James A. Thurber

Career

Publications

• Campaigns and Elections American Style .
• Congress and Diaspora Politics:  The Influence of Ethnic and Foreign Lobbying .
• Rivals for Power: Presidential-Congressional Relations.
• American Gridlock: The Sources, Character and Impact of Political Polarization

• Campaigns and Elections American Style

• Rivals for Power: Presidential-Congressional Relations.
• Lobbying Law in the Spotlight: Challenges and Proposed Reforms .
• Obama in Office .
• Rivals for Power: Presidential-Congressional Relations.
• Campaigns and Elections American Style

• Improving How Washington Works.
• Rivals for Power: Presidential-Congressional Relations.
• Campaigns and Elections American Style

• Making Washington Work.
• Campaigns and Elections American Style

• Congress and the Internet .
• Rivals for Power: Congressional-Presidential Relations .
• The Price of Winning at All Cost: Negative Campaigns, Gridlock and the Public Trust

• The Battle for Congress: Candidates, Consultants and Voters, .
• Campaign Warriors: Political Consultants in Elections .
• Crowded Airwaves: Campaign Advertising in Elections .
• Setting Course: A Congressional Management Guide, 7th edition.
• Rivals for Power: Presidential-Congressional Relations.
• A Tribute to the House Appropriations Committee, 1865 - 1995, 130 Years of History,

• Campaigns and Elections American Style. Translated into Chinese, 1997.
• Remaking Congress: Change and Stability in the 1990s, 1995, 218 pgs.,.
• Report on Selected Published Works and Written Comments Regarding the Office of

• Beyond Distrust: Building Bridges Between Congress and the Executive .
• Congressional-Executive Interaction and the Nuclear Waste Repository Site Selection

• Setting Course: A Congressional Management Guide .
• Learning and Problem Solving in Nuclear Power Plants .
• Is Congress Broken? A Comprehensive Look at Member Turnover, and the Implications for

• Congressional-Executive Interaction and the Nuclear Waste Repository Site Selection

• Divided Democracy: Cooperation and Conflict Between the President and Congress

• Organizational Factors Influencing Improvements in Nuclear Power Plants

• Organization and Safety in Nuclear Power Plants .
• Savannah River Reactor Restart Management Study.
• Setting Course: A Congressional Management Guide, 3rd ed. .
• Evaluation and Proposed Improvements to Effectiveness of U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

• Status of Maintenance in the U.S. Nuclear Power Industry, 1985, Vol. 1 .
• Setting Course: A Congressional Management Guide, 2nd ed...
• Export Review Criteria for International Safeguards.
• An Empirical Analysis of Selected Nuclear Power Plant Maintenance Factors and Plant

• Workbook for Assessment of Organization and Administration of Utilities Seeking Operating

• Guidelines for a Utility Organization Plan, Vol. II,.
• A Review of the Institute for Nuclear Power Organizations Corporate and Plant Performance

• The Need for NRC Assessment of Organization and Administration of Nuclear Power Plants,

• Analysis of Nuclear Regulatory Commission Review of Organization and Administration

• Implementing Regulatory Assessment of Organization and Administration,.
• A Guide to Literature Relevant to the Organization and Administration of Nuclear Power

• Advisability of Regulatory Change for Utility Organization and Administration Guidelines

• Analysis of Documents used by NRC to Review Administration and Organization

• An Analysis of Issues Related to the Legislative Veto.
• Party, Patronage, and Recruitment in Indiana Politics.

• “Political Polarization, the U.S. Election, and the Future of American Democracy,”

• “Teaching Public Policy Advocacy by Combining Academic Knowledge and Professional

• “Has President Obama Changed the Way Washington Works?,” Blog article on

• “Agony, Angst, and the Failure of the Supercommittee,” Extensions: A Journal of the Carl

• The Contemporary Presidency: Changing the Way Washington Works? Assessing President

• Lobbying Law in the Spotlight: Challenges and Proposed Improvements, Administrative

• "Congress and the Presidency", Politique Américaine, May 2007, pp. 28-43.
• “Lobbying, Ethics, and Procedural Reforms: The Do-Nothing Congress 109 th Congress

• "Assessing the Impact of Bureaucracy Bashing by Electoral Campaigns." Public

• “Bringing the 2002 Elections into Your Teaching,” PS: Political Science & Politics,

• "Teaching about Campaigns and Elections," in The Political Science Educator, Volume 8,

• "Is the Permanent Campaign Alive and Well After 9/11?" Extensions: Journal of the APSA

