Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Editorials:

H. George Frederickson

A New Era for the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
J Public Adm Res Theory 2003 13: 1-2; doi:10.1093/jopart/mug001 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H. Brinton Milward

The Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory and the Public Management Research Association
J Public Adm Res Theory 2003 13: 3-4; doi:10.1093/jopart/mug007 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Articles:

Gene A. Brewer

Building Social Capital: Civic Attitudes and Behavior of Public Servants
J Public Adm Res Theory 2003 13: 5-26; doi:10.1093/jopart/mug011 [Abstract] [PDF] Supplementary Data [Request Permissions]  

Anirudh V. S. Ruhil and Pedro J. Camões

What Lies Beneath: The Political Roots of State Merit Systems
J Public Adm Res Theory 2003 13: 27-42; doi:10.1093/jopart/mug006 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Laurence J. O'Toole, Jr. and Kenneth J. Meier

Plus ça Change: Public Management, Personnel Stability, and Organizational Performance
J Public Adm Res Theory 2003 13: 43-64; doi:10.1093/jopart/mug009 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cindy Simon Rosenthal and Lauren Cohen Bell

From Passive to Active Representation: The Case of Women Congressional Staff
J Public Adm Res Theory 2003 13: 65-82; doi:10.1093/jopart/mug008 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Clayton Thomas and Gregory Streib

The New Face of Government: Citizen-Initiated Contacts in the Era of E-Government
J Public Adm Res Theory 2003 13: 83-102; doi:10.1093/jopart/mug010 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Patricia W. Ingraham

In the Web of Politics. Joel D. Aberbach and Bert A. Rockman. 2000. In the Web of Politics: Three Decades of the U.S. Federal Executive. Washington, D.C.: Brookings. 230 pp
J Public Adm Res Theory 2003 13: 103-105; doi:10.1093/jopart/mug002 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Steven J. Balla

Forging Bureaucratic Autonomy. Daniel P. Carpenter. 2001. The Forging of Bureaucratic Autonomy: Reputations, Networks, and Policy Innovation in Executive Agencies, 1862–1928. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. 479 pp
J Public Adm Res Theory 2003 13: 106-109; doi:10.1093/jopart/mug003 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joseph A. Ferrara

Public-Sector Performance. Richard C. Kearney and Evan M. Berman, eds. 1999. Public Sector Performance: Management, Motivation, and Measurement. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press. 372 pp
J Public Adm Res Theory 2003 13: 109-112; doi:10.1093/jopart/mug004 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Matthew Holden, Jr.

Civil Servants and Their Constitutions. John Rohr. 2002. Civil Servants and Their Constitutions. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. 208 pp
J Public Adm Res Theory 2003 13: 112-115; doi:10.1093/jopart/mug005 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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