Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Articles:

Martha S. Feldman, Kaj Sköldberg, Ruth Nicole Brown, and Debra Horner

Making Sense of Stories: A Rhetorical Approach to Narrative Analysis
J Public Adm Res Theory 2004 14: 147-170; doi:10.1093/jopart/muh010 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Amir Hefetz and Mildred Warner

Privatization and Its Reverse: Explaining the Dynamics of the Government Contracting Process
J Public Adm Res Theory 2004 14: 171-190; doi:10.1093/jopart/muh012 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David M. Van Slyke and Christine H. Roch

What Do They Know, and Whom Do They Hold Accountable? Citizens in the Government–Nonprofit Contracting Relationship
J Public Adm Res Theory 2004 14: 191-209; doi:10.1093/jopart/muh013 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sander Dekker and Dan Hansén

Learning under Pressure: The Effects of Politicization on Organizational Learning in Public Bureaucracies
J Public Adm Res Theory 2004 14: 211-230; doi:10.1093/jopart/muh014 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

George A. Boyne and Richard M. Walker

Strategy Content and Public Service Organizations
J Public Adm Res Theory 2004 14: 231-252; doi:10.1093/jopart/muh015 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Eugene B. McGregor, Jr

Primed for Public Administration Theory. H. George Frederickson and Kevin B. Smith. 2003. The Public Administration Theory Primer. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. 288 pp.
J Public Adm Res Theory 2004 14: 253-257; doi:10.1093/jopart/muh016 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

James A. Visser

The Collaborative Management of the Metropolis. Gerald Benjamin and Richard P. Nathan. 2001. Regionalism and Realism: A Study of Governments in the New York Metropolitan Area. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press. 308 pp. • Manuel Pastor Jr., Peter Dreier, J. Eugene Grigsby III, and Marta Lopez-Garcia. 2000. Regions that Work: How Cities and Suburbs Can Grow Together. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. 263 pp. • Myron Orfield. 2002. American Metropolitics: The New Suburban Reality. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press. 222 pp. • Robert Agranoff and Michael McGuire. 2003. Collaborative Public Management: New Strategies for Local Governments. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press. 219 pp.
J Public Adm Res Theory 2004 14: 257-263; doi:10.1093/jopart/muh017 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Sitrin

Managing a Federal Deficit: Here We Go Again. Irene S. Rubin. 2003. Balancing the Federal Budget: Trimming the Herds or Eating the Seed Corn? Washington, DC: CQ Press. 318 pp.
J Public Adm Res Theory 2004 14: 263-265; doi:10.1093/jopart/muh009 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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