• “The Contemporary Presidency: Managing White House-Congressional Relations:

• “America’s Two-Party System: Friend or Foe,” Administrative Law Review, Vol. 52,

• “Citizens’ Attitudes Toward Campaigns and Campaigners,” Votes and Opinions, Vol. 3,

• “Improving Campaign Conduct: Ethics, Consultants and Elections,” Vox Pop, Vol. 18, No. 3

• “Congressional Tightwads and Spendthrifts: Measuring Fiscal Behavior in the changing

• “Untangled the Web: Internet Use During the 1998 Election,” in PS: Political Science and

• “The Study of Campaign Consultants: A Subfield in Search of a Theory,” in PS: Political

• “Congressional Budget Reform: Impact on the Appropriations Committees,” in Public

• “Twenty Years of Congressional Budget Reform,” in The Public Manager, Summer 1996,

• "The Constitutional Structure of National Government in the United States: Is it in a State

• “Thunder From the Right: Observations about the Elections,” The Public Manager, Winter

• “The Politics of Congressional Oversight of the High Level Radioactive Waste Program,”

• “Congressional Oversight of High-Level Waste Disposal Policy: The DOE Weapons

• "Managing Operational Paradoxes," Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol.

• "Representation, Accountability, and Efficiency in Divided Party Control of Government,"

• "The Consequences of Budget Reform for Congressional-Presidential Relations," The

• "The Right Data for the Right Decision: Performance Indicators for Different Management

• "The Effect of Management and Organizational Structure on Nuclear Power Plant Safety,"

• "An Empirical Analysis of Nuclear Power Plant Organization and Its Effect on Safety

• "The Future of the Congressional Budget Process," PS: Political Science and Politics, fall

• "Review of the Legislative Veto," Congress and the Presidency, Volume XI, Number 1,

• "The Battelle Memorial Institute's Human Affairs Research Centers," PS: Political Science

• "Congress and the Budget," Congressional Studies, Volume VII, Number 1, 1979.
• "Congressional Budget Reform and New Demands for Policy Analysis," in Stuart Nagel

• "Policy Analysis on Capitol Hill: Issues Facing the Four Analytic Support Agencies of

• "Congressional Budget Reform and New Demands for Policy Analysis," in Policy Analysis,

• "The Impact of Party Recruitment Activity Upon Legislative Role Orientations: A Path

• "The Actors in Administering Public Policy: LegislativeAdministrative Relations," Policy

• "Some Causes and Consequences of Student Political Activism," Youth and Society, Vol.5,

• “Chapter 1: Elections in a Polarized America: Understanding the Dynamics and the

• “Chapter 14: Why Campaigns Matter in a Polarized Environment,” in Candice J. Nelson and

• “Chapter 1: Ethnic and Foreign Lobbying in Congress,” in Congress and Diaspora Politics: 

• “Chapter 1: An Introduction to Presidential-Congressional Rivalry” in

• “The President, Congress, and Domestic Policy-Making,” in

• “Polarization and the 2016 Election, fifteeneightyfour @cambridge.org,

• “Organizing the White House: Bridging the Executive-Legislative Divide,” in Paul L.

• “Introduction to Gridlock and Polarization,” in American Gridlock: The Sources, Character

• “The Sources and Impact of Polarization,” in American Gridlock: The Sources, Character

• “Come Funziona Il Congresso,” Limes, April 29, 2015, 114-126.
• “Manuale del Lobbista Onesto,” Limes, April 29, 2015, 147-154.
• “Political Consultants,” in The International Encyclopedia of Political Communication,

• “The Causes and Consequences of Partisanship and Deadlock in Congress,” in Bruce Cain

• “An Introduction to Presidential-Congressional Rivalry,” in James A. Thurber, Rivals

• “The President, Congress, and Lobbyists: Has Changed the Way Washington Works,” in

• “The Dynamics and Dysfunction of the Congressional Budget Process: From Inception to

• “What is Wrong with Congress and What Should Be Done About It,” In Iwan Morgan and

• "An Introduction of an Early Assessment of the Obama Presidency," in Obama in Office

• "Obama's Battle with Lobbyists," in Obama in Office.
• “Corruption and Scandal in Washington: Have Lobbying and Ethics Reform Made a

• “A Perfect Campaign: The Role of Money, Organization and Strategy in the 2008

• “An Introduction to Presidential-Congressional Rivalry,” Rivals for Power: Presidential-

• “Understanding the Dynamics and the Transformation of American Campaigns,” Campaigns

