FACULTY

4812a Wesley W. Posvar Hall
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
E-mail: bgpeters@pitt.edu

Personal Information

Marital Status: Married, Two Children

Date of Birth: November 19, 1944 (Hopewell, VA)

Education and Degrees

B.A. University of Richmond, 1966

M.A. Michigan State University, 1967

Ph.D. Michigan State University, 1970

D.H. T. (h.c.) University of Vaasa, 1998

D. fil. (h.c.) University of Gothenberg, 1999

Professional Experience

Regular Faculty Positions

Assistant Professor, Political Science, Emory University, 1969-1974
Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Delaware, 1974-1978

Professor of Public Policy Studies and Political Science, Tulane University, 1978-1983

Maurice Falk Professor of American Government, University
of Pittsburgh, January 1, 1984-present

Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Strathclyde, June 1, 1999

Adjunct Positions

Associate Professor, Center for Biomedicine, University of Delaware, 1976-1978

Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, 1978-1983

Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Public Policy, University of Strathclyde, 1976-present

Adjunct Professor, School of Urban and Public Affairs, Carnegie-Mellon University, Fall 1986

Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, January 1, 1987-1997

Research Professor, University Center for International Studies, University of Pittsburgh, 1991-present

Professor, School of Public Administration, University of Gothenburg, 1995-

Senior Fellow, Canadian Centre for Management Development, 1993-present

Honorary Professor, City University of Hong Kong,
1997-present

Visiting Positions

Research Associate, Institute of Political Science, University of Stockholm, 1973

Senior Fulbright Lecturer, University of Strathclyde, 1975-1976

Hallsworth Fellow of Political Economy, University of Manchester, 1982-1983

Visiting Researcher, LOS Center, University of Bergen, Norway, Fall 1988

Fulbright Professor, Hochschule St. Gallen, Switzerland, Spring 1990

Visiting Professor, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Spring 1990

Visiting Professor, Erasmus and Leiden Universities, The Netherlands, Spring 1992

Visiting Professor, Institute of Social Sciences, The Hague, Spring 1992

Visiting Professor, El Colegio de Mexico, Winter, 1994; Winter, 2000

Visiting Professor, Fundacion Juan March, Spring, 1997

Visiting Researcher, Nuffield College, Oxford, 1995-present

50th Anniversary Fellow, Australian National University, 1996

Visiting Professor, City University of Hong Kong, 1998

Visiting Professor, Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques (Paris), Spring, 1999

Visiting Professor, University of Tartu (Estonia), March, 1999

Visiting Professor, Institut für Höhre Studieren, Vienna, Winter, 1999

Visiting Professor, Ecole Normale Superieure, Cachan, Spring, 2000

Visiting Professor, National University of Uruguay, Spring 2001

Visiting Professor, Hong Kong University, Spring 2001

Senior Fellow, Institute for Public Management, Catholic University of Leuven, Spring, 2002

Visiting Professor, Summer School on Comparative Politics,
University of Bucharest

Visiting Professor, Institute fur Hoher Studieren, Fall, 2002

Administrative Appointments

Director, Center for Public Policy Studies, Tulane University, 1979-1984

Acting Director, West European Studies Program, University Center for International Studies, Fall 1989

Chair, Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, 1989-1996

Teaching Interests

Public Administration (including comparative)

Comparative Politics (especially Western Europe)

Public Policy (including comparative)

Comparative Methodology

Research Skills

Languages

French, German, Swedish

Methodological

Survey Design, Regression, Model Building

Publications

Books

The Politics of Bureaucracy: A Comparative Perspective (Longmans, 1978, 2nd edition, 1984; 3rd edition 1989; 4th edition, 1995), also Italian edition. L'Amministrazzione Publicca, II Mulino, 1991; Indonesian, 1995; Polish, 1999; Spanish 1999, and revised Italian editions in press; 5th edition in preparation.

Can Government Go Bankrupt? Political Economy in the Mixed Economy-Welfare State (Basic Books, 1978; Macmillan, 1979; Raben and Sjogren, 1979; Glydenhammer, 1979), with Richard Rose.

Comparative Politics: An Introduction (Chatham House, 1983), with Dan Jacobs, David Conradt and William Saffran.

Policy Dynamics: The Policy Succession Process (Brighton: Harvester and New York: St. Martins, 1982), with Brian W. Hogwood.

American Public Policy: Problems and Prospects (New York: Franklin Watts, 1982; 2nd edition, Chatham, NJ: Chatham House, and London: Macmillan, 1986, and New Delhi: East-West Press, 1988); 3rd edition, Summer, 1992, Chatham House; 4th edition, 1995; 5th edition, 1999.

The Pathology of Public Policy (New York: Oxford University Press, 1985), with Brian W. Hogwood.

Public Employment in Western Nations (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985) with Richard Rose, et al.

Politics in Western Europe (Chatham House, 1993) with M. Donald Hancock, David Conradt, William Safran, and Raphael Zariski; 2nd edition in press.

Comparative Public Administration: Problems of Theory and Method (University of Alabama Press, 1988).

Organizing Governance: Government Organizations (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1988) co-editor with Colin Campbell, S.J.

European Politics Reconsidered (Holmes and Meier, 1991; 2nd edition 1999 with Christian Hunold).

