Brian A Ellison
Biographic Data
| ID | 1487943 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian A Ellison |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian A |
| FAMILY NAME | Ellison |
| SIGNATURE | ELLISON B A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Missouri State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Individuals Transforming Criminal Justice
This photo series explores the origins of how misconceptions such as one-dimensional expressionand emotional inaccessibility have come to be. I specifically explore the complexity of African American masculinity for young Black boys and Black men
New Thinking about Bureaucratic Politics
Building the Reservoir to Nowhere: The Role of Agencies in Advocacy Coalitions
The purpose of the advocacy coalition framework is to explain policy change over time through an examination of the stability of advocacy coalitions within policy subsystems. Recently, scholars have confirmed that advocacy coalitions are held together by shared belief systems, specifically in distributive policy arenas. We contend that federal agencies, in distributive policy arenas, provide both the anchors and support systems for the developmen…
Public Administration Reform in Eastern Europe: A Research Note and a Look at Bulgaria
The ability of the administrative state to effectively and reliably deliver public goods and services is perhaps a key variable that can be used to distinguish successful and unsuccessful societies. The purpose of this research note is to assess the extant literature on the transition and public administration reform in Eastern Europe, relate it to the current state of affairs in Bulgaria, and offer some directions for future research
New Thinking about Water Management
Intergovernmental Relations and the Advocacy Coalition Framework: The Operation of Federalism in Denver Water Politics
The relationship between intergovernmental relations and the formulation and implementation of public policies is not well understood by scholars. Borrowing from the advocacy coalition framework, this study contends that public policies reflect the strategic choices of federal, state, and local actors operating within policy subsystems. The success of various governmental policy strategies is dependent on the autonomy of each actor and the level …
The Advocacy Coalition Framework and Implementation of the Endangered Species Act: A Case Study in Western Water Politics
Theories about subsystem activity typically focus on policy formulation processes. One causal model of public policymaking, the advocacy coalition framework, offers a potentially useful way to bridge the gap between policy formulation and implementation in examining subsystem activity. The purpose of this paper is to assess the analytical utility of the advocacy coalition framework by examining the stability of policy‐producing coalitions over ti…
Two Perspectives on Tenure
Here, two college professors explore the dilemma of tenure, and ultimately argue for a change in the way tenure is promoted and perceived within the academy. One professor—an associate dean and former department head—has over 35 years of experience with the academy and has observed the best and worst aspects of tenure. The other, currently teaching his third semester of classes, has a perspective on tenure based more on expectations than experien…
Change on the range: Policy reforms and agenda control
The principal research objective in this article was to analyze efforts to bring about change in federal rangeland policies from 1960 to the present. A key question was whether advocates of range reform could overcome entrenched systems of limited participation established under the venerable Taylor Grazing Act of 1934. The authors found that the subgovernmental participants managed to hold their political base fairly well by retaining substantia…
A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing Bureaucratic Politics and Autonomy
Although many scholars recognize that bureaucracy plays a fundamental role in governing, few have systematically examined how agencies use their resources to achieve their goals. The conflicts inherent in the use of the term "bureaucratic power" to describe an agency's ability to accomplish its objectives is one reason for this deficiency. I suggest, based on the work of several scholars, that the concept of agency autonomy is a better mechanism …
Autonomy in Action: Bureaucratic Competition Among Functional Rivals in Denver Water Politics
Ascribing motivation to bureaucratic behavior has been a longstanding problem in public policy scholarship. Most examinations of bureaucratic motivation explore two competing theories. Some contend that government managers are primarily motivated by the quest for more resources, widely known as aggrandizement. Others assert that government managers are preoccupied with organizational maintenance and the desire for autonomy. Scholars look for evid…
The Advocacy Coalition Framework and Implementation of the Endangered Species Act: A Case Study in Western Water Politics
Theories about subsystem activity typically focus on policy formulation processes. One causal model of public policymaking, the advocacy coalition framework, offers a potentially useful way to bridge the gap between policy formulation and implementation in examining subsystem activity. The purpose of this paper is to assess the analytical utility of the advocacy coalition framework by examining the stability of policy‐producing coalitions over ti…
Building the Reservoir to Nowhere: The Role of Agencies in Advocacy Coalitions
The purpose of the advocacy coalition framework is to explain policy change over time through an examination of the stability of advocacy coalitions within policy subsystems. Recently, scholars have confirmed that advocacy coalitions are held together by shared belief systems, specifically in distributive policy arenas. We contend that federal agencies, in distributive policy arenas, provide both the anchors and support systems for the developmen…
Intergovernmental Relations and the Advocacy Coalition Framework: The Operation of Federalism in Denver Water Politics
The relationship between intergovernmental relations and the formulation and implementation of public policies is not well understood by scholars. Borrowing from the advocacy coalition framework, this study contends that public policies reflect the strategic choices of federal, state, and local actors operating within policy subsystems. The success of various governmental policy strategies is dependent on the autonomy of each actor and the level …
A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing Bureaucratic Politics and Autonomy
Although many scholars recognize that bureaucracy plays a fundamental role in governing, few have systematically examined how agencies use their resources to achieve their goals. The conflicts inherent in the use of the term "bureaucratic power" to describe an agency's ability to accomplish its objectives is one reason for this deficiency. I suggest, based on the work of several scholars, that the concept of agency autonomy is a better mechanism …
