Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.
Faculty Publications
Glaeser, Edward L. "The Old Urbanist." Review of Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs, American Scholar, 85.4, Autumn 2016: 120-122.
Glaeser, Edward L. "On Hallowed Ground." Review of Power at Ground Zero: Politics, Money & the Remaking of Lower Manhattan, 10/2/2016: 21.
Gergen, David. "David Axelrod’s Believer." Review of Believer: My Forty Years in Politics, by David Axelrod. New York Times, February 2015: 12.
Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "All in the Family The Dulleses, the Bundys, and the End of the Establishment." Review of The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War, by Stephen Kinzer, and The Color of Truth: McGeorge Bundy and William Bundy: Brothers in Arms, by Kai Bird, Foreign Affairs, 93.4, July/August 2014: 176-181.
Saich, Anthony. Comment on China’s Public Service System, by Jianxing Yu,. ed. Kenneth Lieberthal, Cheng Li, and Yu Keping. China's Political Development : Chinese and American Perspectives, June 2014: 244-251.
Bowles, Hannah Riley. Review of Women and Executive Office: Pathways and Performance, ed. Melody Rose. Sage, 59.4, March 2014: NP39–NP41.
Ruggie, Mary. Review of The Politics of Medicaid, by Laura Katz Olson. Political Science Quarterly, 126.3, Fall 2011: 521-522.
Pritchett, Lant. "A Review of Edward Luce's In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India." Review of In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India, by Edward Luce. Journal of Economic Literature, 47.3, September 2009: 771–80.
Andrews, Matthew. Review of The Dynamics of Performance Management: Constructing Information and Reform, by Donald P. Moynihan. Governance, 22.3, July 2009: 513-515.
Western, Bruce. "Lone Pursuit: Distrust and Defensive Individualism Among the Black Poor." Review of Distrust and Defensive Individualism Among the Black Poor, by Sandra Susan Smith. Contemporary Sociology, 38.1, January 2009: 71-72.
Donahue, John D. Review of The Other Invisible Hand: Delivering Public Services through Choice and Competition, by Julian Le Grand82.4, December 2008: 762-765.
Kelman, Steven. "The Impact of Pay Disparities." Review of The Warping of Government Work, by John Donahue Federal Computer Week, July 28, 2008.
Donahue, John D. Review of Measuring the Performance of the Hollow State, by David G. Frederickson and H. George Frederickson, and Challenging the Performance Movement: Accountability, Complexity, and Democratic Values, by Beryl A. Radin. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 27.3, June 2008.
Donahue, John D. Review of Thirst: Fighting the Corporate Theft of Our Water, by Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman. Stanford Social Innovation Review, 5.4 Fall 2007: 75-76.
Kelman, Steven. "Smart Negotiating." Review of Negotiation Genius: How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Table and Beyond, by Deepak Malhotra and Max Bazerman. Federal Computer Week, December 3, 2007.
Letts, Christine W. Review of Effective Philanthropy: Organizational Success Through Deep Diversity and Gender Equality, by Mary Ellen S. Capek and Molly Mead. Teachers College Record (TCRecord.org), October 2, 2006.
Stuart, Guy. Review of Credit to the Community: Community Reinvestment and Fair Lending Policy in the United States, by Daniel Immergluck. Urban Affairs Review, 41.3 January 2006: 420-423.
Kelman, Steven. Review of The Oxford Handbook of Public Management, Ed. Ewan Ferlie, Laurence E. Lynn, Jr., and Christopher Pollitt. Academy of Management Review, 31.4 October 2006: 1094-1098.
Kelman, Steven. "9/11 and the Challenges of Public Management." Review Essay on The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, Administrative Science Quarterly, 51.1 March 2006: 129-142.
Gergen, David. "Behind the Scenes with Deep Throat." Review of The Secret Man, by Bob Woodward. Boston Globe, July 6, 2005.
Kelman, Steven. Review of Politics, Policy and Organizations: Frontiers in the Scientific Study of Bureaucracy, Ed. George A. Krause and Kenneth J. Meier. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 24.4 Fall 2005: 880-882.
Letts, Christine W. "Nonprofit Management – Soup to Nuts." Review of ed. Robert D. Hermann and Associates. Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 16.1, Fall 2005.
Gergen, David. "The Art of the Positive." Review of President Reagan: The Triumph of Imagination, by Richard Reeves. Boston Globe, December 18, 2005.
Husock, Howard. "New Ideas People." Review of How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, by David Bornstein. Philanthropy, July/August 2004.
Donahue, John D. Review of The Rise of the States, by Jon Teaford. American Historial Review, 109.3 June 2004.
Donahue, John D. Review of Government Failure: A Primer in Public Choice, by Gordon Tullock, Arthur Seldon, and Gordon L. Brady. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 23.1 Winter 2004: 179-183.
Donahue, John D. Review of Government's Greatest Achievements: From Civil Rights to Homeland Security, by Paul C. Light. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 23.1 Winter 2004: 179-183.
Lazer, David. Review of Reinventing Environmental Regulation: Lessons from Project XL, by Alfred A. Marcus, Donald A. Geffen, and Ken Sexton. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 23.1 Winter 2004: 196-198.
Kelman, Steven. Review of Corporate Warriors, by P.W. Singer. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 23.4 Fall 2004: 936-940.
Hall, Peter Dobkin. Review of Diminished Democracy: From Membership to Management in American Civic Life, by Theda Skocpol. Journal of American Civic Life, 91.1 June 2004.
Keating, Elizabeth. Review of What Counts: Social Accounting for Nonprofits and Cooperatives, by Jack Quarter, et al. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 33.1 March 2004: 177-180.
Gergen, David. "From More Liberal Beginnings, the GOP Gradually Gave Way to Conservatism." Review of Grand Old Party, by Lewis L. Gould. Boston Globe, December 14, 2003.
Moore, Mark H. "The Public Value Scorecard: A Rejoinder and an Alternative." Review of Strategic Performance Measurement and Management in Nonprofit Organizations, by Robert Kaplan. HCNO Working Paper Series, May 2003.
Kelman, Steven. Review of Return to Reason, by Stephen Toulmin. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 21.1 Winter 2002: 155-158.
Kelman, Steven. Review of Knowledge and Social Capital: Foundations and Applications and Getting Agencies to Work Together: The Practice and Theory of Managerial Craftsmanship, by Eric L. Lesser and Eugene Bardach, respectively. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 21.3 Summer 2002: 515-518.
Donahue, John D. "Review of." Review of Workforce Development and the New Unionism, by Penn Kemble. CommonWealth, Winter 2002.
Ganz, Marshall. "Making Democracy Work?" Review of Dry Bones Rattling: Community Building to Revitalize American Democracy, by Mark R. Warren. Contexts, 1.3 Fall 2002: 62-63.
Hall, Peter. Review of Private Charity and Public Inquiry: A History of the Filer and Peterson Commissions, by Eleanor Brilliant. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 31.4 December 2002.
Gergen, David. "Getting the Bill." Review of The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton, by Joe Klein. Boston Globe, March 3, 2002.
Bane, Mary Jo. "Body (Re)Building." Review of Dry Bones Rattling: Community Building to Revitalize American Democracy, by Mark R. Warren. America, 185.14 November 5, 2001.
Lazer, David. Review of Emergent Actors in World Politics: How States and Nations Develop, by Lars-Erik Cederman. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, March 2001.
Hall, Peter. Review of The Big Test, by Nicholas Lemann. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 30.1 March 2001.
Gergen, David. "The Spree Decade." Review of The Best of Times: America in the Clinton Years, by Haynes Johnson. Boston Globe, October 21, 2001.