The Power to Tax: Public Revenue in Comparative Perspective (Basil Blackwell, 1991).

Public Administration in the United States: Problems and Prospects (Scott, Foresman/Little, Brown, 1990), with Charles H. Levine and Frank Thompson.

Advising West European Governments (University of Edinburgh Press and University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993), co-editor with Anthony Barker.

Scientific Advice to Government (University of Edinburgh Press and University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993), co-editor with Anthony Barker.

The Rewards of Higher Public Office (London: Sage, 1994), co-editor with Christopher Hood.

Developments in American Politics, II (London: Macmillan, 1994) co-editor with Gillian Peele and Bruce Cain.

The Profession of Public Administration: Essays in Memory of Charles H. Levine (Chatham House: 1995), co-edited with Bert A. Rockman.

Governance in a Changing Environment (Montreal: McGill/Queens University Press, 1995; Presses Universitaires de Laval), co-edited with Donald J. Savoie.

Learning from Administrative Reform (Oslo: Scandinavian University Press, 1996), co-edited with Johan P. Olsen.

The Future of Governing: Four Emerging Models (University of Kansas Press, 1996); Korean edition, 1998, Chinese edition, 2000). 2nd edition in Press.

The Instruments of Public Policy: American and European Perspectives (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1998 ), co-edited with Frans Van Nispen–Chinese translation in press

Le Reforme de l'Etat (Paris: Montchrestien, in press), with Vincent Wright

Comparative Politics: Questions of Theory and Method (Macmillan, 1998; New York University Press, 1998); translated into Italian and Chinese

Taking Stock: Two Decades of Administrative Reform (McGill/ Queens University Press; Presses Universitaires de Laval, 1998), co-edited with Donald J. Savoie

Developments in American Politics, III (London: Macmillan, 1998), co-edited with Gillian Peele, Chris Bailey, and Bruce Cain.

Serving Presidents and Prime Ministers: Administration at the Summit (London: Macmillan, 2000), co-edited with R.A.W. Rhodes and Vincent Wright

Institutional Theory in Political Science: The New Institutionalism (London: Cssells, 1999)–being tranlated into Japanese and Spanish

Structure and Culture: The American and Norwegian Public Bureaucracies (1999, Rowman and Littlefield, with Tom Christensen)

Policy Coordination for Europe: The National Dimension (Oxford: Oxford University Press,2000), co-edited with Hussein Kassim and Vincent Wright

Governance, Politics and The Modern State (London: Macmillan, 2000, with Jon Pierre).

Revitalizing the Public Sector (Montreal: McGill/Queens University Press, 2001, co-edited with Donald Savoie).

Modern Politics and Government (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 2000) with Alan Ball–translated into Italian, Chinese and Greek

Policy Coordination for Europe: The Brussels Dimension
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001), with Vincent Wright, Hussein Kassim and Anand Menon

Success and Failure in Governing (two volumes) (Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2001).

Revitalizing the Public Sector (Montreal: McGill/Queens University Press, 2000 co-edited with Donald J. Savoie); French edition, Presses Universitaires de Laval

Politicians and Bureaucrats in an Era of Reform (London: Routledge, 2001), with Jon Pierre

Articles and Chapters

Articles in Referred Journals

"Model Cities Workers' Perceptions of Clients," Urban Affairs Quarterly (March, 1972) with Lewis Bowman and Eleanor C. Main.

"Economic and Political Effects on the Development of Social Expenditures in France, Sweden, and the United Kingdom," Midwest Journal of Political Science (May, 1972).


"Public Policy, Socioeconomic Conditions and the Political System: A Note on Their Development Relationship," Polity (Winter, 1972).

"Income Inequality in Sweden and the United Kingdom: A Longitudinal Analysis," Acta Sociologica (Spring, 1973).

"Mass Media and the Military: Perceptions of Mid-Career Officers," Journalism Quarterly (Summer, 1974) with James Clotfelter.

"Income Redistribution in France, Sweden, and the United Kingdom," Political Studies (September, 1974).

"Non-Linear Models of Expenditure Change: Longitudinal Perspective, Western Political Quarterly (September, 1975).

"Political Paradoxes in Postindustrial Society: A Political Economy Perspective," Policy Studies Journal (Spring, 1975), with Timothy Hennessey.

"Types of Democratic Systems and Types of Public Policy: An Empirical Examination," Comparative Politics (April, 1977), with John Doughtie and M. Kathleen McCulloch.

"Profession and Society: Young Military Officers Look Outward," Journal of Political and Military Sociology (1976), with James Clotfelter.

"The Relationship Between Public Spending and Public Services: A Longitudinal Evaluation," Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences (November, 1978) with Martin O. Heisler.

"The Development of Public Spending in Sweden, Norway and Denmark," British Journal of Political Science (October, 1977).

"Insiders and Outsiders: The Politics of Pressure Group Influence on Bureaucracy," Administration and Society, (August, 1977).

"The Determinants of Tax Policy," Policy Studies Journal,
(Summer, 1979).

"Bureaucracy, Politics and Public Policy", Comparative Politics, (April, 1979).

"Politics, Economics and the Development of Public Expenditures in Scandinavia," Political Studies (March, 1980), with David Klingman.

