Research Methods
- SAGE Research Methods
- Database on research methodologies in a variety of disciplines. Includes books and reference works, case studies, and datasets as well as podcasts and videos on the research process.
Democracy Reports
- Democracy Reports
- Annual reports from the V-Dem Institute with findings based on the V-Dem dataset, "the world's most comprehensive and detailed democracy ratings."
Books We're Reading
- Bureaucracy in a Democratic State: A Governance Perspective
- Kenneth J. Meier and Laurence J. O'Toole, Jr. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. Rutgers-restricted Access
- Strategies for Governing: Reinventing Public Administration for a Dangerous Century
- Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 2020. Rutgers-restricted Access
- Democracy Administered: How Public Administration Shapes Representative Government
- Anthony Michael Bertelli. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2021. Rutgers-restricted Access
- Large Forces: What's Missing in Public Administration
- Alasdair Roberts. North Charleston, S.C., CreateSpace Publishing, 2013. Available?
- Organization Theory: From Chester Barnard to the Present and Beyond
- Oliver E. Williamson. New York, Oxford University Press, 1995. Rutgers-restricted Access
- Building a New American State: The Expansion of National Administrative Capacities, 1877-1920
- Stephen Skowronek. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1982. Rutgers-restricted Access
- Civil Servants and Their Constitutions
- John A. Rohr. Lawrence, University Press of Kansas, 2002. Available?
- Rethinking Democratic Accountability
- Robert D. Behn. Washington, Brookings Institution Press, 2001. Rutgers-restricted Access
- Trump, the Administrative Presidency, and Federalism
- Frank J. Thompson, Kenneth K. Wong, and Barry G. Rabe. Washington, Brookings Institution Press, 2020. Rutgers-restricted Access
- The Politics of Presidential Appointments: Political Control and Bureaucratic Performance
- David E. Lewis. Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 2010. Rutgers-restricted Access
- Above Politics: Bureaucratic Discretion and Credible Commitment
- Gary J. Miller and Andrew B. Whitford. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2016. Rutgers-restricted Access
- Rethinking the Administrative Presidency: Trust, Intellectual Capital, and Appointee-Careerist Relations in the George W. Bush Administration
- William G. Resh. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015. Rutgers-restricted Access
- Building a Legislative-Centered Public Administration Congress and the Administrative State, 1946-1999
- David H. Rosenbloom. Tuscaloosa, University of Alabama Press, 2000. Rutgers-restricted Access
- Bending the Rules: Procedural Politicking in the Bureaucracy
- Rachel Augustine Potter, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2019. Rutgers-restricted Access
- Regulation: A Primer
- Susan E. Dudley and Jerry Brito. 2nd edition. Arlington, VA, George Mason University, 2012. Rutgers-restricted Access
- The Devil is in the Details: Understanding the Causes of Policy Specificity and Ambiguity
- Rachel VanSickle-Ward. Albany, SUNY Press, 2014. Rutgers-restricted Access
- The Politics of Information: Problem Definition and the Course of Public Policy in America
- Frank R. Baumgartner and Bryan D. Jones. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2015. Available?
- What Motivates Bureaucrats? : Politics and Administration During the Reagan Years
- Marissa Martino Golden. New York, Columbia University Press, 2000. Rutgers-restricted Access
- Administrative Burden: Policymaking by Other Means
- Pamela Herd and Donald P. Moynihan. New York, Russell Sage Foundation, 2018. Rutgers-restricted Access
- Learning While Governing: Expertise and Accountability in the Executive Branch
- Sean Gailmard and John W. Patty. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2013. Available?
- The Power of Partnership in Open Government: Reconsidering Multistakeholder Governance Reform
- Suzanne J. Piotrowski, Daniel Berliner, and Alex Ingrams Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press, 2022. Rutgers-restricted Access
- A Government That Worked Better and Cost Less?: Evaluating Three Decades of Reform and Change in UK Central Government
- Christopher Hood and Ruth Dixon. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2015. Rutgers-restricted Access
- When Democracies Deliver: Governance Reform in Latin America
- Katherine Bersch. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2019. Rutgers-restricted Access
- Transparency: The Key to Better Governance
- David Heald and Christopher Hood. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006. Rutgers-restricted Access
- Government Transparency: State of the Art and New Perspectives
- Gregory Porumbescu, Albert Meijer, and Stephen Grimmelikhuijsen. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2022.Rutgers-restricted Access
- Saving the Freedom of Information Act
- Margaret B. Kwoka. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2021. Rutgers-restricted Access
- The UK's Changing Democracy: The 2018 Democratic Audit
- Ros Taylor, Alice Park, and Patrick Dunleavy. London, LSE Press, 2018. Rutgers-restricted Access
- Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences, and Reform
- Susan Rose-Ackerman and Bonnie J. Palifka. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2016. Rutgers-restricted Access
- Secrets: On the Ethics of Concealment and Revelation
- Sissela Bok. New York, Pantheon Books, 1983. Available?
- Better Presentations: A Guide for Scholars, Researchers, and Wonks
- Jonathan Schwabish. New York, Columbia University Press, 2016. Rutgers-restricted Access
- How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing
- Paul J. Silvia. Washington, D.C., American Psychological Association, 2019. Rutgers-restricted Access
- Field Guide to Grad School: Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum
- Jessica McCrory Calarco. Princeton University Press, 2020. Rutgers-restricted Access
- Multi-stakeholder Promotion of Civic Participation: Assessing the Open Government Partnership's Influence on National Policy
- Christopher Wilson. (Ph.D. Thesis) University of Oslo, 2019.
- On the Outside, Looking In: Understanding Transparency at the Frontline
- Noortje de Boer. (Thesis) Erasmus University, Rotterdam, 2020.
Subject Guide
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Subjects: American Studies, Communication, Criminal Justice, History - Global & Eurasian, History - North America, Journalism & Media Studies, Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Literatures in English, New Jerseyana, Political Science, Social Work, Spanish & Portuguese Studies, Women's & Gender Studies