Aaron Wíldavsky

26.6k citations
214 papers · 15.2k indexed · 14 hit papers · h-index 49

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Aaron Wíldavsky

195 papers receiving 12.0k citations

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Aaron Wíldavsky
Comparison fields: 5 of 194
  • Public Administration 1.8k
  • Political Science and International Relations 4.6k
  • Sociology and Political Science 5.5k
  • Economics and Econometrics 2.9k
  • Strategy and Management 1.5k
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All Works

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1
Politics, public law, and administration
20060
2 19922
3 19906
4
A DOUBLE SECURITY: FEDERALISM AS COMPETITION
199012
5
Presidential elections : contemporary strategies of American electoral politics
198823
6 19881
7 19884
8 19855
9
Pollution as Moral Coercion: Culture, Risk Perception, and Libertarian Values
19822
10 19812
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How to limit government spending : or, How a constitutional amendment tying public spending to economic growth will decrease taxes and lessen inflation ...
19803
12
The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis
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1979619
13
No Risk Is the Highest Risk of All
197975
14
Speaking truth to power
197953
15
Perspectives on the Presidency
197593
16 1974127
17
The budgeting and evaluation of Federal recreation programs : or, Money doesn't grow on trees
197311
18 1972123
19
A Program of Accountability for Elementary Schools.
19701
20
American federalism in perspective
196729

About Aaron Wíldavsky

Aaron Wíldavsky is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Public Administration, Economics and Econometrics, Religious studies and General Decision Sciences, having authored 214 papers that have together received 15.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include American Constitutional Law and Politics (11 papers), Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (7 papers), Local Government Finance and Decentralization (7 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (5 papers), Social Policy and Reform Studies (4 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (3 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 papers) and Public Policy and Administration Research (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Public Administration (1.8k citations), Political Science and International Relations (4.6k citations), Sociology and Political Science (5.5k citations), Economics and Econometrics (2.9k citations) and Strategy and Management (1.5k citations). Aaron Wíldavsky has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Frequent co-authors include Mary Douglas, Harold M. Groves, Paul Kingston, Thomas Robbins, John G. Sanzone, Michael Agar, Hugh Hečlo, M. A. H. Dempster, Orba F. Traylor and Otto A. Davis. Their work appears in journals such as Public Administration Review, Society, American Political Science Review, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management and PS Political Science & Politics.

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