Publications
Books
Working With Culture: How the Job Gets Done in Public Programs. Washington , DC : CQ Press (2002).
Checking on Banks: Autonomy and Accountability in Three Federal Agencies. Washington , DC : The Brookings Institution (1996).
Review by
Jean Reith Schroedel
The SEC and Capital Market Regulation: The Politics of Expertise . Pittsburgh , PA : University of Pittsburgh Press (1992).
Journal Articles
With Edward Weber. "Wicked Problems, Knowledge Challenges, and Collaborative Capacity Builders in Network Settings." Public Administration Review . Forthcoming.
"The Securities and Exchange Commission: A Small Regulatory Agency with a Gargantuan Challenge." Public Administration Review 62 (5): 515-526 (2002).
With Martha Feldman, "To Manage is to Govern." Public Administration Review 62 (5): 541-554 (2002).
With Martha Feldman, "Principles for Public Management Practice: From Dichotomies to Interdependence." Governance 14 (3): 339-362 (2001).
With Martha Feldman, "Management for Inclusion: Balancing Control with Participation." International Public Management Journal 3 (2): 149-68 (2000).
With Martha Feldman, "The Class as Case: Reinventing the Classroom." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 18 (3 ): 482-503 (1999).
With Edward Weber, "From Agitation to Collaboration: Clearing the Air through Negotiation." Public Administration Review 57 (5): 396-410 (1997).
With Kenneth Mayer, "Bringing Politics Back In: Defense Policy and the Theoretical Study of Institutions and Processes." Public Administration Review 56 (2): 180-190 (1996).
"When Missions Matter: Professional Priorities and the 'Step-Child' of Supervision." Governance 8 (1): 26-57 (1995).
"Reinventing a Government Corporation: Professional Priorities and a Clear Bottom-Line." Public Administration Review 55 (1): 17-28 (1995).
"The New Dynamics of Legislating and the Implications for Delegating: What's to be Expected on the Receiving End?" Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 5 (1): 19-44 (1995).
Book Chapters
"The Politics of Homeland Security." In David Kamien ( ed.) The McGraw-Hill Handbook of Homeland Security . McGraw-Hill (2005).
"Homeland (In)Security." In Robert Moranto (ed.), The Second Term of George W. Bush: Prospects and Perils . (Forthcoming with Palgrave).
"Strengthening State and Local Government Terrorism Prevention and Response." In Donald F. Kettl (ed.) The Department of Homeland Security's First Year: A Report Card . New York : The Century Foundation (2004).
With Martha Feldman, "Empowerment and Cascading Vitality." In Kim S. Cameron, Jane E. Dutton, and Robert E. Quinn (eds.) Positive Organizational Scholarship . San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2003).
"Is Silly Putty Manageable? Looking for the Links Between Culture, Management and Context." In Jeffrey Brudney, Laurence O'Toole, Jr., and Hal Rainey (eds.) Advancing Public Management: New Developments in Theory, Methods, and Practice . Georgetown University Press (2000).
"Securities Market Regulation and Investor Protection," in Kenneth Meier and Thomas Garman (eds.) Regulation and Consumer Protection , 3rd ed. Dame Publications (1998).
"The SEC" and "The FDIC", in The Historical Guide to American Government . Oxford University Press (1998).
"Building Better Bridges: Developing Effective Relations with Legislatures." In James Perry's (ed.), Handbook of Public Administration , 2nd ed., Jossey Bass (1996).
Book Reviews
Perspectives on Politics. (Forthcoming). Book review of Why Government Succeeds and Why it Fails. By Amihai Glazer and Lawrence S. Rothenberg ( Harvard University Press).
Public Administration Review (vol. 58, 3): 269-273 (1998). "What Do We Want Public Managers to Be? Comparing Reforms."
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (vol. 16, 3): 492-97 (1997). Book review of Communication in Congress: Members, Staff and the Search for Information, by David Whiteman ( University of Kansas Press ) and The Politics Of Expertise in Congress: The Rise and Fall of the Office of Technology Assessment , by Bruce Bimber (SUNY Press).
Congress and the Presidency (Fall): 190-92 (1996). Book review of Thickening Government: Federal Hierarchy and the Diffusion of Accountability , by Paul Light ( Washington , DC : The Brookings Institution), and Controlling the Bureaucracy, Institutional Constraints in Theory and Practice , by William West ( Armonk , NY : M. E. Sharpe).
American Political Science Review (December): 1011-12 (1994). Book review of Regulation in the White House: The Johnson Presidency , by David Welborn, Austin , Texas : The University of Texas Press.
American Journal of Sociology (March): 1187-89 (1993). Book review of Responsive Regulation: Transcending the Deregulation Debate , by Ian Ayres and John Braithwaite, New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
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