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Program Evaluation & Policy Analysis

Vassia Gueorguieva, Jean Accius, Carmen Apaza, Lamar Bennett, Clinton Brownley, Shea Cronin, and Panote Preechyanud, "The Program Assessment Rating Tool and the Government Performance and Results Act: Evaluating Conflicts and Disconnections," ARPA, 39 (May 2009): 225-245.

William H. Miller, Brinck Kerr, and Gary Ritter, "School Performance Measurement: Politics and Equity," ARPA, 38 (March 2008): 100-117.

Carolyn J. Heinrich, "Evidence-Based Policy and Performance Management: Challenges and Prospects in Two Parallel Movements," ARPA, 37 (September 2007): 255-277.

Caroline Ratcliffe, Demetra Smith Nightingale, and Patrick Sharkey, "Welfare Program Performance: An Analysis of South Carolina’s Family Independence Program," ARPA, 37 (March 2007): 65-90.

Amy K. Donahue and Joanne M. Miller, "Experience, Attitudes, and Willingness to Pay for Public Safety," ARPA, 36 (December 2006): 395-418.

Yilin Hou, Donald P. Moynihan, and Patricia Wallace Ingraham, "Capacity, Management, and Performance: Exploring the Links," ARPA, 33 (September 2003): 295-315.

Local Government Management

H. V. Savitch, Ronald K. Vogel, and Lin Ye, "Beyond the Rhetoric: Lessons From Louisville’s Consolidation," ARPA, first published on April 8, 2009 as doi:10.1177/0275074009333175

Yu-Che Chen and Kurt Thurmaier, "Interlocal Agreements as Collaborations: An Empirical Investigation of Impetuses, Norms, and Success," ARPA, first published on October 10, 2008 as doi:10.1177/0275074008324566

David N. Ammons, "City Manager and City Administrator Role Similarities and Differences: Perceptions Among Persons Who Have Served as Both," ARPA, 38 (March 2008): 24-40.

Jered B. Carr and Shanthi Karuppusamy, "Beyond Ideal Types of Municipal Structure: Adapted Cities in Michigan," ARPA, 39 (May 2009): 304-321.

Sergio Fernandez, Jay Eungha Ryu, and Jeffrey L. Brudney, "Exploring Variations in Contracting for Services Among American Local Governments: Do Politics Still Matter?" ARPA, 38 (December 2008): 439-462.

Vera Vogelsang-Coombs, "Mayoral Leadership and Facilitative Governance," ARPA, 37 (June 2007): 198-225.

John Nalbandian, "Professionals and the Conflicting Forces of Administrative Modernization and Civic Engagement," ARPA, 35 (December 2005): 311-326.

Intergovernmental Relations

Odd J. Stalebrink, "National Performance Mandates and Intergovernmental Collaboration: An Examination of the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)," ARPA, first published on December 1, 2008 as doi:10.1177/0275074008326589

Jeremy L. Hall, "Assessing Local Capacity for Federal Grant-Getting," ARPA, 38 (December 2008): 463-479.

Kiki Caruson and Susan A. MacManus, "Disaster Vulnerabilities: How Strong a Push Toward Regionalism and Intergovernmental Cooperation?" ARPA, 38 (September 2008): 286-306.

Steven Andrew Light, "Indian Gaming and Intergovernmental Relations: State-Level Constraints on Tribal Political Influence Over Policy Outcomes," ARPA, 38 (June 2008): 225-243.

Richard C. Box and Juliet Ann Musso, "Experiments with Local Federalism: Secession and the Neighborhood Council Movement in Los Angeles," ARPA, 34 (September 2004): 259-276.

Karen Mossberger and Kathleen Hale, "’Polydiffusion’ in Intergovernmental Programs: Information Diffusion in the School-to-Work Network," ARPA, 32 (December 2002): 398-422.

Citizen Participation/Deliberative Democracy

Frank Fischer, "Participatory Governance as Deliberative Empowerment: The Cultural Politics of Discursive Space," ARPA, 36 (March 2006): 19-40.

Aimee L. Franklin and Carol Ebdon, "Are we All Touching the Same Camel?: Exploring a Model of Participation in Budgeting," ARPA, 35 (June 2005): 168-185.