Autonomy in Action: Bureaucratic Competition Among Functional Rivals in Denver Water Politics
Ascribing motivation to bureaucratic behavior has been a longstanding problem in public policy scholarship. Most examinations of bureaucratic motivation explore two competing theories. Some contend that government managers are primarily motivated by the quest for more resources, widely known as aggrandizement. Others assert that government managers are preoccupied with organizational maintenance and the desire for autonomy. Scholars look for evid…
Public Administration Reform in Eastern Europe: A Research Note and a Look at Bulgaria
The ability of the administrative state to effectively and reliably deliver public goods and services is perhaps a key variable that can be used to distinguish successful and unsuccessful societies. The purpose of this research note is to assess the extant literature on the transition and public administration reform in Eastern Europe, relate it to the current state of affairs in Bulgaria, and offer some directions for future research
Two Perspectives on Tenure
Here, two college professors explore the dilemma of tenure, and ultimately argue for a change in the way tenure is promoted and perceived within the academy. One professor—an associate dean and former department head—has over 35 years of experience with the academy and has observed the best and worst aspects of tenure. The other, currently teaching his third semester of classes, has a perspective on tenure based more on expectations than experien…
Change on the range: Policy reforms and agenda control
The principal research objective in this article was to analyze efforts to bring about change in federal rangeland policies from 1960 to the present. A key question was whether advocates of range reform could overcome entrenched systems of limited participation established under the venerable Taylor Grazing Act of 1934. The authors found that the subgovernmental participants managed to hold their political base fairly well by retaining substantia…
A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing Bureaucratic Politics and Autonomy
Although many scholars recognize that bureaucracy plays a fundamental role in governing, few have systematically examined how agencies use their resources to achieve their goals. The conflicts inherent in the use of the term "bureaucratic power" to describe an agency's ability to accomplish its objectives is one reason for this deficiency. I suggest, based on the work of several scholars, that the concept of agency autonomy is a better mechanism …
Autonomy in Action: Bureaucratic Competition Among Functional Rivals in Denver Water Politics
Ascribing motivation to bureaucratic behavior has been a longstanding problem in public policy scholarship. Most examinations of bureaucratic motivation explore two competing theories. Some contend that government managers are primarily motivated by the quest for more resources, widely known as aggrandizement. Others assert that government managers are preoccupied with organizational maintenance and the desire for autonomy. Scholars look for evid…
Change on the range: Policy reforms and agenda control
The principal research objective in this article was to analyze efforts to bring about change in federal rangeland policies from 1960 to the present. A key question was whether advocates of range reform could overcome entrenched systems of limited participation established under the venerable Taylor Grazing Act of 1934. The authors found that the subgovernmental participants managed to hold their political base fairly well by retaining substantia…
Two Perspectives on Tenure
Here, two college professors explore the dilemma of tenure, and ultimately argue for a change in the way tenure is promoted and perceived within the academy. One professor—an associate dean and former department head—has over 35 years of experience with the academy and has observed the best and worst aspects of tenure. The other, currently teaching his third semester of classes, has a perspective on tenure based more on expectations than experien…
Intergovernmental Relations and the Advocacy Coalition Framework: The Operation of Federalism in Denver Water Politics
The relationship between intergovernmental relations and the formulation and implementation of public policies is not well understood by scholars. Borrowing from the advocacy coalition framework, this study contends that public policies reflect the strategic choices of federal, state, and local actors operating within policy subsystems. The success of various governmental policy strategies is dependent on the autonomy of each actor and the level …
The Advocacy Coalition Framework and Implementation of the Endangered Species Act: A Case Study in Western Water Politics
Theories about subsystem activity typically focus on policy formulation processes. One causal model of public policymaking, the advocacy coalition framework, offers a potentially useful way to bridge the gap between policy formulation and implementation in examining subsystem activity. The purpose of this paper is to assess the analytical utility of the advocacy coalition framework by examining the stability of policy‐producing coalitions over ti…
Public Administration Reform in Eastern Europe: A Research Note and a Look at Bulgaria
The ability of the administrative state to effectively and reliably deliver public goods and services is perhaps a key variable that can be used to distinguish successful and unsuccessful societies. The purpose of this research note is to assess the extant literature on the transition and public administration reform in Eastern Europe, relate it to the current state of affairs in Bulgaria, and offer some directions for future research
New Thinking about Water Management
Building the Reservoir to Nowhere: The Role of Agencies in Advocacy Coalitions
The purpose of the advocacy coalition framework is to explain policy change over time through an examination of the stability of advocacy coalitions within policy subsystems. Recently, scholars have confirmed that advocacy coalitions are held together by shared belief systems, specifically in distributive policy arenas. We contend that federal agencies, in distributive policy arenas, provide both the anchors and support systems for the developmen…
New Thinking about Bureaucratic Politics
Individuals Transforming Criminal Justice
This photo series explores the origins of how misconceptions such as one-dimensional expressionand emotional inaccessibility have come to be. I specifically explore the complexity of African American masculinity for young Black boys and Black men
Political science (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Law (8 works) · Politics (7 works) · Public Administration (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Policy Transfer and Learning (6 works) · Public Administration (6 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (5 works) · State (computer science (4 works)