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The Oxford handbook of classics in public policy and administration / edited by Martin Lodge, Edward C. Page, and Steven J. Balla.

Contributor(s): Balla, Steven J [editor.] | Lodge, Martin, 1972- [editor.] | Page, Edward [editor.]Series: Oxford handbooks online: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015-2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191749728 (online resource) :Other title: Handbook of classics in public policy and administration | Classics in public policy and administrationSubject(s): Public administrationAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199646135DDC classification: 351 LOC classification: JF1351Online resources: Oxford handbooks online
Contents:
(3z(BAdministrative Procedures as Instruments of Political Control(3y(B / Sean Gailmard -- James Q. Wilson, Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It / Bill Gormley -- Theodore J. Lowi, The End of Liberalism: The Second Republic of the United States / Tom Holyoke -- Michael D. Cohen, James G. March, and Johan P. Olsen, (3z(BA Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice(3y(B / Werner Jann -- Jack L. Walker, (3z(BThe Diffusion of Innovations among the American States(3y(B / David Levi-Faur -- Mancur Olson, The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups / David Lowery -- Terry M. Moe, (3z(BThe New Economics of Organization(3y(B / Jason MacDonald -- Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community / Melissa J. Marschall -- Jeffrey L. Pressman and Aaron B. Wildavsky, Implementation / Kai Wegrich -- Mathew D. McCubbins and Thomas Schwartz, (3z(BCongressional Oversight Overlooked: Police Patrols versus Fire Alarms(3y(B / William West -- Michel Crozier, The Bureaucratic Phenomenon / Andrew B. Whitford -- V. O. Key, Jr., Public Opinion and American Democracy / Christopher Wlezien -- Robert K. Merton et al., A Reader in Bureaucracy / Edward C. Page -- C. Wright Mills, The Power Elite / William Genieys -- David B. Truman, The Governmental Process: Political Interests and Public Opinion / Wyn Grant -- Aaron Wildavsky, The Politics of the Budgetary Process / Joachim Wehner -- John W. Kingdon, Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies / Scott Greer -- Michael Lipsky, Street-Level Bureaucracy: Dilemmas of the Individual in Public Service / Lucy L. Gilson -- Herbert Kaufman, The Forest Ranger: A Study in Administrative Behavior / Laurence E. Lynn Jr. -- Thomas R. Dye, Politics, Economics and the Public: Policy Outcomes in the American States / Michael Goldsmith -- Herbert A. Simon, Administrative Behavior: A Study of Decision-Making Processes in Administrative Organization / Michael Mintrom -- Paul A. Sabatier, (3z(BAn Advocacy Coalition Framework of Policy Change and the Role of Policy-Oriented Learning Therein(3y(B / Paul Cairney -- Christopher Hood, (3z(BA Public Management for All Seasons?(3y(B / Per Lµgreid -- Michel Crozier, The Bureaucratic Phenomenon / Philippe Bezes -- Richard Rose, Do Parties Make a Difference? / Manfred G. Schmidt -- Hugh Heclo, (3z(BIssue Networks and the Executive Establishment(3y(B / Volker Schneider -- Elinor Ostrom, Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action / Amy Poteete -- Albert O. Hirschman, Exit, Voice and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States / Keith Dowding -- Peter A. Hall and David Soskice, Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage / Bernhard Ebbinghaus -- Fritz W. Scharpf, (3z(BThe Joint-Decision Trap: Lessons from German Federalism and European Integration(3y(B / Adrienne Hâeritier -- Charles E. Lindblom, (3z(BThe Science of Muddling Through(3y(B / Andrea Migone, Michael Howlett -- Anthony Downs, (3z(BUp and Down with Ecology: The 'Issue-Attention' Cycle(3y(B / Kuhika Gupta, Hank Jenkins-Smith -- Frank R. Baumgartner and Bryan D. Jones, Agendas and Instability in American Politics / Peter John -- Theodore J. Lowi, (3z(BAmerican Business, Public Policy, Case Studies and Political Theory(3y(B / Michael Moran -- Carol H. Weiss, Evaluation Research: Methods for Studying Programs and Policies / Kathryn Newcomer -- E. E. Schattschneider, The Semi-Sovereign People: A Realist's View of Democracy in America / Donley Studlar -- Ian Ayres and John Braithwaite, Responsive Regulation: Transcending the Deregulation Debate / Martin Lodge -- George J. Stigler, (3z(BThe Theory of Economic Regulation(3y(B / Chris Carrigan, Cary Coglianese.
Summary: This handbook presents assessments of classic works in public policy and administration by an international collection of contemporary scholars. These classic works include books written by such illustrious intellectuals as Mancur Olson, Elinor Ostrom, and Herbert Simon. The list of contributors offering assessments of these classic works is impressive as well, featuring scholars such as Peter John, David Lowery, and Laurence E. Lynn, Jr. Each chapter of the handbook presents a classic work, lays out its treatment in the years and decades since its publication, and comes to an assessment of its place in the field of public policy and administration.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

