This article reviews some recent advances in research on presidential appointments and
personnel. I focus specifically on research analyzing changes in the institutional …

The second edition of this highly regarded book provides a concise and accessible
introduction to the principles and elements of policy design in contemporary governance. It …

Institutional theory plays a significant role in contemporary political science. As in the
previous editions, the new fourth edition provides an overview of the major institutional …

During the next four years, the new President, Barack Obama, and the new Congress are
expected to join together in the first serious effort in the United States to enact swee** …

protection, an area with the kind of one-sided interest group pressure that is a breeding
ground for capture. The Article explores the relationship between the institutional design of …

... it is thanks to works like this one that we can make progress in the understanding of the
phenomenon of independent regulatory authorities in Europe and elsewhere. Competition …

China has a highly centralized bureaucracy that is no longer strictly monitored by political
loyalty but by governance performance (eg, economic growth), rewarded with promotion and …

The responsiveness of government agencies to elected officials is a central question in
democratic governance. A key source of variation in responsiveness is agency structure. Yet …

Dichotomous sets of policy alternatives–like market vs state–and metaphors–like carrots vs
sticks–lend themselves to blunt thinking about instruments and their modalities …

Public organizations rely extensively on sources of support—political and otherwise—
external to themselves to ensure continued success in meeting policy goals. The resource …