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25
Citations
3155
World Ranking
1610
National Ranking
805

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - John Gaus Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)
  • 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

Robert F. Durant is affiliated with American University in the United States. Their recent research includes a publication in 2020 titled Response to James Svara and James Brunet Regarding Social Equity, which appeared in The American Review of Public Administration. This paper has been cited five times.

Durant frequently collaborates with other scholars, including David H. Rosenbloom. Their work primarily appears in The American Review of Public Administration, contributing to discussions within that journal.

Over the course of their career, Durant has been recognized with notable awards. These include the John Gaus Award from the American Political Science Association in 2013 and the distinction of Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration.

  • Response to James Svara and James Brunet Regarding Social Equity, 2020, The American Review of Public Administration

  • David H. Rosenbloom

  • The American Review of Public Administration

Best Publications

  • Motivating Employees in a New Governance Era: The Performance Paradigm Revisited

    Robert F. Durant;Robert Kramer;James L. Perry;Debra Mesch

  • Environmental governance reconsidered : challenges, choices, and opportunities

    Robert F. Durant;Daniel J. Fiorino;Rosemary O'Leary

  • Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policy: Lessons from the U.S. Foreign Policy Arena

    Robert F. Durant;Paul F. Diehl

  • “Wicked Problems,” Public Policy, and Administrative Theory Lessons From the GM Food Regulatory Arena

    Robert F. Durant;Jerome S. Legge

  • Public Opinion, Risk Perceptions, and Genetically Modified Food Regulatory Policy: Reassessing the Calculus of Dissent among European Citizens

    Robert F. Durant;Jerome S. Legge

  • Is Public Management Neglecting the State

    Brint Milward;Laura Jensen;Alasdair Roberts;Mauricio I. Dussauge-Laguna

  • Public Opinion, Risk Assessment, and Biotechnology: Lessons from Attitudes toward Genetically Modified Foods in the European Union

    Jerome S. Legge;Robert F. Durant

  • Citizen Evaluations and Urban Management: Service Delivery in an Era of Protest

    Michael R. Fitzgerald;Robert F. Durant

  • The Administrative Presidency Revisited: Public Lands, the Blm, and the Reagan Revolution

    Robert F. Durant

  • Politics, Public Opinion, and Privatization in France: Assessing the Calculus of Consent for Market Reforms

    Robert F. Durant;Jerome S. Legge

  • The Oxford Handbook of American Bureaucracy

    Robert F. Durant

  • Toward a New Governance Paradigm for Environmental and Natural Resources Management in the 21st Century

    Robert F. Durant;Young-Pyoung Chun;Byungseob Kim;Seongjong Lee

  • Whither the Neoadministrative State? Toward a Polity-Centered Theory of Administrative Reform

    Robert F. Durant

  • Evaluating TQM: The Case for a Theory Driven Approach

    Laura A. Wilson;Robert F. Durant

  • The Hollowing of American Public Administration

    Robert F. Durant;David H. Rosenbloom

  • The Democratic Deficit in America

    Robert F. Durant

  • People, Profits, and Service Delivery: Lessons form the Privatization of British Telecom

    Robert F. Durant;Jerome S. Legge;Antony Moussios

  • American Exceptionalism, Human Resource Management, and the Contract State:

    Robert F. Durant;Amanda M. Girth;Jocelyn M. Johnston

  • Sharpening a Knife Cleverly: Organizational Change, Policy Paradox, and the “Weaponizing” of Administrative Reforms

    Robert F. Durant

  • EPA, TVA and Pollution Control: Implications for a Theory of Regulatory Policy Implementation

    Robert F. Durant

  • National Governance and the Global Climate Change Regime

    Robert F. Durant

  • Business and Environmental Policy: Corporate Interests in the American Political System

    Robert F. Durant

  • Yes, Mr. President@@@The Institutional Presidency@@@The Administrative Presidency Revisited: Public Lands, the BLM, and the Reagan Revolution

    Karen Hult;John P. Burke;Robert F. Durant

Frequent Co-Authors

David H. Rosenbloom
David H. Rosenbloom American University
Rosemary O'Leary
Rosemary O'Leary University of Kansas
Donald F. Kettl
Donald F. Kettl The University of Texas at Austin
Arjen Boin
Arjen Boin Leiden University
Paul F. Diehl
Paul F. Diehl University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Alasdair S. Roberts
Alasdair S. Roberts University of Massachusetts Amherst
James L. Perry
James L. Perry Indiana University

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