R. Kent Weaver

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R. Kent Weaver is affiliated with the following schools: University of California, Berkeley, Haverford College, Georgetown University, Harvard University

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R. Kent Weaver

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#972

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R. Kent Weaver's Degrees

Bachelors Political Science University of California, Berkeley

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According to Wikipedia, Kent Weaver is a professor at Georgetown University and a senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. His focus is on a variety of fields in U.S. political science, including comparative social policy, comparative political institutions, and the politics of expertise. Weaver joined the Georgetown Public Policy Institute in the fall of 2002, after 19 years at the Brookings Institution. Before coming to Brookings, Weaver taught in the Political Science Department at the Ohio State University for several years. He received his B.A. from Haverford College and his Ph.D. in Political Science from Harvard University.

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R. Kent Weaver's Published Works

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Published Works

The Politics of Blame Avoidance (1986) (1259)
Do Institutions Matter?: Government Capabilities in the United States and Abroad (1993) (515)
When Policies Undo Themselves: Self-Undermining Feedback as a Source of Policy Change (2015) (244)
The Changing World of Think Tanks (1989) (226)
Automatic Government: The Politics of Indexation (1988) (136)
Do Institutions Matter (1992) (134)
Compliance Regimes and Barriers to Behavioral Change (2014) (108)
Think Tanks and Civil Societies : Catalysts for Ideas and Action (2017) (79)
Getting People to Behave: Research Lessons for Policy Makers (2015) (78)
Unraveling from Within? The Affordable Care Act and Self-Undermining Policy Feedbacks (2015) (77)
Think Tanks in the U.S. Media (2000) (63)
The polls-trends: Welfare (1995) (59)
The Government Taketh Away: The Politics of Pain in the United States and Canada (2003) (53)
Welfare Reform and Beyond: The Future of the Safety Net (2002) (45)
But Will It Work?: Implementation Analysis to Improve Government Performance (2010) (43)
Target Compliance: The Final Frontier of Policy Implementation (2009) (42)
Parliamentarism versus Presidentialism in the Policy Arena@@@Executive Decree Authority@@@Structure and Policy in Japan and the United States@@@Do Institutions Matter? Government Capabilities in the United States and Abroad (2000) (40)
The Collapse of Canada (1992) (33)
The Nays Have It: How Rampant Blame Generating Distorts American Policy and Politics (2018) (27)
Think Tanks and Civil Societies in a Time of Change (2017) (23)
Public Pension Reform in the United States (2005) (20)
Deficits and Devolution in the 104th Congress (1996) (20)
Social Security on Auto-Pilot: International Experience with Automatic Stabilizer Mechanisms (2011) (18)
Think tanks and civil societies (1998) (17)
A New Look at Federalism: Electoral Rules and Governability (2002) (16)
The Politics of Blame (1987) (16)
Improving Representation in the Canadian House of Commons (1997) (15)
Welfare Reform and Beyond (2002) (15)
Policy Feedbacks and Pension Policy Change (2015) (13)
Pension Reform in Canada: Lessons for the United States (2004) (11)
Guidance for Governance: An Overview (2004) (10)
The Politics of Industrial Change: Railway Policy in North America (1985) (10)
Privileging Policy Change? Sustaining Automatic Stabilizing Mechanisms in Public Pensions (2016) (9)
The politics of industrial change (1985) (9)
The Senior Income Guarantee (SIG): A New Proposal to Reduce Poverty Among the Elderly (2001) (9)
Policy Dynamics in Federal Systems: A Framework for Analysis (2020) (8)
The Future of Head Start (2003) (8)
Political Institutions and Conflict Management in Canada (1995) (7)
The Politics of Pension Reform in Canada and the United States (1999) (6)
Parliamentarism versus Presidentialism in the Policy Arena (2016) (6)
Individual Development Accounts: Policies to Build Savings and Assets for the Poor (2005) (6)
Electoral Rules and Electoral Reform in Canada (2003) (6)
Looking before we leap : Social science and welfare reform (1995) (6)
Policy Feedback and Policy Change (2010) (5)
Are Parliamentary Systems Better (1985) (5)
New Zealand: The Supreme Political Football (2002) (4)
Democracy and Development. By Axel Hadenius. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992. 218p. $44.95. (1994) (4)
The Politics of NDC Pension Scheme Diffusion (2019) (4)
The Politics of Constitutional Reform in Canada and the United States (2000) (3)
Who's in Charge Here? Congress and the Nation's Capital (1989) (3)
Pension Politics in Sweden: Fundamental Reforms in a Policy Cartel (2005) (2)
Canada's Constitutional Discontents (1993) (2)
Transatlantic Lesson Drawing: Utopia, Road to Ruin, or Source of Practical Advice? (2015) (2)
Welfare Reform in the 21st Century: What Role can Subsidiarity Play? (2012) (2)
From Retrenchment to Selective Social Policy Expansion: The Politics of Federal Cash Benefits in Canada (2021) (1)
Encouraging longer working lives: a behavioural perspective (2019) (1)
The politics of state enterprise : railroard nationalization in the United States and Canada (1982) (1)
GOVERNMENTS IN BUSINESS (1984) (1)
Disproportionate or Excessive Punishments: Is There a Method for Successful Constitutional Challenges? (1995) (1)
The Children's Home: Providing Services with Options. (2007) (0)
THE POLITICS OF PULIC PENSION REFORM (2003) (0)
Martha Derthick on Federalism and Policy Implementation (2017) (0)
Policymaking for Social Security: Past, Present, and Future (2004) (0)
Policy Feedback (2022) (0)
Comparative Policy Process (2015) (0)
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (2014) (0)

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