"The Cost Accountability of Physicians," Policy Analysis (Spring, 1980), with Stephen M. Jackson.

"The Problems of Bureaucratic Government," Journal of Politics (1981).

"The Dynamics of Policy Change: Policy Succession," Policy Sciences, (1982) with Brian W. Hogwood.

"From Social Theory to Policy Design," Journal of Public Policy, 1984, with Stephen Linder.

"In Search of the Issue Attention Cycle," Journal of Politics, 1985, with Brian W. Hogwood.

"The Structure and Organization of Government: Concepts and Issues," Journal of Public Policy, 1985.

"Burning the Village: The Civil Service under Thatcher and Reagan", Parliamentary Affairs, January, 1986.

"Immigration and Immigrant Labor in the United Kingdom", The Annals of the American Academy, (1986) with Patricia K. Davis.

"Implementation Research: The Fallacy of Misplaced Precision", Policy Studies Review, 6 (February, 1987) with Stephen H. Linder.

"Burocrati, scarsi incentivi per un difficile compito," Biblioteca della Liberta, 98, 1987.

"The Politics/Administration Dichotomy and Public Policy", Governance, 1988, with Colin Campbell.

"The Design of Analysis or the Analysis of Design?" Policy Studies Review, 1989, with Stephen H. Linder.

"Policy Formation and the Challenge of Conscious Design," Policy Planning and Evaluation, 1989, with Stephen H. Linder.

"Policy Design and Science Policy Indicators," Knowledge:
Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1988.

"The Bathos of Reform: Civil Service Reform in Britain, Australia and the United States", Review of Public Personnel Administration, 1988, with Patricia W. Ingraham.

"The Death of Immortality: Births, Deaths and Metamorphoses in the US Federal Bureaucracy," American Review of Public Administration, 1988.

"Implementation Theory and the Design of Public Policies," Policy Studies Review, 1989, with Stephen H. Linder.

"The Regulation of Administrative Data Systems in The United States", Review of Social and Behavioral Sciences (Tokyo, Fall, 1989).

"The Instruments of Government: A Subjective Interpretation" Journal of Public Policy, 1989, with Stephen H. Linder.

"Implementation as a Guide for Policy Formulation: A Question of When Rather Than Whether", International Review of Administrative Sciences, 1989.

"Burocrazia pubblica e politiche pubbliche", Revista Trimestrale de Scienza dell'Amministrazione, Spring, 1989.

"The Necessity and Difficulty of Comparative Research in Public Administration", Asian Journal of Public Administration, Summer, 1990.

"An Institutional Approach to the Theory of Policymaking: The Role of Guidance Mechanisms in Policy Formulation", Journal of Theoretical Politics, 1990, with Stephen H. Linder.

"The Concept of Administrative Culture", Indian Journal of Public Administration, 1990.

"The Application of Population Ecology Models to the Study of Public Administration," Research in Public Administration, Vol. I (1991), with Brian W. Hogwood.

"Government Reorganization: A Theoretical Analysis", International Political Science Review, 1992.

"The Logic of Public Policy Design: Linking Policy Actors and Plausible Instruments", Knowledge and Policy, 1991, with Stephen H. Linder.

"Morale in the Public Service: A Comparative Perspective", International Review of Administrative Sciences, 1991.

"Models of the Policy Process: An Institutional Perspective", Canadian Public Administration, (1992).

"Governing the Hollow State", International Journal of Public Administration, 17, 1993.

"Reinventing Osborne and Gaebler: The Gore Commission", Canadian Public Administration (1994).

"Administrative Reform: Misdiagnosing the Patient", Public Administration Review (1994) with Donald J. Savoie.

"The Civil Service in the Consolidation of Democracy",
International Social Science Journal (1994).

"Regulations of Child Care Providers: A Comparative Perspective", Policy Sciences (1994), with William T. Gormley, Jr.

"Policymaking for Technology: Picking Winners", Bestuurs- kunde (The Hague), 1993.

"Erosion and Variety in Rewards of High Public Office"
Governance, (1994), with Christopher Hood.

"The Policy Process in Less Developed Political Systems" International Journal of Public Administration, 1995.

"Agenda-Setting in the European Union, Journal of European Public Policy 1, 3-28 (1994).

"L'echec du 'managerialisme' dans une societe manageriele: la gestion du sector publique aux Etats-Unis", Revue Francaise d'administration publique 70, 283-93 (1994).

"Managing Incoherence", Public Administration Review, with Donald J. Savoie (1996).

"Escaping the Joint Decision Trap: Policy Segmentation and Iterative Games in the European Union", West European Politics (1997)

"Is It the Institutions?: Health Care Reform in the United States, Public Policy and Administration (1997)

"What Works? The Antiphons of Administrative Reform"
Canberra Bulletin of Public Administration, 1997

"Can't Row, Shouldn't Steer: What's a Government to Do?"
Public Policy and Administration, 1997

"Serving the Canadian Prime Minister", Revue francaise d'administration publique, forthcoming, with Donald J. Savoie

"Sixteen Ways to Consumerize the Public Sector, Public Money and Management, 1997 (with Christopher Hood and Hellmut Wollmann)

"The Policy Capacity of African Governments", Journal of African Public Policy and Administration, forthcoming

"Managing Horizontal Government: The Politics of Coordination", Public Administration , 1998

"The Diffusion of Administrative Reforms", West European Politics, Autumn, 1997

"What is the Governance Debate All About?", Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 1998

"Institutions and Time", Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 1999

"Administration in the Year 2000: Serving the Client:, International Journal of Public Administration, Autumn, 1998

Managing Incoherence, Canadian Public Administration (forthcoming)

"The Mutual Empowerment Conundrum", Administration and Society (April, 2000).

