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Aaron Wildavsky

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Aaron Wildavsky was an American political scientist known for his pioneering work in public policy, government budgeting, and risk management. A native of Brooklyn in New York, Wildavsky was the son of two Ukrainian Jewish immigrants. After graduating from Brooklyn College, he served in the U.S. Army and then won a Fulbright Fellowship to the University of Sydney for 1954-55. Wildavsky returned to the U.S. to attend graduate school at Yale University. His PhD dissertation, a study of the politics of the Dixon-Yates atomic energy controversy, was completed in 1958. Wildavsky taught at Oberlin College from 1958 until 1962, when he moved to the University of California at Berkeley and where he worked as a professor of political science for the rest of his life. At Berkeley, he was chair of the political science department and founding dean of the Graduate School of Public Policy. Wildavsky was president of the American Political Science Association for 1985-86. He was also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Public Administration.

Budget Theory

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Budget theory is the academic study of political and social motivations behind government and civil society budgeting. Classic theorists in Public Budgeting include Henry Adams, William F. Willoughby, V. O. Key, Jr., and, more recently, Aaron Wildavsky. Notable recent theorists include Baumgartner and Jones--Frank R. Baumgartner and Bryan D. Jones, Richard Fenno, Allen Schick, Dennis Ippolito, Naomi Caiden, Irene Rubin, James D. Savage, Thomas Greitens and Gary Wamsley. Budget theory was a central topic during the Progressive Era and was much discussed in municipal bureaus and other academic and quasi-academic facilities of that time such as the nascent Brookings Institution. The executive budget was a financial innovation designed to empower city mayors and city managers with the capacity to implement needed policy reforms in the Progressive Era.

1. Max Singer
2. Aaron Wildavsky

The Real World Order

Offers a distinction between a zone of peace and a zone of turmoil that resonates as a straightforward distinction that possesses explanatory power and is embedded in a political insight.

1. Nelson W. Polsby
2. Aaron Wildavsky
3. Steven E. Schier

Presidential Elections

Presidential Elections: Strategies and Structures of American Politics is the gold standard for textbooks on U.S. presidential elections. The volume thoroughly covers critical pieces of the puzzle of presidential elections including money, different campaign actors, and rules. In addition, it delves into equally important topics that often receive less attention such as the strategic factors in campaigns that can mean winning or losing for a candidate. The up-to-date nature of the volume is also outstanding in covering new trends in topics like media and information flow as well as the changing nature of presidential primaries. In short, this book is a must for those looking for a complete understanding of presidential elections in the U.S..

1. Naomi Caiden

Budgeting, Policy, Politics

This book pays tribute to Aaron Wildavsky by explicating his life and work, with emphasis on his contributions to the field of public budgeting and finance

1. Joseph White
2. Aaron Wildavsky

The Deficit and the Public Interest

At the time of orignial publication, Joseph White was a Research Associate in the Governmental Studies Program at the Brookings Institution. Aaron Wildavsky was Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley.