William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
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Herbert Hoover Memorial Building 302
Phone: (650) 725-8212
Downloadable Papers
“Collective Bargaining and the Performance of the Public Schools” (March 2007)
“Union Power and the Education of Children.” 2006. In Jane Hannaway and Andrew Rotherham, eds., Collective Bargaining in Education: Negotiating Change in Today’s Schools (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press). Reprinted under same title as monograph by Hoover Press, Stanford, CA, 2006.
“Political Control and the Power of the Agent.” 2006. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization.Vol. 22, No. 1 (Spring): 1-29.
“Power and Political Institutions.” 2005. Perspectives on Politics. Vol. 3, No. 2 (June): 215-33. Reprinted in Ian Shapiro, Stephen Skowronek, and Daniel Galvin, eds., Rethinking Political Institutions: The Art of the State (New York: New York University Press, 2006).
“Teachers Unions and School Board Elections.” 2005. In William Howell, ed., Beseiged: School Boards and the Future of Education Politics (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution).
“The Politics of the Status Quo.” 2003. In Paul E. Peterson, ed., Our Schools and Our Future: Are We Still at Risk? (Stanford, CA: Hoover Press).
“Politics, Control, and the Future of School Accountability.” 2003. In Paul E. Peterson and Martin West, eds., Leave No Child Behind? The Politics and Practices of School Accountability (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution).
“The Structure of School Choice.” 2002. In Paul T. Hill, ed., Choice with Equity (Stanford, CA: Hoover Press).
"Recycling the Garbage Can: An Assessment of the Research Program." 2001. The American Political Science Review, Vol. 95, No. 1. (Mar., 2001), pp. 169-190. Jonathan Bendor; Terry M. Moe; Kenneth W. Shotts.
“The Presidential Power of Unilateral Action.” 1999. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 15 no. 1 (April): 132-179. With William Howell.
“The Presidency and the Bureaucracy: The Presidential Advantage.” 1994. In Michael Nelson, ed., The Presidency and the Political System, 4th edition. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press. Reprinted in 5th edition (1998) and 6th edition (2000).
"The Positive Theory of Public Bureaucracy." 1997. In Dennis Mueller, ed., Handbook of Public Choice. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
"The Institutional Foundations of Democratic Government: A Comparison of Presidential and Parliamentary Systems." 1994. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 150/1: 171-195. With Michael Caldwell. Reprinted in Susan Rose-Ackerman, ed., Economics of Administrative Law (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2007).
"Presidents and the Politics of Structure." 1994. Law and Contemporary Problems 57 (Spring): 1-44. With Scott A. Wilson.
"Presidents, Institutions, and Theory." 1993. In George C. Edwards III, John H. Kessel, and Bert A. Rockman, eds., Researching the Presidency: Vital Questions, New Approaches Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.
"Political Institutions: The Neglected Side of the Story." 1990. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 6: 213-254. Reprinted in Charles K. Rowley, ed., Public Choice Theory. 1993. Hant, England: Edward Elgar.
"The Politics of Bureaucratic Structure." 1989. In John E. Chubb and Paul E. Peterson, eds., Can the Government Govern? Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution: 267-329.
