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10414
World Ranking
876
National Ranking
464

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration
  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration
  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration

Overview

Bert A. Rockman is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research contributions are reflected in recent publications within the fields of political science and public policy.

The scholar's recent papers include:

  • Introduction to special issue on global populism and governance, 2022, published in Global Public Policy and Governance
  • The Uses and Misuses of Politics: Karl Rove and the Bush Presidency William G. Mayer, 2023, published in Political Science Quarterly

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Bert A. Rockman include:

  • Joel D. Aberbach
  • B. Guy Peters

Their works have appeared predominantly in the following publication venues:

  • Global Public Policy and Governance
  • Political Science Quarterly

Notable recognition in their professional career includes being named a Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration.

Best Publications

  • Bureaucrats and Politicians in Western Democracies

    Joel D. Aberbach;Robert D. Putnam;Bert A. Rockman

  • Do Institutions Matter?: Government Capabilities in the United States and Abroad

    R. Kent Weaver;Bert A. Rockman

  • Conducting and Coding Elite Interviews

    Joel D. Aberbach;Bert A. Rockman

  • The Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions

    Roderick Rhodes;Sarah A. Binder;Bert A. Rockman

  • In the Web of Politics: Three Decades of the U.S. Federal Executive

    Joel D. Aberbach;Bert A. Rockman

  • Clashing Beliefs Within the Executive Branch: The Nixon Administration Bureaucracy*

    Joel D. Aberbach;Bert A. Rockman

  • Mandates or Mandarins? Control and Discretion in the Modern Administrative State

    Joel D. Aberbach;Bert A. Rockman

  • Overseeing Oversight: New Departures and Old Problems

    Morris S. Ogul;Bert A. Rockman

  • Legislative-Executive Relations And Legislative Oversight

    Bert A. Rockman

  • Civil Servants and Policymakers: Neutral or Responsive Competence?

    Joel D. Aberbach;Bert A. Rockman

  • Political Periods and Political Participation

    Paul Allen Beck;M. Kent Jennings

  • Image IV Revisited: Executive and Political Roles

    Joel D. Aberbach;Bert A. Rockman

  • Exploring Elite Political Attitudes: Some Methodological Lessons

    Joel D. Aberbach;James D. Chesney;Bert A. Rockman

  • The Past and Future of Political-Administrative Relations: Research from Bureaucrats and Politicians to In the Web of Politics—and Beyond

    Joel D. Aberbach;Bert A. Rockman

  • America's Departments of State: Irregular and Regular Syndromes of Policy Making

    Bert A. Rockman

  • Researching the presidency : vital questions, new approaches

    George C. Edwards;John H. Kessel;Bert A. Rockman

  • American and German Federal Executives-Technocratic and Political Attitudes

    Joel D. Aberbach;Hans-Ulrich Derlien;Renate Mayntz;Bert A. Rockman;Bert A. Rockman

  • Parliamentarism versus Presidentialism in the Policy Arena@@@Executive Decree Authority@@@Structure and Policy in Japan and the United States@@@Do Institutions Matter? Government Capabilities in the United States and Abroad

    Kent Eaton;John M. Carey;Matthew Soberg Shugart;Peter F. Cowhey

  • The Appointments Process and the Administrative Presidency

    Joel D. Aberbach;Bert A. Rockman

  • Bureaucracy Between Populism and Technocracy

    Bert A. Rockman;Bert A. Rockman

  • On the Rise, Transformation, and Decline of Analysis in the US Government

    Joel D. Aberbach;Bert A. Rockman

  • The Clinton presidency : first appraisals

    Colin Campbell;Bert A. Rockman

  • Bureaucrats and Politicians in Western Democracies

    Barry Bozeman;Joe Aberbach;Robert Putnam;Bert Rockman

  • Bureaucrats and Politicians in Western Democracies.

    Lewis J. Edinger;Joel D. Aberbach;Robert D. Putnam;Bert A. Rockman

  • The George W. Bush presidency : appraisals and prospects

    Colin Campbell;Bert A. Rockman

  • Control and Discretion in the Modern Administrative State

    Joel D. Aberbach;Bert A. Rockman

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert D. Putnam
Robert D. Putnam Harvard University
John M. Carey
John M. Carey Dartmouth College
Mathew D. McCubbins
Mathew D. McCubbins Duke University
Kent Eaton
Kent Eaton University of California, Santa Cruz
George C. Edwards
George C. Edwards Texas A&M University
B. Guy Peters
B. Guy Peters University of Pittsburgh
Barry Bozeman
Barry Bozeman Arizona State University
Ronald Inglehart
Ronald Inglehart University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Gary King
Gary King Harvard University
Dean Keith Simonton
Dean Keith Simonton University of California, Davis

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