(3z(BAdministrative Procedures as Instruments of Political Control(3y(B / Sean Gailmard -- James Q. Wilson, Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It / Bill Gormley -- Theodore J. Lowi, The End of Liberalism: The Second Republic of the United States / Tom Holyoke -- Michael D. Cohen, James G. March, and Johan P. Olsen, (3z(BA Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice(3y(B / Werner Jann -- Jack L. Walker, (3z(BThe Diffusion of Innovations among the American States(3y(B / David Levi-Faur -- Mancur Olson, The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups / David Lowery -- Terry M. Moe, (3z(BThe New Economics of Organization(3y(B / Jason MacDonald -- Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community / Melissa J. Marschall -- Jeffrey L. Pressman and Aaron B. Wildavsky, Implementation / Kai Wegrich -- Mathew D. McCubbins and Thomas Schwartz, (3z(BCongressional Oversight Overlooked: Police Patrols versus Fire Alarms(3y(B / William West -- Michel Crozier, The Bureaucratic Phenomenon / Andrew B. Whitford -- V. O. Key, Jr., Public Opinion and American Democracy / Christopher Wlezien -- Robert K. Merton et al., A Reader in Bureaucracy / Edward C. Page -- C. Wright Mills, The Power Elite / William Genieys -- David B. Truman, The Governmental Process: Political Interests and Public Opinion / Wyn Grant -- Aaron Wildavsky, The Politics of the Budgetary Process / Joachim Wehner -- John W. Kingdon, Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies / Scott Greer -- Michael Lipsky, Street-Level Bureaucracy: Dilemmas of the Individual in Public Service / Lucy L. Gilson -- Herbert Kaufman, The Forest Ranger: A Study in Administrative Behavior / Laurence E. Lynn Jr. -- Thomas R. Dye, Politics, Economics and the Public: Policy Outcomes in the American States / Michael Goldsmith -- Herbert A. Simon, Administrative Behavior: A Study of Decision-Making Processes in Administrative Organization / Michael Mintrom -- Paul A. Sabatier, (3z(BAn Advocacy Coalition Framework of Policy Change and the Role of Policy-Oriented Learning Therein(3y(B / Paul Cairney -- Christopher Hood, (3z(BA Public Management for All Seasons?(3y(B / Per Lµgreid -- Michel Crozier, The Bureaucratic Phenomenon / Philippe Bezes -- Richard Rose, Do Parties Make a Difference? / Manfred G. Schmidt -- Hugh Heclo, (3z(BIssue Networks and the Executive Establishment(3y(B / Volker Schneider -- Elinor Ostrom, Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action / Amy Poteete -- Albert O. Hirschman, Exit, Voice and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States / Keith Dowding -- Peter A. Hall and David Soskice, Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage / Bernhard Ebbinghaus -- Fritz W. Scharpf, (3z(BThe Joint-Decision Trap: Lessons from German Federalism and European Integration(3y(B / Adrienne Hâeritier -- Charles E. Lindblom, (3z(BThe Science of Muddling Through(3y(B / Andrea Migone, Michael Howlett -- Anthony Downs, (3z(BUp and Down with Ecology: The 'Issue-Attention' Cycle(3y(B / Kuhika Gupta, Hank Jenkins-Smith -- Frank R. Baumgartner and Bryan D. Jones, Agendas and Instability in American Politics / Peter John -- Theodore J. Lowi, (3z(BAmerican Business, Public Policy, Case Studies and Political Theory(3y(B / Michael Moran -- Carol H. Weiss, Evaluation Research: Methods for Studying Programs and Policies / Kathryn Newcomer -- E. E. Schattschneider, The Semi-Sovereign People: A Realist's View of Democracy in America / Donley Studlar -- Ian Ayres and John Braithwaite, Responsive Regulation: Transcending the Deregulation Debate / Martin Lodge -- George J. Stigler, (3z(BThe Theory of Economic Regulation(3y(B / Chris Carrigan, Cary Coglianese.

This handbook presents assessments of classic works in public policy and administration by an international collection of contemporary scholars. These classic works include books written by such illustrious intellectuals as Mancur Olson, Elinor Ostrom, and Herbert Simon. The list of contributors offering assessments of these classic works is impressive as well, featuring scholars such as Peter John, David Lowery, and Laurence E. Lynn, Jr. Each chapter of the handbook presents a classic work, lays out its treatment in the years and decades since its publication, and comes to an assessment of its place in the field of public policy and administration.

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