Government

The President's Dominance in Foreign Policy Making. Paul Peterson. Political Science Quarterly, 109(2), 215-234. 1994.

Reprinted in Jeffrey Cohen and David Nice, eds., The Presidency: Classic and Contemporary Readings, Boston: McGraw Hill Higher Education, 2002.

An Immodest Proposal. Paul Peterson. Daedulus, 121(4). 1992.

Reprinted in The Brookings Review, Winter, 1993, pp. 18-23 and, in abridged form, in Harper's, February, 1993, pp. 23-26.

Political Institutions and the American Economy. Paul Peterson, John ChubbIn Samuel Kernell, Ed.. Parallel Politics: Economic Policymaking in Japan and the United States. Brookings Institution Press. 1991.
The Rise and Fall of Special Interest Politics. Paul PetersonIn Mark Petracca, Ed.. The Transformation of Interest Group Politics. Westview. 1991.
American Political Institutions and the Problem of Governance. Paul Peterson, John E. Chubb In Paul E. Peterson and John Chubb, Eds.. Can the Government Govern?. Brookings Institution Press. 1989.
Macro-Economic Policy: Who's in Control?. Paul Peterson, Mark C. RomIn Paul E. Peterson and John Chubb, Eds.. Can the Government Govern?. Brookings Institution Press. 1989.
Can the Government Govern?. John E. Chubb, Paul Peterson. Brookings Institution Press, 320 pages. 1989.

Effective government requires that institutions be strong enough to control the efforts of organized, entrenched special interests in favor of the broader interests shared but poorly articulated by most members of society. Recent changes in our institutions and in the problems they face raise doubts about the capacity of contemporary American government to handle these parochial forces. Congress has seemingly become more fragmented, the presidency more politicized, and the bureaucracy more labyrinthine.

Tax Cuts, More Spending, and Fiscal Deficits. Paul Peterson, Mark C. RomIn Charles Jones, Ed.. The Reagan Legacy. Chatham, New Jersey: Chatham. 1988.
When Federalism Works . Paul Peterson, Barry George Rabe, Kenneth K. Wong. Brookings Institution Press, 243 pages. 1986.

Examines the conventional wisdom about federal grants. Considers the implementation and operation of federal programs for education, health care, and housing in four urban areas to learn which programs worked, when, and why.

The New Direction in American Politics. John E. Chubb, Paul Peterson. Brookings Institution Press, 409 pages. 1985.

Path-breaking, defining, early study of the Reagan revolution in American politics.