Pearl Eliadis,
Margeret M. Hill, and Michael Howlett, eds.,
ch. 5.
- Richard O. Zerbe, Jr.
and Howard E. McCurdy, “The Failure of Market
Failure”,
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
18(4), 1999: 558-578.
- Lawrence Lessig, Code and other
laws of cyberspace, (Basic Books,
1999).
- Steven Weber, The Success of Open Source,
(Harvard University Press, 2004).
- Joseph E. Stiglitz, Economics of the
Public Sector, Second Edition,
(Norton, 1988), ch. 3, "The Economic Rationale
for Government".
- Joseph Stiglitz,
“Distinguished Lecture on Economics in
Government: The Private Uses of Public
Interests: Incentives and Institutions”, The Journal of
Economic Perspectives 12(2), 1998:
3-22.
- David L. Weimer,
"Claiming races, boiler contracts,
heresthetics, and habits: ten concepts
for policy design", Policy Sciences 25
(1992): 135-160.
- Barry Bozeman, All
Organizations Are Public: Bridging
Public and Private Organizational Theories,
(Jossey-Bass, 1987), pp. 83-106.
- Peter Smith Ring and
James L. Perry, "Strategic Management in
Public and Private Organizations:
Implications of Distinctive Contexts and
Constraints", Academy of Management Review
10(2), 1985: 276-286.
- old newstories on
disasters... (expect new ones)
Cornelia Dean, "Some Experts Say It's Time to
Evacuate the Coast (for Good)", New York Times,
October 4, 2005; and David
Streitfeld, "Change Sought to Cover Losses
Mandatory national insurance for disasters
such as hurricanes and earthquakes is getting
a serious look...", Los Angeles Times, October
3, 2005.
Topic:
The Problem of Risk and Uncertainty
- Bernard D. Goldstein,
“Risk Assessment as an Indicator for Decision
Making”, in Risks,
Costs, and Lives Saved, Getting Better
Results from Regulation, Robert W.
Hahn, ed. (Oxford and AEI Press), ch.4.
- Robert A. Pollak,
“Regulating Risk”, Journal of Economic
Literature XXXIII, 1995:
179-191.
- Peter deLeon,
"Democratic Values and the Policy Sciences", American Journal
of Political Science 39(4),
1995: 886-905.
- George J. Busenberg,
“Collaborative and adversarial analysis in
environmental policy”, Policy Sciences
32, (1999): 1-11.
- J.A. Throgmorton, "The
Rhetorics of Policy Analysis", Policy Sciences
24 (1991): 153-179.
- Sylvia N. Tesh, “Citizen
experts in environmental risk”, Policy Sciences
32 (1999): 39-58.
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Other Resources, not yet used...
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Topic: Policy
Innovation and Diffusion
- Sabatier, chpt. 7
- Walker, Jack. 1969. “The Diffusion of
Innovations among the American States.” American Political
Science Review 63: 880-899.
- Berry, Francis Stokes and William D. Berry.
1990. “State Lottery Adoptions as Policy
Innovations: An Event History Analysis.” American Political
Science Review 84: 395-415.
- Schneider, Mark and Paul Teske. 1992.
“Toward a Theory of the Political
Entrepreneur: Evidence from Local
Government.” American
Political Science Review 86: 737-747.
- Mooney, Christopher Z. 2001. “Modeling
Regional Effects on State Policy Diffusion.” Political Research
Quarterly 54: 103-124.
- Grossback, Lary and Sean Nicholson-Crotty.
2004. “Ideology and Learning in Policy Diffusion.”
American
Politics Research 32:521-45.
- Boehmke, Frederick and Richard Witmer.
2004. “Disentangling Diffusion: The Effects of
Social Learning and Economic Competition on State
Policy Innovation and Diffusion.” Political Research
Quarterly 57: 39-52.
- Shipan, C. R. and C. Volden (2008). "The
Mechanisms of Policy Diffusion." American Journal of
Political Science 52(4): 840-857.
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Topic: Agenda
Formation and Definition
- Bachrach, Peter and Morton S. Baratz 1963.
“Decisions and Nondecisions: An Analytical
Framework.” APSR
57: 632-42.
- Roger W. Cobb and Charles D. Elder, Participation in
American Politics, The Dynamics of Agenda
Building, (Allyn and Bacon, 1972).
- Cobb, Ross and Ross. 1976. “Agenda Building
as a Comparative Political Process” APSR 70:
126-38
- Downs, Anthony. 1972. “Up and Down With
Ecology: The Issue Attention Cycle.” The Public Interest.
28:38-50.
- Peters, B. Guy and Brian Hogwood. 1985. “In
Search of the Issue Attention Cycle.” Journal of Politics
47: 238-253.
- Nelson, Barbara “Setting the Public
Agenda: The Case of Child Abuse.” In Judith May
and Aaron Wildavsky eds, The Policy Cycle.
- Sharp, Elaine 1994. “The Dynamic of Issue
Expansion: Cases From Disability Rights and
Fetal Research Controversy.” Journal of
Politics 56: 919-939.