“Linking Policy Instruments and Management”, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 2000

“Performance Management: The Achilles Heel of Administrative Reform”, Journal of Performance Management

Articles in Non-Edited Journals and Book Chapters

"Alabama," in Deciding the Vote: The 1968 Election in State and Nation, James Prothro (ed.), (University of North Carolina, 1974) with Lewis Bowman.

"The Development of Social Policy in France, Sweden, and the United Kingdom," Politics in Europe, Martin O. Heisler (ed.), (New York: David Mckay, 1974).

"The Quality of Life in Urban Areas," El Urogallo (Madrid, February, 1974).

"Policy Development in Sweden 1865-1970: An Empirical Analysis," in Craig Liske, William Loehr and John McCamanat, Comparative Public Policy (Sage, 1975), with Timothy M. Hennessey.

"Social Change, Political Change and Public Policy," in Richard Rose (ed.), The Dynamics of Public Policy (Sage-Halstead, 1976).

"Postindustrial Society and Public Policy," in Philip Gregg (ed.), Problems in Policy Theory (Lexington, 1975), with Timothy M. Hennessey.

"The Military and Its Changing Task Environment," in Franklin D. Margiotta (ed.), The Changing American Military Profession (Westview Press, 1979), with James Clotfelter.

"Comparing Social Policy Across Levels of Government, Countries, and Time," in Douglas E. Ashford (ed.), Comparing Public Policies (Sage, 1978), with Martin O. Heisler.

"Comments," in Dialogues on Federalism, I (Center for the Study of Federalism, Temple University, 1978).

"The Political Economy of Resource Control," Studies in Public Policy, #20, (Glasgow, Scotland: Centre for the Study of Public Policy, University of Strathclyde, 1978), with Martin O. Heisler.

"Dimensions of the Quality of Life in Urban Areas," in Michael C. Romanos (ed.), The City in Western European Society (D.C. Heath, 1979).

"The Juggernaut of Incrementalism," in Peter Aronson and Peter Ordeshook (ed.), Causes and Consequences of the Growth of Government (forthcoming), with Richard Rose.

"Choices in Taxation Policy," in Thomas R. Dye and Virginia Gray (eds.), The Determinants of Public Policy (Lexington, 1980).

"Bureaucracy Comes Home: Public Employment in the United States, Studies in Public Policy, #63.

"The Growth of Government and the Political Consequences of Economic Overload," in Charles H. Levine (ed.), Managing Fiscal Stress (Chatham house, 1980), with Richard Rose.

"Strains on the Welfare State: A Comparative Study," in Charles H. Levine and Irene S. Rubin (ed.), Fiscal Stress and Public Policy (Sage, 1981).

"Land Use Policy: A Bibliography," Policy Studies Journal (Autumn, 1980), with Michael P. Smith

"Comparative Public Policy: A Bibliography," Policy Studies Journal (1981).

"Facing the Music: Variations in the 'Fiscal Squeeze' on Local Government in Federal and Unitary Systems," South Atlantic Urban Studies, 5 (1981).

"Comment les gouvernements peuvent faire banqueroute," in
M. Dogan (ed.), Comparisons internationales de sociologie politique, (Techniques, 1981) with Richard Rose.

"The Policy Succession Process", Studies in Public Policy, (Glasgow, Scotland: Centre for the Study of Public Policy, University of Strathclyde, 1980), with Brian W. Hogwood.

"The Growth of Government: What is Growing and How Do We Know?" in Charles L. Taylor, ed., The Growth of Government (Sage, 1982) with Martin O. Heisler.

"American Experience in Monitoring Efficiency and Effectiveness in Government," Efficiency and Effectiveness in the Civil Service (House of Commons, Treasury and Civil Service Committee).

"Big Government Gets Bigger: Swedish Public Employment," in Richard Rose, et al. Public Employment in Western Democracies (Cambridge University Press, 1986).

"Government Comes Home: Public Employment in the United States," in Richard Rose, ibid.

"The Development of Tax Policy" in Douglas E. Ashford (ed.), The Crisis of the Welfare State (JAI, 1986).

"Resource Constraints and the Regulation of Conflict in Multi-Cultural Societies," International Journal of Political Science, 1983 (with Martin O. Heisler).

"Public and Private Provision of Services," in Dennis Thompson, ed., The Private Exercise of Public Functions (Sage, 1986).

"The Limits of the Welfare State," in Norman Vig and Steven Schier (eds.), Political Economy in Advanced Industrial Societies, (New York: Holmes & Meier, 1985).

"Administrative Change and the Grace Commission: Are the
Cuts Worth It"?, in Charles H. Levine, ed. The Unfinished Agenda of Civil Service Reform, (The Brookings Institution, 1985).

