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Politics and Governance

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.

The Literature Review

Literature Reviews: An Overview for Graduate Students: 9 minute video from the North Carolina State University Libraries.

Writing the Literature Review: A Practical Guide: Sara Efrat Efron and Ruth Ravid. New York, Guilford Press, 2019.; A nice, accessible, step--by-step guide to writing a literature review. Rutgers-restricted Access

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

By Executive Order: Bureaucratic Managment and the Limits of Presidential Power: Andrew Rudalevige. Princeton University Press, 2021. 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. Rutgers-restricted Access

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. Rutgers-restricted Access

Public Management Reform: A Comparative Analysis - Into the Age of Austerity: Christopher Pollitt and Geert Bouckaert. 4th edition. New York, Oxford University Press, 2017. Rutgers-restricted Access

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.