• “Una campagna perfetta: messaggio, denaro, organizzanione,” in Erik Jones and Salvatore

• Guest Editor, “The State of Inter-Branch Relations at the End of the Bush Presidency,”

• “Political Parties and Campaigns,” Campaign and Elections, September 2008.
• “Professional Campaign Management Schools,” Campaigns and Elections, October 2008.
• "Democrats Can Cash In on Public Anger at Congress," Financial Times, August 5, 2008.
• “Delegate Cheat Sheet.” Politics Magazine, March 2008.
• “Campaign Consultants and Political Parties Today,” The Routledge Handbook of Political

• “Reforms’ will not assuage anger at Congress,” Financial Times, Aug. 7 th, 2007.
• “Perspectives on Campaign Ethics,” in Stephen C. Craig, The Electoral Challenge:

• “Foreword,” for David A. Dulio and Candice J. Nelson, Vital Signs: Perspectives on the

• “Untangled Web: Internet Use During the 1998 Election,” in David Rochefort,

• “The Transformation of American Campaigns in the Twenty-First Century,” in James A.

• “Do Political Image Makers Need a Makeover? Assessing Public Attitudes Toward Political

• “Congress and the Politics of the Deficit,” Woodrow Wilson Center Research Paper,

• “Preparing for a Career in Politics and Public Affairs,” Campaigns & Elections, December

• “Congress Goes On-Line,” in James A. Thurber and Colton C. Campbell, Congress

• “The Symbiotic Relationship between Political Parties and Political Consultants: Partners

• An Introduction to Presidential-Congressional Rivalry,” Rivals for Power: Presidential-

• “Conclusion About Congressional-Presidential Rivalries,” Rivals for Power: Presidential-

• “Campaign Consultants and Responsible Party Government,” in John C. Green and Paul S.

• “The Increasing Role of Consultants with State Party Organizations,” Campaigns and

• "From Campaigning to Lobbying," in Nelson, Dulio, and Medvic, Shades of Gray:

• Foreword for John Kingdon's Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies.
• "Campaign Consultants and Responsible Party Government," in John Green, An

• "Top Issues in Campaign 2002,” The National Voter. September-October 2002.
• James A. Thurber. "2002 National Student/Parent Mock Election Issues Forum.

• “Making Your Choice the Winning One: A Candidate’s Guide to Choosing a Campaign

• “Introduction,” The Battle for Congress: Candidates, Consultants and Voters,.
• “Brian Baird’s ‘Ring of Fire’: The Quest for Funds and Votes in Washington’s Third

• “Case Study Framework and Methodology,” The Battle for Congress: Candidates,

• “Introduction to Study of Campaign Consultants,” Campaign Warriors: Political Consultants

• “Portrait of Campaign Consultants,” Campaign Warriors: Political Consultants in Elections

• “Measuring Campaign Consultants’ Attitudes,” Campaign Warriors: Political Consultants in

• “Introduction,” in Thurber, Nelson and Dulio, Crowded Airwaves: Campaign

• “Summary and Conclusions,” in Thurber, Nelson and Dulio,, Crowded Airwaves:

• “The Senate Budget Committee: Bastion of Comity?” Esteemed Colleagues: Civility and

• “Where Do Voters Get Their Political Information?” Campaigns & Elections, April 1, 2001.
• “Internet Campaigning: Should Candidates Even Bother With It?” Roll Call, February 26,

• “Ethics and Politics: An Overview,” Elections, Ethics, and Ethnicity, November 10, 2000

• “The Senate Budget Committee: Incubator of Comity?” in Burdett Loomis, Comity in

• “The Outstanding Eight,” Campaigns and Elections, Vol. 21, No. 3, April 2000, pp. 43-47.
• “General Public Attitudes Toward Campaigns and Campaign Practices,”. Analysis of national survey of voters administered by Yankelovich

• “Campaign 2000: Not Yet Ready for Prime Time,” American Magazine.
• “Producing Negative Ads: A Consultant Survey,” Campaigns and Elections, Vol. 21, No. 7

• “Political Campaign Consultants: Who are They, How They Evaluate the Process of

• “Growth of Web Users Pushing Congress to Improve Net Services,” Roll Call, May 10,

• “A Portrait of the Consulting Industry,” in Campaigns and Elections, June 1999 with David

• “Net Gains: The 106 th Congress on the World Wide Web,” report of a survey of

• “Twenty-five years of Deficit and Conflict: Partisan Roles in Congressional Budget

