Guy Peters
Biographic Data
| ID | 3954453 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Guy Peters |
| GIVEN NAMES | Guy |
| FAMILY NAME | Peters |
| SIGNATURE | PETERS G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pittsburgh |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 52 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
What Do We Know About Wicked Problems After Nearly 52 Years? Tracing the DNA of Wicked Problems through A Bibliometric Study
This bibliometric study maps 52 years of scholarship on “wicked problems,” tracing the field’s evolution from Rittel and Webber’s foundational framing to contemporary debates on super-wicked problems, clumsy solutions, and adaptive governance. We identify four dominant thematic clusters: collaborative governance, sustainability, policy implementation, and crisis management. Co-citation and co-word analyses reveal two emerging fault lines—one emph…
The Problem of Policy Problems
Although conceptions of policy design have well-developed conceptions of the instruments used to address public problems, they have much less developed conceptions of those problems themselves. This article proposes one analytic scheme for understanding the nature of policy problems and issues, and begins to relate the choice of instruments to the nature of the underlying problems for society
Réforme d'un Etat sans Etat ? Les changements au sein du gouvernement Américain
The administrative apparatus of the United States has seen important reforms in the past decades. However, they have not given rise to significant changes in the state : they rather represent a break in continuity within a well established tradition of the state in the United States. That the United States has not introduced as extensive reforms as the United Kingdom or New Zealand during this period is in part due to the fact that managerial cha…
Politics of Bureaucracy
New to the 5th edition include a new chapter on administrative reform, more material on developing countries and discussion of international bureaucracies, as well as taking into account a wealth of new literature.
Debate
The National Co-ordination of EU Policy
This book is the first of two volumes in which leading scholars examine the way in which member states of the European Union (EU) co-ordinate their European policies. Rather than looking at the ‘Europeanization’ problematic within which the issue is usually addressed, it adopts a broader, more inclusive approach, examining domestic processes and investigating co-ordination in ten member states ––Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece,…
Canada
In Canada the majority of the government’s political advisers are grouped within the office of the Prime Minister and the Privy Council. The role of these structures has evolved notably since the end of the second world war when the office of the Prime minister became situated at the summit of political power while the Privy council came to represent the head of the administration. This redefinition of roles allows the Prime Minister to conduct g…
Breaking through Bureaucracy
Governance in a Changing Environment
Fiscal cutbacks, the public's declining confidence in government, and new ideologies are forcing the public sector in industrialized democracies to undertake major reforms. In these essays contributing authors examine changes to the political and economic environment and the ways in which governments have responded. The essays explain what is happening in government in the late twentieth century and suggest changes that can be expected in the fut…
L’échec du «managérialisme» dans une société managériale
The Failure of Managerialism in a Managerial Society : Public Sector Administration in the United States American government appears made for public sector managerialism. The structure has been decentralized for a number of years, and there is a strong strand of managerial thinking in the society. The paradox is that American government has lagged far behind other democratie govemments in the adoption of managerial reforms. The language has been …
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Spending More and Enjoying It Less
Can Government Go Bankrupt
Journal Article Can Government Go Bankrupt? The Politics of Economic Decline. Economic Management and Political Behaviour in Britain Since 1964 Get access Can Government Go Bankrupt? By RICHARD ROSE and GUY PETERS. (London: Macmillan, 1978. Pp. xix + 283. £7.95.)The Politics of Economic Decline. Economic Management and Political Behaviour in Britain Since 1964. By James E. ALT. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979. Pp. viii + 296. £12.50.…
Can Government Go Bankrupt
Can Government Go Bankrupt?
The Problem of Policy Problems
Although conceptions of policy design have well-developed conceptions of the instruments used to address public problems, they have much less developed conceptions of those problems themselves. This article proposes one analytic scheme for understanding the nature of policy problems and issues, and begins to relate the choice of instruments to the nature of the underlying problems for society
Debate
Can Government Go Bankrupt?
Can Government Go Bankrupt
Can Government Go Bankrupt
Journal Article Can Government Go Bankrupt? The Politics of Economic Decline. Economic Management and Political Behaviour in Britain Since 1964 Get access Can Government Go Bankrupt? By RICHARD ROSE and GUY PETERS. (London: Macmillan, 1978. Pp. xix + 283. £7.95.)The Politics of Economic Decline. Economic Management and Political Behaviour in Britain Since 1964. By James E. ALT. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979. Pp. viii + 296. £12.50.…
Spending More and Enjoying It Less
Apsa Organized Sections
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
L’échec du «managérialisme» dans une société managériale
The Failure of Managerialism in a Managerial Society : Public Sector Administration in the United States American government appears made for public sector managerialism. The structure has been decentralized for a number of years, and there is a strong strand of managerial thinking in the society. The paradox is that American government has lagged far behind other democratie govemments in the adoption of managerial reforms. The language has been …
Governance in a Changing Environment
Fiscal cutbacks, the public's declining confidence in government, and new ideologies are forcing the public sector in industrialized democracies to undertake major reforms. In these essays contributing authors examine changes to the political and economic environment and the ways in which governments have responded. The essays explain what is happening in government in the late twentieth century and suggest changes that can be expected in the fut…
Breaking through Bureaucracy
Canada
In Canada the majority of the government’s political advisers are grouped within the office of the Prime Minister and the Privy Council. The role of these structures has evolved notably since the end of the second world war when the office of the Prime minister became situated at the summit of political power while the Privy council came to represent the head of the administration. This redefinition of roles allows the Prime Minister to conduct g…
The National Co-ordination of EU Policy
This book is the first of two volumes in which leading scholars examine the way in which member states of the European Union (EU) co-ordinate their European policies. Rather than looking at the ‘Europeanization’ problematic within which the issue is usually addressed, it adopts a broader, more inclusive approach, examining domestic processes and investigating co-ordination in ten member states ––Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece,…
Politics of Bureaucracy
New to the 5th edition include a new chapter on administrative reform, more material on developing countries and discussion of international bureaucracies, as well as taking into account a wealth of new literature.
Debate
Réforme d'un Etat sans Etat ? Les changements au sein du gouvernement Américain
The administrative apparatus of the United States has seen important reforms in the past decades. However, they have not given rise to significant changes in the state : they rather represent a break in continuity within a well established tradition of the state in the United States. That the United States has not introduced as extensive reforms as the United Kingdom or New Zealand during this period is in part due to the fact that managerial cha…
The Problem of Policy Problems
Although conceptions of policy design have well-developed conceptions of the instruments used to address public problems, they have much less developed conceptions of those problems themselves. This article proposes one analytic scheme for understanding the nature of policy problems and issues, and begins to relate the choice of instruments to the nature of the underlying problems for society
What Do We Know About Wicked Problems After Nearly 52 Years? Tracing the DNA of Wicked Problems through A Bibliometric Study
This bibliometric study maps 52 years of scholarship on “wicked problems,” tracing the field’s evolution from Rittel and Webber’s foundational framing to contemporary debates on super-wicked problems, clumsy solutions, and adaptive governance. We identify four dominant thematic clusters: collaborative governance, sustainability, policy implementation, and crisis management. Co-citation and co-word analyses reveal two emerging fault lines—one emph…
Political science (10 works) · Economics (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Business (3 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (3 works) · Humanities (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works)