Politics 122a
Martin Levin
Brandeis University
Spring 2016
Making Government Work: AIDS policy, Obamacare , and Ebola
GOVERNMENT CAN WORK BUT MANAGEMENT MATTERS and THE
INTERANTIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Levin and Sanger, Making Government Work. Preface and Chapter 1 .
Sanger and Levin, "Move Over Policy Analysis: It's Management That Counts
Schuck, Why Government Fails So Often, Chaps 1-2.
{recommended not required } Banerjee and Duflo , Poor Economics , Chaps 1 and 2
MAKING GOVERNMENT WORK: Turning Bright Ideas Into Real Results – The Cases of
AIDS and Ebola and extending them as an INTERANTIONAL STRATEGY
Levin and Sanger, After the Cure, Preface and Chapter 1
{recommended not required }
Banerjee and Duflo , Poor Economics , Chap 3
MANAGEMENT MATTERS –ITS WHERE POLICY SUCCEEDS AND FAILS -- the devil is
in in the details , but ...
Pressman and Wildavsky, Implementation :How Great Expectations
in Washington are Dashed in Oakland.
Schuck, Why Government Fails So Often, Chaps 3-5.
Levin and Dornbusch, “Pure and Policy Social Science”
SWINE FLU :AN EPIDEMIC THAT ONCE NEVER WAS
Neustadt and Fineberg , The Epidemic that Never Was: Polciymakng and the Swine Flu Affair
BRIGHT IDEAS ARE NOT ENOUGH : THE AIDS Crisis And An Interantional Strategy
Levin and Sanger, After the Cure , Chpaters 1-3, 5-8.
{recommended not required }Banerjee and Duflo , Poor Economics , Chaps 4-5
BRIGHT IDEAS: THE GOOD IS IN THE PARTICULARS --as much as the devil is in the
details
Bardach , A Practical Guide to Policy Analysis
2
BRIGHT IDEAS ARE NOT ENOUGH: A BIAS TOWARD ACTION in the International
Perspective – The Case Of Worms Testing And TB In Big Cities
Levin and Sanger, Making Government Work. Preface and Chapters, 3-5.
{recommended not required }Banerjee and Duflo , Poor Economics , Chaps 6-7
BRIGHT IDEAS :THE CASE OF HEALTH CARE
Vaupel , “Egg in Your Bier “
BRIGHT IDEAS :THE CASE OF CRIME, DISORDER AND GRAFFITI
Wilson, "Broken Windows"
Glazer "Subway Graffiti In New York"
BRIGHT IDEAS :THE CASE OF MOTORCYCLE HELMET LAWS
Breedlove , “ Advocating for a Motorcycle Helmet Law in California “
GETTING AGENCIES TO WORK TOGHETHER : EXPLAINING SUCCESS AND FAILURE
Bardach , Getting Agencies To Work Toghether, Chapters 1-3, 7-9.
GETTING AGENCIES TO WORK TOGHETHER : THE WELFARE REFORM CASE
Bardach , Getting Agencies To Work Together, Chapter 7.
A FAST TRAIN IS WORSE THAN A SLOW ONE IF IT GOES IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION
Levin and Sanger, Making Government Work. Preface and Chapters, 7-9
POINTING THE TRAINS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION : TOWARD THE INTERNATIONAL
AND THE POOR --- PUBLIC MANAGEMENT IS ABOUT VALUES
Levin and Sanger, Making Government Work. Preface and Chapter 10 .
Bardach , Getting Agencies To Work Together, Chapter 9.