• “Congress and the Internet: Report of Survey of Congressional Offices,” AU-CCPS

• “The Complex Portrait of the Political Consultant,” The Hill, July 1, 1998, p. 16.
• “Political Consultants Survey: Are Campaign Pros Destroying Democracy?” Campaigns

• “Political Power and American Public Policy,” in Thomas B. Birkland, Public Policy

• “Interest Groups and the Congressional Budget Process: Lobbying in the Era of Deficit

• “Representation, Accountability, and Efficiency in Divided Party Control of Government,”

• “Centralization, Devolution, and Turf Protection in the Congressional Budget Process,” in

• “Stability and Change in the Post-Cold War Congress,” in Dittgen and Minkenberg,

• “Stabilitat und Wandel im Kongress,” in Dittgen and Minkenberg, Das amerikanische

• “Shifting the Balance: The Rebirth of Federalism,” in Osterweis, Robin and Holmes,

• “An Introduction to Presidential-Congressional Rivalry,” in Thurber, Rivals for Power:

• “Congressional-Presidential Battles to Balance the Budget,” in Thurber, Rivals for

• "Political Power and Policy Subsystems in American Politics," in B. Guy Peters and Bert A.

• "Congressional Elections," in George Clack, United States Elections: 1996

• "The 104th Congress is Fast and Efficient, But At What Cost," Roll Call, March 4, 1995.
• "The Corrections Day Proposal: Wrong Way to Fix Dumb Laws," Roll Call, May 8, 1995.
• “Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Deficit Reduction Act,” “Biography of U.S. Senator Henry

• “Not in My Back Yard: High Level Nuclear Waste Policy,” in Gilmour, et al, Who

• “Making Up for Lost Time: The Defense Nuclear Weapons Complex Cleanup,” in Gilmour,

• "The 1990 Budget Enforcement Act: Zero-Sum Budgeting and the Decline of Governmental

• “Congressional Oversight of High-Level Waste Disposal Policy: The DOE Weapons

• "Governance and the Budget," in Kenneth W. Thompson, The Structure and Functions

• "New Rules for an Old Game: Zero-Sum Budgeting in the Postreform Congress," in Roger

• Biography of Hubert H. Humphrey," in L. Sandy Maisel, Encyclopedia of American

• "Introduction: The Roots of Divided Democracy," in J. Thurber, Divided Democracy

• "The Impact of Congressional Budget Reform on Presidential-Congressional Governance,"

• "Congressional War Powers and the Persian Gulf Crisis," Oxford Analytica, Spring 1991,

• "Deadlock and Deficits: Evaluating Proposals for Congressional Budget Reform," in

• "Dynamics of Policy Subsystems in American Politics," in Allan J. Cigler and Burdett A.

• "Congress and the Constitution: Two Hundred Years of Stability and Change," in R.

• "Budgetary Continuity and Change: An Assessment of the Congressional Budget Process,"

• “The Presidency, Congress, and Public Policy-making Systems, “ The Journal.
• "Reagan and the Intergovernmental Lobby: Iron Triangles, Cozy Subsystems and Political

• "Political Determinants of the Effectiveness of International Nuclear Safeguards," in Export

• "The Politics of the Congressional Budget Process Reexamined," L. Dodd and B.

• "The Evolving Role and Effectiveness of the Research Agencies," in Cooper and Mackenzie

• "Congressional Reform in the 1970s," in Proceedings of the National Capital Area Political

• "New Powers of the Purse: An Assessment of Congressional Budget Reform," in Leroy

• "Congressional Budget Reform and New Demands for Policy Analysis," in Fremont J.

• “The New Congressional Budget Process: The Hows and Whys of House/Senate

• "Analysis of the Congressional Support Agencies," for Final Report of the Commission on

• "Some Causes and Consequences of Congressional Budget Reform," in John Peters and

• "Comments on Congressional Budget Reform," in Proceedings of the National Capital Area

• "Administering Public Policy: LegislativeAdministrative Relations," in Charles R. Wise

• "Review of Patterns of Recruitment," American Political Science Review, September, 1977.
• "Implications of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act for the Senate

• "Jurisdictional Overlaps of Major Policy Areas," in The Senate Committee System:

• "Present Jurisdictions of Senate Committees," in The Senate Committee System:

• "The Case for Public Service Internships: Good Education and Good Government," in

• “The New National Center for Public Service Internships,” Washington Involvement, Vol. 2,

• “The Elements of a Government Internship,” Washington Involvement, Vol. 1, No. 2,