Melvin J. Dubnick, PhD, Political Science
Master of Advanced Cynicism and General Despair
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PUBLICATIONS
2021: A Tribute to H. George Frederickson
2020: Dissecting the Semantics of Accountability and Its Misuse
2018: Demons, Spirits, and Elephants: Reflections on the Failure of Public Administration Theory
2018: GDD: American Government: Myths and Realities (12th edition)
2018: The GDD Chapters
2018: The GDD "Policy Connections"
2015: EPAP 3rd edition
2015: American Government: Myths and Realities (11th edition) Copy
2014: Accountability as Cultural Keyword
2014: The Ontological Challenge
2014: Barnard's Regret: Zones of Accountability and the Limits of Authority
2013: Power and the Ethics of Reform
2012: Imagininng and Managing Organizational Evil
2011: Move Over Daniel: We Need Some 'Accountability Space'
2011: The Pursuit of Accountability: Promise, Problems, and Prospects
2011: Public Accountability: Performance Measurement, The Extended State, And The Search For Trust
2011: Accountable Governance: Promises And Problems (AG)
2011: AG: Introduction: The Promises of Accountability Research
2011: AG: Rethinking the Obsession: Accountability and the Financial Crisis
2011: AG: Conclusion: Taking Stock and Moving Forward
2010: Accountable Agents: : Federal Performance Measurement and Third-Party Government
2010: Toward a 'Responsible' Future: Reframing and Reforming the Governance of Financial Markets,
2009: All Mega-Projects are Local? Citizen Participation Lessons from the Big Dig,
2009: ggressive Action: In Search of a Dominant Narrative,
2007: Sarbanes-Oxley And The Search For Accountable Corporate Governance
2007: Sowing and Reaping at the Big Dig: The Legacies of Neomanagerialism
2006/2007: Pathologies of Governance Reform: Promises, Pervasions and Perversions in the Age of Accountability
2006: Taking Tough Choices Seriously: Public Administration and Individual Moral Agency
2006: Accountability and the Evil of Adm Ethics
2006: War Narratives: Framing Our Understanding of the War on Terror,
2005: Accountability and the Promise of Performance: In Search of the Mechanisms
2005: [Case 1] Comments
2005: Accountability Through Thick and Thin: Making Assessments and Making Cases
2004/2005: A Framework for Examining Accountability and Value for Money in the UK’s Private Finance InitiativeA Framework for Examining Accountability and Value for Money in the UK’s Private Finance Initiative
2003/2008: Accountability And Ethics: Reconsidering the Relationships
2003: Nurturing Civic Lives: Developmental Perspectives on Civic Education -- Introduction
2002: Postscripts for a 'State of War': Public Administration and Civil Liberties After September 11
2002: Implications for Federalism
2001: In Defense of the Electoral College
2000: The Case for Administrative Evil
2000: Morals and Movies: Energizing Ethical Thinking Among Professionals
2000: Challenges of Civic Education
2000: Dialogue: Knowledge & Research
1998: Accountability
1998: Army Corps of Engineers
1998: Customs Service
1998: Forest Service
1998: Clarifying Accountability: An Ethical Theory Framework
1996: Challenges to American Public Administration: Complexity, Bureaucratization, and the Culture of Distrust
1996: Farewell form the Catbird Seat
1995: Oklahoma City (editorial)
1994: Editing the Policy Studies Journal and Public Administration Review
1994: Issues of Accountability in Flexible Personnel Systems
1994: A Coup Against King Bureaucracy
1993: Accountability and the Centrality of Expectations in American Public Administration
1993: State economic development policies and national economic growth,
1991: Public Policy & Economic Institutions
1991: American Public Administration
1987: Accountability in Public Sector:Lessons from the Challenger tragedy
1985: Industrial Policy and the States
1983: Thinking About Public Policy
1982: Decentralization of Agriculture
1982: Regulatory Policy Ananlysis: Working in a Quagmire
1981: Government Regulation: Advice and Analysis
1981: Nationalizing State Policies
1981: [Reivew} Promise and Performance
1979: The Why & How of Policy Analysis
1979: Problems in U.S. Standard-Setting: The Implications of the Shift to Control Functions
1978: Three Approaches the Health Care
1978: Comparing Policy Alternatives
1976: Blaming The Planner: An Alternative Explanation Of Development Program Failure
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"[Case 1] Comments," in Kathe Callahan, Dorothy F. Olshfski, and Erwin Schwella, eds. 2005. GLOBAL PUBLIC MANAGEMENT: CASES AND COMMENTS. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications, pp. 73-74.
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