Research Roundtable

The Research Roundtable is a semi-regular "book club" for members to meet and discuss academic articles and research related to our profession and to identify ways to bridge the gap between academic theory and practice.

 

Next Discussion - TBD

Suggest articles for this or a future meeting.

Questions?  Please contact Jen Hoef at jennifer.hoef@gmail.com or Melissa Merrell at melissa.merrell@aabpa.org.


Past Discussions:

January 18, 6pm

Teaism Penn Quarter - downstairs
400 8th Street NW
Topic Area: Austerity Budgeting
Articles: 

 

Bergen, C. Fred. "The Dollar and the Deficits:  How Washington Can Prevent the Next Crisis."  Foreign Affairs.  November/December 2009.

Patashnik, Eric M. "Budgeting More, Deciding Less."  National Affairs number 138, Winter 2000.

Leslie, Keith & Canwell, Adam, 2010. "Leadership at all levels: Leading public sector organisations in an age of austerity,"


October 12, 2011 6pm

Topic Area:     Historical Perspectives on Budgeting

Articles:       

Savage, James, Chapter 4: Creating a Symbol: Balanced Budgets and The Concept of Corruption. Balanced Budgets and American Politics, (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988/Paper 1990). James Savage  (these chapters will be sent to all participants who RSVP - request PDF)

Meyers, R. T. and Rubin, I. S. (2011), The Executive Budget in the Federal Government: The First Century and Beyond. Public Administration Review, 71: 334–344. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02351.x

Rubin, I. (2009), Budgeting during the Bush Administration. Public Budgeting & Finance, 29: 1–14. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-5850.2009.00933.x


Supplemental Readings:

Savage, James. Chapter 3, 5, 6

Rubin, I. (2007), The Great Unraveling: Federal Budgeting, 1998–2006. Public Administration Review, 67: 608–617. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2007.00746.x

DOYLE, R. B. (2011), The Rise and (Relative) Fall of Earmarks: Congress and Reform, 2006–2010. Public Budgeting & Finance, 31: 1–22. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-5850.2011.00971.x

Jones, L. R. and McCaffery, J. L. (2005), Reform of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting System, and Management Control in the U.S. Department of Defense: Insights from Budget Theory. Public Budgeting & Finance, 25: 1–19. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-5850.2005.00364.x