Nancy Roberts, "Public Deliberation in an Age of Direct Citizen Participation," ARPA, 34 (December 2004): 315-353.

Mary Grisez Kweit and Robert W. Kweit, "Citizen Participation and Citizen Evaluation in Disaster Recovery," ARPA, 34 (December 2004): 354-373.

Donald P. Moynihan, "Normative and Instrumental Perspectives on Public Participation: Citizen Summits in Washington, D.C.," ARPA, 33 (June 2003): 164-188.

Eran Vigoda and Robert T. Golembiewski, "Citizenship Behavior and the Spirit of New Managerialism: A Theoretical Framework and Challenge for Governance," ARPA, 31 (September 2001): 273-295.

Information Technology & E-government

Gregory Streib and Ignacio Navarro, "Citizen Demand for Interactive E-Government: The Case of Georgia Consumer Services," ARPA, 36 (September 2006): 288-300.

Jonathan B. Justice, James Melitski, and Daniel L. Smith, "E-Government as an Instrument of Fiscal Accountability and Responsiveness: Do the Best Practitioners Employ the Best Practices?" ARPA, 36 (September 2006): 301-322.

Alfred Tat-Kei Ho and Anna Ya Ni, "Explaining the Adoption of E-Government Features: A Case Study of Iowa County Treasurers’ Offices," ARPA, 34 (June 2004): 164-180.

Mary Maureen Brown, "Understanding E-Government Benefits: An Examination of Leading-Edge Local Governments," ARPA, 37 (June 2007): 178-197.

Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar, Carmen Caba Pérez, and Antonio M. López Hernández, "E-Government and Public Financial Reporting: The Case of Spanish Regional Governments," ARPA, 37 (June 2007): 142-177.

Jason Bennett Thatcher, Ralph S. Brower, and Robert M. Mason, "Organizational Fields and the Diffusion of Information Technologies Within and Across the Nonprofit and Public Sectors: A Preliminary Theory," ARPA, 36 (December 2006: 437-454.

Crime and Criminal Justice

Anna Lukemeyer and Richard C. McCorkle, "Privatization of Prisons: Impact on Prison Conditions," The American Review of Public Administration, Jun 2006; vol. 36: pp. 189 - 206.

Deborah A. Carroll and Robert J. Eger, III, "Brownfields, Crime, and Tax Increment Financing," The American Review of Public Administration, Dec 2006; vol. 36: pp. 455 - 477.

Amy K. Donahue and Joanne M. Miller, "Experience, Attitudes, and Willingness to Pay for Public Safety," The American Review of Public Administration, Dec 2006; vol. 36: pp. 395 – 418.

Byron E. Price and Norma M. Riccucci, "Exploring the Determinants of Decisions to Privatize State Prisons," The American Review of Public Administration, Sep 2005; vol. 35: pp. 223 - 235.

Joseph W. Rottman, L. Douglas Smith, David A. Long, and Chuck Crofts, "Implementing Judicial Management Systems Within an Integrated Justice Information Framework: A Case Study on Information Systems Development in the Public Sector," The American Review of Public Administration 2007 37: 436-457

Anne L. Schneider, "Why do Some Boundary Organizations Result in New Ideas and Practices and Others only Meet Resistance?: Examples From Juvenile Justice," The American Review of Public Administration 2009 39: 60-79.

Budgeting

Philip Kloha, Carol S. Weissert, and Robert Kleine, "Someone to Watch Over me: State Monitoring of Local Fiscal Conditions," The American Review of Public Administration, Sep 2005; vol. 35: pp. 236 - 255.

Aimee L. Franklin and Carol Ebdon, "Are we All Touching the Same Camel?: Exploring a Model of Participation in Budgeting," The American Review of Public Administration, Jun 2005; vol. 35: pp. 168 - 185.

Vassia Gueorguieva, Jean Accius, Carmen Apaza, Lamar Bennett, Clinton Brownley, Shea Cronin, and Panote Preechyanud, "The Program Assessment Rating Tool and the Government Performance and Results Act: Evaluating Conflicts and Disconnections," The American Review of Public Administration 2009 39: 225-245.

