Lists of Bests: Master Reading List for PhD Exam in Public Policy http://www.listsofbests.com/list/62272 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:52:58 GMT en-us 0 50 70 50 0 Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis (2nd Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/78855 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/78855"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0321013492.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Graham T. Allison</div> Politics, Economics, and Welfare: Planning and Politico-Economic Systems Resolved Into Basic Processes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1196398 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert A. Dahl</div> Who Governs?: Democracy and Power in an American City, Second Edition (Yale Studies in Political Science) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/977419 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/977419"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0300103921.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert A. Dahl</div> Dilemmas of Pluralist Democracy: Autonomy vs. Control (Yale Studies in Political Science) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/639293 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/639293"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0300030762.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056429026_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert A. Dahl</div> Policymaking for Social Security http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5561244 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5561244"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EN1H8JM8L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martha Derthick</div> Public & Its Problems http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/598569 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/598569"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0804002541.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V54279289_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Dewey</div> An Economic Theory of Democracy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1427546 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1427546"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060417501.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Downs</div> A Systems Analysis of Political Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5561245 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daniel Easton</div> Politics: Who Gets What, When, How http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5561246 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harold Lasswell</div> The End of Liberalism: The Second Republic of the United States http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5561248 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5561248"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71EP2ZZJ6DL._SL75_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Theodore J. Lowi</div> Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5394210 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5394210"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GEa8284%2BL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph A. Schumpeter</div> The Power Elite http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/131148 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/131148"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0195133544.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C. Wright Mills</div> New Federalism: Intergovernmental Reform from Nixon to Reagan http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5561249 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5561249"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41WX1GMKS1L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Timothy Conlan</div> Public Policy Theories, Models, and Concepts: An Anthology http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5316633 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5316633"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TGTEDMNFL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daniel C. McCool</div> Theories of the Policy Process, Second Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4369910 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4369910"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4130jJ%2BSw9L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul A Sabatier</div> Micromotives and Macrobehavior http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/889186 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/889186"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393329461.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas C. Schelling</div> Public Policy: The Essential Readings http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1545907 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1545907"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0130592552.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stella Z. Theodoulou</div> Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It (Basic Books Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/148311 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/148311"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0465007856.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Q. Wilson</div> The Calculus of Consent: Logical Foundations of Constitutional Democracy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2712857 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gordon Tullock</div> Institutional Economics: Its Place in Political Economy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5561251 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John R. Commons</div> Organizing for Collective Action : The Political Economies of Associations (Social Institutions and Social Change) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1178400 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Knoke</div> Managerial Dilemmas : The Political Economy of Hierarchy (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1747842 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1747842"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0521457696.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gary J. Miller</div> Public Choice II: A Revised Edition of Public Choice (Cambridge Surveys of Economic Literature) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5561252 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5561252"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XSJQNERAL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dennis C. Mueller</div> Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1203045 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1203045"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0521397340.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1076448477_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglass C. North</div> Understanding the Process of Economic Change (Princeton Economic History of the Western World) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1203044 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1203044"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0691118051.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1102969933_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglass C. North</div> The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups, Second printing with new preface and appendix (Harvard Economic Studies) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64707 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64707"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0674537513.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mancur, Jr. Olson</div> Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/84033 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/84033"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0521405998.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elinor Ostrom</div> Understanding Institutional Diversity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1590080 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1590080"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0691122385.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45416708_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elinor Ostrom</div> Analyzing Politics: Rationality, Behavior, and Institutions http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2042974 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2042974"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0393971074.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kenneth A. Shepsle</div> A Government of Strangers: Executive Politics in Washington http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4389220 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4389220"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51E38P8R7AL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hugh Heclo</div> New American Political System, 2nd Edition (AEI Studies) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1572581 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1572581"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0844737100.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthong King</div> The Theory of Political Coalitions http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5561258 <div id="position">32</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William H. Riker</div> Policy Change and Learning: An Advocacy Coalition Approach (Theoretical Lenses on Public Policy) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3062168 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3062168"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11AgTUgcnnL.jpg" /></a></div> Mobilizing Interest Groups in America: Patrons, Professions, and Social Movements http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5561259 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5561259"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4178LYi885L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jack L. Walker</div> Politics of Regulations http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2859785 <div id="position">35</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Q. Wilson</div> A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5561261 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5561261"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518HtPKBjNL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eugene Bardach</div> Reframing Public Policy: Discursive Politics and Deliberative Practices http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/615551 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/615551"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/019924264X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1118887924_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Fischer</div> Public Policy for Democracy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5561263 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5561263"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YCKH7RD7L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Helen Ingram</div> Evidence, Argument, and Persuasion in the Policy Process http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/345609 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/345609"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0300052596.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Giandomenico Majone</div> Policy Design for Democracy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5416785 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5416785"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41%2BR2gaBaVL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne L. Schneider</div> Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making, Revised Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93056 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93056"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393976254.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Deborah Stone</div> Conducting Interpretive Policy Analysis (Qualitative Research Methods) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5561266 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5561266"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41CEV0K2HPL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dvora Yanow</div> Agendas and Instability in American Politics (American Politics and Political Economy Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1233298 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1233298"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0226039390.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank R. Baumgartner</div> After Disaster: Agenda Setting, Public Policy and Focusing Events (American Governance and Public Policy) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5561268 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5561268"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41FWNX4TTJL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas A. Birkland</div> Participation in American Politics: The Dynamics of Agenda-Building http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5561269 <div id="position">45</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roger W. & Elder, Charles D. Cobb</div> Terminating Public Programs: An American Political Paradox http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5561270 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5561270"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/211NN7TD3EL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark R. Daniels</div> The Politics of Attention : How Government Prioritizes Problems http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1140472 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1140472"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0226406539.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bryan D. Jones</div> Politics and the Architecture of Choice: Bounded Rationality and Governance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5561271 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5561271"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41GTQV6Q3QL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bryan D. Jones</div> Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies (Longman Classics Edition) (2nd Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1231238 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1231238"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0321121856.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056432332_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John W. Kingdon</div> Agenda Formation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5561272 <div id="position">50</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div>