"The Politics of Industrial Policy in the United States," in Werner Feld and Anton Pelinka (eds.), The Politics and Economics of Industrial Policy, (Westview Press, 1990).

"The Relationship between Political Executives and the Civil Service: A Comparative Examination", in Jan-Erik Lane, ed., Resource Allocation in the Public Sector, (London: Sage, 1986).

"The Development of the Tax State," Studies in Public Policy, No. 146 (Glasgow: Centre for the Study of Public Policy, University of Strathclyde, 1985).

"Political Executives and Career Civil Servants: Conflict and Cooperation," Studies in Public Policy, No. 153 (Glasgow: Centre for the Study of Public Policy, University of Strathclyde, 1986).

"The Structure of Government: Theoretical Perspectives" in Campbell and Peters, Organizing Governance: Government Organizations, 1988.

"Overload" in Vernon Bogdanor, ed., Dictionary of Political Institutions, (Blackwell, 1987).

"Governance and Governability" in ibid.

"Comparative Public Administration" in Larry B. Hill, ed. The State of the Art in Public Administration. (New York: Marcel Dekker, 1991).

"The Welfare State in the United Kingdom," in J. DeSario. The Welfare State, 1988.

"Implementation and Policy Guidance" in Donald Calista and Dennis Palumbo, eds. Implementation Theory, 1990.

"Public Bureaucracy and Public Policy: In the Service of the State?" in Douglas E. Ashford, ed., New Directions in Comparative Public Policy (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1992).

"The Uses of Neighborhood Revitalization" in C.S. Yadev, ed. Slums, Urban Decline and Revitalization, (New Delhi: Concept 1988), with Michael P. Smith.

"The Politics of Industrial Competitiveness: Comments on Robert Z. Lawrence," in Andrew Blair and Josephine Olsen, eds. Proceedings of a Conference on International Economic Policy, (Pittsburgh: Katz School of Business,
University of Pittsburgh, 1988).

"Policy Formulation and the Choice of Policy of Instruments",
in William N. Dunn and Stuart Nagel, eds. Social Science Theory and Public Policy. Greenwood, (1990) with Stephen H. Linder.

"Policy Design" in ibid with Stephen H. Linder.

"Executive Leadership in an Era of Retrenchment and Overload" in Colin Campbell and Margaret Wyszomirski, eds., Executive Leadership and the Executive Establishment. (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1990).

"The Politics of Government Reorganization", in A. Farazmand Handbook of Public Administration. (New York: Marcel Dekker, 1991).

"The European Bureaucrat," in Andre Blais and Stephane Dion, eds. The Budget Maximizing Bureaucrat?, (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991).

"The American Federal Bureaucracy", Gillian Peele, ed., American Political Institutions. (London: Macmillan, 1992).

"The Implementation of National Security Policy: An Organizational Culture Perspective", National Defense University, Proceedings.

"Tragic Choices and Administrative Decisionmaking", in Richard A. Chapman, ed., Administrative Ethics. (Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh Press, 1994).

"Models of Administrative Reform and Reorganization", in A. Farazmand, ed., The Politics of Administrative Change. (New York: Marcel Dekker, 1993).

"The Nature of Policy Design" in William Dunn and Rita Mae Kelly, ed. Advances in Policy Studies. (Transaction Press, 1992).

"The Institutions of the European Community: Movement and Resistance on the Road to 1992", in Alberta Sbragia, ed., Europolitics: Politics and Policymaking in the "New" Europe. (Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 1991).

"Patterns of Taxation in the OECD Countries", Occasional Papers, (London: Public Finance foundation).

"Theory and Method in the Study of Comparative Public Administration" in Hans Bekke, James L. Perry and T.A.J. Toonen eds., Civil Service Systems in Comparative Perspective (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press,
1996).

"Reorganizando o Governo em uma Era de Contencao e Compromiso", Dados, 1992.

"Weder Programmplanung von unten noch Programmplanung von oben", Politische Vierteljahresschrift, Sonderheft 1993.

"Contrasting Traditions in Policy Analysis: Decisions versus Dialogue?", in David Weimer, ed., Institutional Design (Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1995), with Stephen H. Linder.

"The Public Service, the Changing State, and Governance", in Patricia W. Ingraham and Barbara Romzek, eds. The Changing Role of Public Personnel (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993).

"Alternative Visions of the Future of Governance", Canadian Centre for Management Development, Research Papers (Ottawa, Ont: CCMD, 1993).

"Searching for a Role: The American Civil Service", International Political Science Review, 1993.

"Overload in American Government", in Richard Maidment, ed., American Democracy and Society (Milton Keynes: Open University Press, 1994).

"Public Bureaucracy and Public Policy", in Douglas E. Ashford, ed., History and Context in Public Policy (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1992).

"Managing the Hollow State: A Comparative Perspective", in Jan Erik Lane and Jan Koolman, eds., The Management of Public Policy (London: Sage, 1993).

"Social Policy and the Persistence of Inequality" in
Peele, Cain and Peters, Developments in American Politics (London: Macmillan, 1994)

"Searching for a Role: The Civil Service in American Democracy", International Political Science Review, 14, 373-86.

"Managing the Hollow State" in Jan-Erik Lane and Kjell Eliasson, eds., Managing Public Organizations (London: Sage).

