The Management of Advisory Committees

Public interest in and use of advisory committees* continues to grow apace. One finds them at all levels of government: federal, state, and local, performing the most startling variety of tasks: in school systems, universities, hospitals, and churches; in research centers, labor unions, and legislatures; as advisors to presidents, publishers, and police departments; and, most recently of all, in private industry. There are advisory committees which adviseand those which never meet and probably do nothing at all. There are those which make decisions, those which give support, those which hear appeals, and those which administer. There are even advisory committees to advisory committees. Surely they must have something important to offer to deserve such popularity. And they have

Advisory committee · Political science · Academic Freedom and Politics · Public Administration

• Reining in James

  Open Access•Robert A Young•Canadian Public Administration•1981

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• Managing the “hollow state”

  Open Access•Michael Howlett•Canadian Public Administration•2000

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• The Policy/Administration Continuum

  Christine L Thomas•Public Administration Review•1990

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• How do governments learn from ad hoc groups during crises? From Sars to Covid-19

  Open Access•Sreeja Nair, Akshat Garg•Policy & Politics•2024

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• Federal Advisory Committees, Interest Groups, and the Administrative State

  Mark P Petracca•Congress & the Presidency•1986

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• The Public Advisory Board as an Instrument of Government

  David S Brown•Public Administration Review•1955

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