Scholarship and Biography

Professor of Politics, with ten books on public policy, national policy-making, and pluralism, including "Making Government Work: How Entrepreneurial Executives Turn Bright Ideas into Real Results", "After the Cure: Managing AIDS and Other Public Health Crises", "Building Coalitions, Making Policy: The Politics of the Clinton, Bush, and Obama Presidencies", and "Little Cheese: The Brie that Brought Sunshine to Chicago."

Honors

Training Fellowship
Social Science Research Council (United States, New York) - SSRC, 1965-1966
Toppan Prize
Harvard University (United States, Cambridge), 1970
Pilot Grant
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, 1971-1972
Grant
Ford Foundation (United States, New York), 1976
Vice President
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (United States, Washington D.C.) - APPAM, 1988
President
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (United States, Washington D.C.) - APPAM, 1990
President
Policy Studies Organization, 1997-1998

Organizational Affiliations

Professor Emeritus of Politics, Department of Politics, Brandeis University

Past Affiliations

Director, Gordon Public Policy Center

Education

Harvard University
Ph.D.