"The Public Service, the Changing State, and Governance", Canadian Centre for Management Development (Ottawa: Ministry of Supply and Services).

"Lessons for Canada from the National Performance Review", Canadian Centre for Management Development (Ottawa: Ministry of Supply and Services).

"Politica Publica y burocracia", Foro International 33 (1993), pp. 54-87.

"Reorganizando o Governo em uma Era de Contenacao e Compromiso", Dados 35, 301-336.

Theory and Methodology in the Study of Comparative Public Administration" in Randall Baker, ed., Comparative Public Management (New York: Praeger).

"Instrumentos de Gobierno: Percepciones y contextos", Gestion v Politica Publica, 2, 5-34, (1994) with Stephen Linder.

"Tragic Choices: Administrative Rule-making and Policy Choice", in R.A. Chapman, ed., Ethics in Public Service
(Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh Press).

"The Rewards of High Public Office in the United States" in Hood and Peters, Rewards at the Top: The Comparative Study of High Public Office.

"The Rewards of High Public Office: The Case of the United States", in Hood and Peters, Rewards at the Top: The Comparative Study of High Public Office.

"Antitrust Policy in the United States", in Bruce Doern, ed., Comparative Competition Policy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995).

"Regional Policy in Western Pennsylvania" in Sean Loughlin and Michael Keating, Regional Policy and Regional Politics (London: Frank Cass, 1995).

"The Changing State, the Civil Service and Governance" in B. Guy Peters and Donald J. Savoie, eds., Governance in a Changing Environment (Montreal: McGill/Queens University Press).

"Are European Parliamentary Regimes Becoming More Presidential?" in Kurt von Mettenheim, ed., Parliamentary and Presidential Regimes (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995).

"Learning from Experience from Administrative Reform: The United States" in Johan P. Olsen and B. Guy Peters, eds., Learning from Experience (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press).

"Introduction: Learning from Experience" in ibid., with Johan P. Olsen.

"Equilibrium and Disequilibrium in Agenda Formation in the European Union" in Jens Hesse, ed., European Yearbook of Public Administration (1994).

"Agendas and Problem Definition in the European Union" in J.J. Richardson and S. Mazey, eds., The Politics of the European Union (London: Routledge, 1995).

"Introduction: Getting by with a Little Help from our Friends: Partnerships as Institutions and Instruments" in John Pierre and Louis Wise, eds., Public-Private Partnerships in Economic Development (1997).

"Bureaucracy in a Divided Regime: The United States", in Jon Pierre, ed., Bureaucracy in the Modern State (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar).

"Learning from Experience?: Experiential Learning in Eight Western Democracies". (Oslo: University of Oslo, ARENA Project), with Johan P. Olsen.

Alternative Modelle des Policy Prozesses: Die Sicht von 'unten' und von 'oben'" Politische Vierteljahresschrift., 1995.

"Social Policy in the United States" in Gillian Peele et al., Developments in American Politics II., 1995

"Introduction: the Changing Nature of American Politics", in ibid.

"Tax Policy" in Encyclopedia of Democracy (Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1995).

"Social and Economic Inequality", in ibid, 1995.

"Implementation of Public Policy", in ibid, 1995.

"Changing States, Governance and the Public Service" in Public Administration and Development (New Delhi, 1994).

Above reprinted in Saxena, ed., Issues in Development Administration (Delhi, BARA, 1994).

"Public Policy: An Institutionalist Perspective", in V. Subramanian Comparing Public Policies (Delhi: Ajanta, 1995).

"Overload in American Government" in Richard Maidment, ed., American
Democracy and Society (Buckingham: Open University Press. 1995).

"Equilibrium and Disequilibrium in Agenda Formation in the European Union, in J. J. Hesse and T. Toonen, eds., European Yearbook of Public Administration (Berlin: de Gruyter, 1995).

"The Institutions of Economic Regulation in the United States", in B. Doern and S. Wilks, eds. The Institutions of Regulation (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997)

"Introduction: Korean Bureaucracy in Comparative Perspective", in P.S. Kim and B. W. Kim, Korean Public Administration (Seoul: Hamlyn, 1997).

"Implementation in the European Union: Who is Principal and Who if Agent", in N. Nugent, ed., At the Heart of the Community: The European Commission (London: Macmillan, 1997)

"Bureaucrats and Politicians in Western Democracies: Who is Who and Does it Make Any Difference?", in A, Farazmand, ed., Bureaucrats and Politicians (Beverly Hills: Sage, 1997).

"Institutionalisms Old and New", in R. E. Goodin and H. D. Klingemann, eds., The New Handbook of Political Science (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997).

"Public Administration in Perspective" in ibid, with Vincent Wright.

"Contradictions in Administrative Reform", in B. G. Peters and D. J. Savoie, eds., Taking Stock: Two Decades of Administrative Reform (Montreal: McGill/Queens University Press, 1998).

"Introduction", in ibid.

"Understanding Tax Policy", in Paul E. Peretz, ed., American Economic Policy (Armonok, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1997).

"Globalization and Governance", in D. Marsh and C. Hay, ed., Governance in the Global Arena (University of Manchester Press, forthcomng).

"American Ecoomic Policy in the 1990s", in G. Peele et al,. eds., Developments in American Politics III (London: Macmillan, in press).