Sergio Fernandez, Jay Eungha Ryu, and Jeffrey L. Brudney, "Exploring Variations in Contracting for Services Among American Local Governments: Do Politics Still Matter?," The American Review of Public Administration 2008 38: 439-462.

James C. Clinger, Richard C. Feiock, Barbara Coyle McCabe, and Hyung-Jun Park, "Turnover, Transaction Costs, and Time Horizons: An Examination of Municipal Debt Financing," The American Review of Public Administration 2008 38: 167-179.

Daniel W. Williams and Mordecai Lee, "Déjà Vu All Over Again: Contemporary Traces of the "Budget Exhibit"," The American Review of Public Administration 2008 38: 203-224.

Jered B. Carr and Shanthi Karuppusamy, "Reassessing the Link Between City Structure and Fiscal Policy: Is the Problem Poor Measures of Governmental Structure?," The American Review of Public Administration first published on May 4, 2009 as doi:10.1177/0275074009334641

Personnel/Human Resource

Keith Snavely and Uday Desai, "Competitive Sourcing in the Federal Civil Service," The American Review of Public Administration first published on January 7, 2009 as doi:10.1177/0275074008328925

Craig Boardman and Eric Sundquist, "Toward Understanding Work Motivation: Worker Attitudes and the Perception of Effective Public Service," The American Review of Public Administration first published on December 29, 2008 as doi:10.1177/0275074008324567

Mary K. Feeney and Barry Bozeman, "Staying Late: Comparing Work Hours in Public and Nonprofit Sectors," The American Review of Public Administration first published on December 10, 2008 as doi:10.1177/0275074008327293

Laurence J. O'Toole Jr. and Kenneth J. Meier, "The Human Side of Public Organizations: Contributions to Organizational Performance," The American Review of Public Administration first published on September 30, 2008 as doi:10.1177/0275074008323805

Gregory B. Lewis and Seong Soo Oh, "A Major Difference?: Fields of Study and Male—Female Pay Differences in Federal Employment," The American Review of Public Administration 2009 39: 107-124.

Leonard Bright, "Does Public Service Motivation Really Make a Difference on the Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intentions of Public Employees?," The American Review of Public Administration 2008 38: 149-166.

Laurie E. Paarlberg and James L. Perry, "Values Management: Aligning Employee Values and Organization Goals," The American Review of Public Administration 2007 37: 387-408.

Public Policy

Odd J. Stalebrink, "National Performance Mandates and Intergovernmental Collaboration: An Examination of the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)," The American Review of Public Administration first published on December 1, 2008 as doi: 10.1177/0275074008326589

Anand Desai, Robert T. Greenbaum, and Yushim Kim, "Incorporating Policy Criteria in Spatial Analysis," The American Review of Public Administration 2009 39: 23-42

Jodi Sandfort, Sally Coleman Selden, and Jessica E. Sowa, "Do Government Tools Influence Organizational Performance?: Examining Their Implementation in Early Childhood Education," The American Review of Public Administration 2008 38: 412-438.

George R. La Noue, "Follow the Money: Who Benefits From the Federal Aviation Administration's DBE Program?," The American Review of Public Administration 2008 38: 480-500.

Steven Andrew Light, "Indian Gaming and Intergovernmental Relations: State-Level Constraints on Tribal Political Influence Over Policy Outcomes," The American Review of Public Administration 2008 38: 225-243.

William H. Miller, Brinck Kerr, and Gary Ritter, "School Performance Measurement: Politics and Equity," The American Review of Public Administration 2008 38: 100-117

Carolyn J. Heinrich and Youseok Choi, "Performance-Based Contracting in Social Welfare Programs," The American Review of Public Administration 2007 37: 409-435.

New Public Management

James L. Perry, "Democracy and the New Public Service,” ARPA, 37 (2007): 3-16.

John Alford and Owen Hughes, "Public Value Pragmatism as the Next Phase of Public Management," ARPA, 38 (2008): 130-148.

Kenneth J. Meier and Laurence J. O'Toole, Jr., “The Proverbs of New Public Management: Lessons From an Evidence-Based Research Agenda,” ARPA, 39 (2009): 4-22.