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Topic: The
Role of Language in Shaping Public Policy
- Murray Edelman, The Symbolic Uses of
Politics, (University of Illinois Press,
1985).
- Helen Ingram, Anne L. Schneider,
and Peter deLeon, "Social Construction and Policy
Design," in Theories
of the Policy Process, Second Edition,
Paul Sabatier, ed. (2007), ch. 4.
- Anne Schneider and Helen Ingram,
"Social Construction of Target
Populations: Implications for Politics and
Policy", American Political Science Review
87(2), 1993: 334-347. Robert
Lieberman, "Comment" and Ann Schneider and Helen
Ingram, "Response", American Political
Science Review 89(2), June 1995:
437-446. (material on
Schneider and Ingram...)
- Abolafia, M. Y., "Framing Moves:
Interpretive Politics at the Federal Reserve." J Public Adm Res
Theory 14(3), (2004): 349-370.
- B. Guy Peterse and John A.
Hoornbeek, "The Problem of Policy Problems", in Designing
Government: From Instruments to Governance,
Pearl Eliadis, Margaret M. Hill and Michael
Howlett, (McGill-Queens University Press), ch. 4.
- Peter Beinart, “Lost Tribes”,
Lingua
Franca, May/June 1999: 33-41.
- Mark Schlesinger and Richard
R. Lau, “The Meaning and Measure of Policy
Metaphors”, APSR 94(3), 2000:
611-626. (... don’t spend too much time
on the statistical investigation – concentrate
on the argument...)
- Deborah Stone, Policy
Paradox... (1997), ch. 6 -
10.
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Topic: Public
Opinion and Public Policy
- Wright, Gerald C., Robert Erikson, and John
P. McIver. 1987. “Public Opinion and
Policy Liberalism in the American States.” AJPS
31:980-1001.
- Stimson, James, Michael MacKuen, and
Robert Erikson. 1995. “Dynamic
Representation.” APSR 89: 543-65.
- Smith, Mark. 1999. “Public Opinion,
Elections, and Representation within a Market
Economy: Does the Structural Power of
Business Undermine Popular Sovereignty?” American Journal of
Political Science 43:842-863.
- Gray, Viginia, David Lowery, Matthew
Fellowes, and Andrea McAtee. 2004.
“Public Opinion, Public Policy, and Organized
Interests in the American States.” Political Research
Quarterly 57: 411-420.
***
Jeffrey Lax and
Justin Phillips. 2010. “Explaining Democratic
Performance in the States.” Working paper.
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Topic: The
role of government: justifications for public
action...
- Steve D. Levitt and Stephen J.
Dubner, Freakonomics..., "How is the Ku Klux Klan
Like a Group of Real Estate Agents", ch. 2.
- Savas, ch. 1 - 4.
- Salamon, ch. 1 - 2.
- Rogers, J. D. and G. Kingsley,
"Denying Public Value: The Role of the Public
Sector in Accounts of the Development of the
Internet." J Public Adm Res Theory 14(3), (2004):
371-393.
Lecture
Resource:
- Robert Kuttner, Everything for
Sale, The Virtues and Limits of Markets,
(Knopf, 1997), ch. 1, 2, 7, and 8.
- The Tools of Government: A
Guide to the New Governance. Lester
M. Salamon, ed. (Oxford University
Press, 2002). ch. 4, 5, and 6.
- David L. Weimer and Aidan R.
Vining, Policy
Analysis:
- Adam
Cohen,
"Pierre
Omidyar's
Perfect
Store
Turns
10",
New York Times,
September 7, 2005.
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Topic: The Role of Government, the
role of the private sector -- and privatization
of public functions...
- John D. Donahue, The
Privatization Decision..., ch. 3 - 4,
(see also 5).
- Henry Mintzberg,
"Managing Government: Governing
Management", Harvard Business Review
May-June 1996: 75-83.
Lecture
Resources:
- The Tools of
Government: A Guide to the New
Governance. Lester M.
Salamon, ed. (Oxford University
Press, 2002). ch. 9, 10, 14, and
16.
- Donald F. Kettl, Sharing Power,
Public Goverance and Private Markets
(Brookings, 1993).
- Elliot D. Sclar, You Don’t
Always Get What You Pay For: The Economics
of Privatization, (Cornell
University Press, 2000).
The
Privatization Cases...
- William Yardley, "For Sale from Puget
Sound...", The
New York Times, Nov. 18, 2007.
- Carol Marbin Miller, "State finishes
privatizing of child welfare...," Miami Herald,
April 16, 2005.
- Dan Mihalopoulos and Deborah Horan, "City
to outsource paving work, Daley `sick and tired'
of scandals," Chicago
Tribune, November 21, 2004.
- Nelson Schwartz and Ron Nixon, "Some States
Consider Leasing Their Lotteries," The New York
Times, Oct. 14, 2007.
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Topic:
Politics and Participation
Assigned
Readings:
- R. Allen Hays, Who Speaks for the
Poor? National Interest Groups and
Social Policy, (Routledge, c2001), ch. 3.