"Conclusion: Understanding Policy Failures", in P. Gray, M. Bovens and P. 't Hart, Understanding Policy Failure (London: Routledge, 1998), with Mark Bovens and Paul 't Hart.

"Introduction: Administering the Summit" in Peters, Vincent Wright and R.A.W. Rhodes, eds., Serving Presidents and Prime Ministers (London: Macmillan, forthcoming).

"Serving the Canadian Prime Minister", in ibid., with Donald J. Savoie.

"Policy Networks: Myths, Metaphors and Reality", in D. Marsh, ed., The Study of Policy Networks (Oxford" Oxford University
Press, 1998).

"Contracts as a Tool of Public Management: Their Importance and Strange Absence in the United States", in Yvonne Fortin, ed., Contracts and Public Management

"Reforming Local Government in the United Kingdom", in Local Government Reform (Tokyo: Ministry of Local Government)

"Programme Review in Comparison" in P. Aucoin, ed., Understanding Programme Review (Montreal; McGill/Queens University Press).

"Tragikus dillemak: a kozigazgatsi szabalyozas es a dontes kenyszere" in G. Gyula, ed., Kozszolgalat es Etika (Warsaw: Helikon)

"Institutional Theory and Administrative Reform", in M. Egeberg and P. Lagreid, eds., Organizing Organizations: Essays in Honour of Johan P. Olsen (Oslo: Scandinavian University Press, 1999).

“Explaining Success and Failure in Administrative Reform”, in H. Wollmann and E. Schroeter, eds., Administrative Reform in Germany and the United Kingdom (Aldershot: Ashgate).

“Is There an Implementation Deficit?” in N. Nugent, ed., At the Heart of the Union (London: Macmillan, 2000).

“Comparative Politics” in J. Pierre, ed., Debating Governance (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000).,

“The Politics of Policy Instruments” in L. Salamon ed. Handbook of Policy
Instruments (Oxford: Oxford University Press).

“ Contracts and Resource Allocation” in A. Heritier, ed., Common Goods:
Reinventing European and International Governance (Lanham, MD. Rowman
and Littlefied).

“Rebuilding the Village: Or is it Only a Campground” in G. Wright, ed.
Government, Market and the Civic Sector (Bratislava: NISPACEE).

Teaching Materials

"Policy Change and Termination". Policy Analysis for Teaching, Module 10, University of Strathclyde, Department of Politics.

Papers and Unpublished Research Reports

List of some 350+ available upon request.

Grants

A. Consultant, Urban Observatory, Georgia State
University.

B. Co-principal Investigator, Ford Foundation Grant on Common Problems of Advanced Industrial Societies, 1973-1975.

C. Swedish Institute Travel Grant, 1973.

D. Co-principal Investigator, Inter-University Consortium on Armed Fores and Society, Grant for Study of Mid-Career Officers.

E. Swedish Kennedy Foundation Grant, 1975.

F. Fulbright Lectureship, University of Strathclyde, 1975-76.

G. Sloan Foundation, Grant for Undergraduate Public Policy Program, Tulane University, 1978-1983.

H. Exxon Foundation, Grant in Tax Policy, 1982-1984.

I. National Science Foundation, Grant on Organizational Change in the US Federal
Bureaucracy, 1983-5.

J. Fulbright Professor, Hochschule St. Gallen, Switzerland, Spring, 1990.

K. DAAD Grant for Conference on Comparative Public Policy, 1989-90.

L. Harkness Foundation, Grant for Development of Harkness Fellows Orientation Program.

M. Humboldt Stiftung, Cooperative Program, Grant on Comparative Public Administration.

N. European Science Foundation, Grant on Policy Success and Failure

O. Grant for Research on Central Agencies, Canadian Centre for Management Development, 1998–

P. Economic and Social Research Council of the United Kingdom, Grant for Comparative Study of Public Employment, 1999.

Q. Grant from Flemish Science Council for Research on
Non-Departmental Public Bodies, 2000

R. Inter-American Development Bank, Grant on State Reform in Uruguay (with Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo) under review

Editorial Activities

A. Editor, International Library of Comparative Public Policy.

B. Co-editor, Political Analysis (Book series with Macmillan)

B. Co-editor, Governance: An International Journal of Politics and Administration.

C. American Editor, Journal of British Politics

C. Editorial Board, Journal of Public Policy.

D. Editorial Board, South Atlantic Urban Studies.

E. Editorial Board, Southeastern Political Quarterly.

F. Editorial Board, Policy Studies Journal.

G. Editorial Board, European Journal of Public Policy.

H. Editorial Board, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.

I. Editorial Board, Public Administration Review.

J. Editorial Board, Contemporary African Politics and Economics.

K. Editorial Board, Korean Journal of Public
Administration

L. Editorial Board. European Yearbook of Government and Administration

M. Editorial Board, Public Administration and Development Dacca)

N. Editorial Board, Public Administration and Policy (Hong Kong)

Professional Activities

A. Co-Chairman, International Political Science Association Research Committee on the Structure and Organization of Government, 1984-1989.

B. Executive Committee, International Political Science Association Research Committee on the
Structure and Organization of Government, 1989-present.