John Bumgarner and Chad B. Newswander, "The Irony of NPM: The Inevitable Extension of the Role of the American State," ARPA, 39 (2009): 189-207.

Gerry Stoker, "Public Value Management: A New Narrative for Networked Governance?" ARPA, 36 (2006): 41-57

Donald F. Kettl, "Contingent Coordination: Practical and Theoretical Puzzles for Homeland Security," ARPA, 33 (2003): 253-277

Yilin Hou, Donald P. Moynihan, and Patricia Wallace Ingraham, "Capacity, Management, and Performance: Exploring the Links," ARPA, 33 (2003): 295-315

Organizational Theory and Behavior

Sergio Fernandez and David W. Pitts, "Under What Conditions Do Public Managers Favor and Pursue Organizational Change?" ARPA, 37 (2007): 324-341.

Laurie E. Paarlberg and James L. Perry, "Values Management: Aligning Employee Values and Organization Goals," ARPA, 37 (2007): 387-408.

Laurence J. O'Toole Jr. and Kenneth J. Meier, "The Human Side of Public Organizations: Contributions to Organizational Performance," ARPA, first published on September 30, 2008 as doi:10.1177/0275074008323805.

Jason Bennett Thatcher, Ralph S. Brower, and Robert M. Mason, "Organizational Fields and the Diffusion of Information Technologies Within and Across the Nonprofit and Public Sectors: A Preliminary Theory," ARPA, 36 (2006): 437-454

Scott E. Robinson and Kenneth J. Meier, "Path Dependence and Organizational Behavior: Bureaucracy and Social Promotion," ARPA, 36 (2006): 241-260

Tanya Heikkila and Kimberley Roussin Isett, "Modeling Operational Decision Making in Public Organizations: An Integration of Two Institutional Theories," ARPA, 34 (2004): 3-19

Ronald C. Nyhan, "Changing the Paradigm: Trust and its Role in Public Sector Organizations," ARPA, 30 (2000): 87-109

Public Administration Theory

Jack H. Knott and Gary J. Miller, "When Ambition Checks Ambition: Bureaucratic Trustees and the Separation of Powers," ARPA, 38 (2008): 387-411.

Robert F. Durant, "Theory Building, Administrative Reform Movements, and the Perdurability of Herbert Hoover," ARPA, 39 (2009): 327-351.

Thomas J. Catlaw, "Governance and Networks at the Limits of Representation," ARPA, first published on September 9, 2008 as doi: 10.1177/027507400832

Paul Davis and Karen West, "What Do Public Values Mean for Public Action?: Putting Public Values in Their Plural Place," ARPA, first published on December 29, 2008 as doi: 10.1177/0275074008328499

Michael W. Spicer, "Determinism, Social Science, and Public Administration: Lessons From Isaiah Berlin," ARPA, 35 (2005): 256-269

R. A. W. Rhodes, "Everyday Life in a Ministry: Public Administration as Anthropology," ARPA, 35 (2005): 3-25

Camilla Stivers, "A Place Like Home: Care and Action in Public Administration," ARPA, 35 (2005): 26-41

Public Service Ethics

Suzanne J. Piotrowski and Gregg G. Van Ryzin, "Citizen Attitudes Toward Transparency in Local Government," ARPA, 37 (2007): 306-323.

Zeger van der Wal and Leo Huberts, "Value Solidity in Government and Business: Results of an Empirical Study on Public and Private Sector Organizational Values," ARPA, 38 (2008): 264-285.

Lawrence Quill, "Ethical Conduct and Public Service: Loyalty Intelligently Bestowed," ARPA, 39 (2009): 215-224.

Richard K. Ghere, "Watching the Borders of Administrative Evil: Human Volition and Policy Intention," ARPA, 36 (2006): 419-436

Philip H. Jos, "Social Contract Theory: Implications for Professional Ethics," ARPA, 36 (2006): 139-155

Nestar Russell and Robert Gregory, "Making the Undoable Doable: Milgram, the Holocaust, and Modern Government," ARPA, 35 (2005): 327-349

Gerson Moreno-Riaño, "The Etiology of Administrative Evil: Eric Voegelin and the Unconsciousness of Modernity," ARPA, 31 (2001): 296-312