- Robert R. Alford, Health Care Politics,
(Chicago, 1975), ch. 1, 5 & 6. (skim this only)
- Theodore J. Lowi, The End of
Liberalism, Second Edition, (W.W. Norton,
1979), ch. 3.
Lecture
Resources: Frances Fox Piven
and Richard A. Cloward, Poor People's Movements,
(Random House, 1977), ch. 1.
Additional Readings circulated:
- Schroeder, S. A. (2007). "We Can
Do Better -- Improving the Health of the American
People." N Engl
J Med 357(12): 1221-1228.
- Bloche, M. G. (2007). "Health Care
for All?" N
Engl J Med 357(12): 1173-1175.
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Topic:
“Tragic
Choices”;
Delivery
Systems
and
Mechanisms
(Markets, Auctions
and Lotteries, Plans, Permits, etc.)
Assigned
Reading:
- Jon Elster, Local
Justice: How Institutions Allocate
Scarce Goods and Necessary Burdens,
(Russell Sage Foundation, 1992), ch. 2 - 3.
- Ubel, P. A. (1998).
"Rationing" Health Care: Not All
Definitions Are Created Equal." Arch Intern Med
158: 209-214.
Lecture Resources:
- Guido Calabresi and
Philip Bobbitt, Tragic Choices: The Conflicts
Society Confronts in the allocation of
tragically scarce resources, (W. W.
Norton, 1978), ch. 1 - 4.
- David Wasserman,
"Aggregation and the Moral Relevance of
Context in Health-Care Decision Making", in Medicine and
Social Justice: Essays on the
Distribution of Health Care, Rosamond
Rhodes, Margaret P. Battin, and Anita Silvers,
eds., (Oxford University Press, 2002), ch. 5.
- Daniel Callahan, What
Kind
of Life: The Limits of Medical
Progress, (Simon and Schuster, 1990),
ch. 2, ("On the Ragged Edge: Needs,
Endless Needs").
- Barbara Townley, “The
Role of Competing Rationalities in
Institutional Changes”, Academy of
Management Journal 45(1),
2002: 163-179.
- Robert Kuttner, Everything for
Sale, (Knopf, 1997), ch. 3 - 6.
- Robert H. Frank,
"Positional Externalities", in Strategy and
Choice, Richard J. Zeckhauser, ed.,
(The MIT Press, 1991), ch. 2.
- Robert H. Frank, Choosing the
Right Pond, Human Behavior and the Quest for
Status, (Oxford, 1985).
- Robert H. Frank and
Philip J. Cook, The Winner-Take-All Society...
(Free Press, 1995).
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Topic:
Constraints on Purposeful Action
(recalcitrant individuals, organizations,
clients, and so on...)
Today: Individuals, mostly...
Assigned Reading:
- Jennifer Lerner and
Philip E. Tetlock, “Accounting for the Effects
of Accountability”, Psychological Bulletin 125(2),
1999:
255-275.
Lecture Resources:
- New Citation Coming
- Peter L. Bernstein, Against the
Gods. The Remarkable Story of Risk,
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996), ch. 16,
“The Failure of Invariance”.
- Robyn M. Dawes,
“Behavioral Decision Making and Judgement”, The Handbook of
Social Psychology, Fourth Edition,
Volume One, Daniel T. Gilbert, Susan T. Fiske,
and Gardner Lindzey, eds., (Boston,
McGraw-Hill, 1998), ch. 11.
- Glen Whyte, "Groupthink
Reconsidered", Academy of Management Review
14(1), 1989: 40-56.
- Daniel L. Schacter, The Seven Sins
of Memory, (Boston, Houghton-Mifflin
Company, 2001).
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Topics:
Systemic and Theoretical Perspectives on U.S.
Government
The Democratic Polity: Criticism and
Affirmation
Structure or
Discretion: Loose Laws or Juridical
Democracy?
- Theodore J. Lowi, The End of
Liberalism, Second Edition, (W.W.
Norton, 1979), ch. 10-11.
- Paul Barrett, "REINS
Act, Hogtie the Executive Branch...," Business Week,
March 24, 2011.
- Link to Senator DeMint's
Press Release... Link
here...
- William F. West,
"Structuring Administrative Discretion:
The Pursuit of Rationality and
Responsiveness", American Journal of Political
Science 28 (2), May 1984: 340 -
360.
- Robert A. Kagan,
"Adversarial Legalism and American
Government" Journal of Policy Analysis and
Management 10(3), 1991:
369-406.
- Lawrence B. Joseph,
"Democratic Revisionism Revisited", American Journal
of Political Science 25(1), 1981: 160
- 187.
Lecture Resources:
- Frank R. Baumgartner
and Bryan D. Jones, Agendas and
Instability in American Politics,
ch. 9-12.
- Henry H. Peritt, Jr.,
"Negotiated Rulemaking in Practice", Journal of
Policy Analysis and Management
5(3), 1986: 482-495.
- Robert E. Goodin,
“Institutionalizing the Public Interest: The
Defense of Deadlock and Beyond”, American
Political Science Review 90(2),
(1996): 331-343.
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