C. Policy Council, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, 1980-1984.

D. Vice-President, Policy Studies Organization, 1989-90.

E. President, Policy Studies Organization, 1990.

F. Executive Council, Policy Studies Organization, 1984-6.

G. Co-Chairman, APSA Organized Subfield in Public Administration, 1981-3.

H. Executive Committee, APSA Organized Subfield in Public Administration, 1985-7;1992-5.

I. Ransone Lectures, University of Alabama, Spring, 1986.

J. Consultant, Ontario Council of Universities, 1987.

K. Member, Executive Committee, International Institute of Comparative Government.

L. Consultant, Board of Regents, State of Florida, 1988.

M. Research Conference Planning Committee, Policy Studies Organization, 1988.

N. Chair, Book Award Committee, Policy Studies Organization, 1988.

O. Member, Kaufman Award Committee, APSA Organized Section on Public Administration, 1988. Chair, 1994.

P. Visiting Research Fellow, Foundation for Public Finance (London), Spring, 1990.

Q. Consultant, Swiss National Research Commission on Evaluation Research in Government.

R. Consultant, Auditor General of Canada.

S. USIA Lecturer, El Colegio de Mexico, 1992.

T. Lecturer, Netherlands School of Government, 1992.

U. Fellow, European Public Policy Institute, University of Warwick.

V. Member, Research Team on Comparative Public Administration, Institute of Public Administration of Canada.

Consulting

A. Public Management Committee, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Paris)

1) Project on Policy Coordination

2) Project on Policy Instruments

3) Project on Attitudes of Higher Civil Servants in Canada and the United States

4) Advisor, SIGMA Group on Administrative Reform in
Eastern and Central Europe
B. Canadian Centre for Management Development

C. Sigma Program, Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development, Project on Benchmarking Administrative Reforms

D. World Bank, Public Management Group, Projects on (1) Cabinet Government and (2) Central Agencies

E. Management and Coordination Agency, Prime Minister's Office, Japan, Project of Administrative Reform

F. World Bank, Project on Management of Cabinets and Central Agencies

G. Ministry of Finance, Government of Finland, Project on Central Government Reform (with Geert Bouckaert and Derry Ormond, 1999-2000).

H. UNDP, Central Policy Management in South East Europe

I. Government of Ontario, Policy Coordination in Social Services

Public Service

A. Member, Governor's Cost Control Commission, State of Louisiana, 1981-82.

B. Member, Electoral Integrity Commission, State of Louisiana, 1982-84.

C. Director, Metropolitan Leadership Forum, City of New Orleans, 1979-84.

D. Organizer, Televised Debates, Mayoral Campaign, New Orleans, 1982.

E. Organizer, Televised Debates, Gubernatorial Campaign, Louisiana, 1983.

F. Presentations to (among others):

British Civil Service College (Sunningdale)

British Civil Service College (Edinburgh)

Federal Executive Institute

Federal Executive Management Program (Pittsburgh)

National Defense University

Scottish Local Government Conference on Taxation

Numerous State and Local Government Groups in Pennsylvania and Louisiana

Advanced Management Program, Canadian Centre for Management Development

Ministry of Public Administration, Spain

Netherlands School of Government

Management and Coordination Agency, Japan

University and Departmental Service, University of Pittsburgh

A. Chairperson, Dean Search Committee, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, 1985-6.

B. Academic Coordinator, University Bicentennial Project on Global Structural Change.

C. Program Director, Comparative Public Policy Program, University Center for Social and Urban Research and University Center for International Studies.

D. Consultant for Development of Policy Program, School of Education.

E. Search Committee, Associate Dean, School of Social Work.

F. Chairman's Advisory Committee, Department of Political Science, 1984-5; 1986-7.

G. American Politics Recruitment Committee, 1984-6.

H. PH. D. Committees in Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, School of Social Work, School of Education, Department of Sociology as well as Political Science.

I. Member, University Senate Committee Evaluating Undergraduate Major in Business Administration.

J. Chair, Search Committee, Dean for Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, 1987-8.

K. Member, Provost's Committee on International Education, 1987-8.

L. Chair, Curriculum Review Committee, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, 1987-8.

M. Faculty Advisor, Morewood Group (Policy Analysis Group in Honors College).

N. Senate Library Committee, 1987-1992; Vice-chair, 1988-90.

O. Alternate Member, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Tenure Council.

P. International Relations Recruitment Committee,
1988-9.

Q. Member, Personnel Committee, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

R. Chair, Search Committee for Ethics and Public Policy, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, 1988-89.

S. Advisory Board, Governor's School for International Education, 1989-present.

T. Member, Internal Grants Review Committee, Office of Research.

U. Acting Director, West European Studies, University Center for International Studies, 1989.

V. Fellow, Ridgway Center for National Security Policy, 1989-present.

W. Faculty of Arts and Sciences Tenure Council, 1989-91.

X. Director, Harkness Fellowship Orientation Program.

Y. Steering Committee, Institute of Politics.

Z. Advisory Committee, University Center for International Studies.

AA. Chair, Social Science Council, 1991-2.

BB. Co-Chair, Fiscal Policy Committee, Institute of Politics, 1995--

CC. Senate Educational Policy Committee, 1997--

DD. Placement Director, Department of Political Science, 1997-

EE. Curriculum Review Committee, Faculty of Arts and
Sciences, 1999-2000