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Thompson, James R. (2001). The Clinton reforms and the administrative ascendancy of Congress. American Review of Public Administration 31 (3), 249-272

Verschuere, B. and Bach, T. (2012). Executive agencies, ministers, and departments: Can policy and management ever be separated? Administration & Society 44 (2), 183-206

Durant, R. F. (2009). Theory building, administrative reform movements, and the perdurability of Herbert Hoover. American Review of Public Administration 39 (4), 327-351.

Thompson, J. R., and Jones, V. D. (1995). Reinventing the federal government: The role of theory in reform implementation. American Review of Public Administration 25 (2), 183-199.

Pautz, M. C., and Washington, C. P. (2009). Sarbanes-Oxley and the relentless pursuit of government accountability: The perils of 21st-century reform. Administration & Society 41 (6), 651-673.

Bundt, J. and Lutz, G. M. (1999). Connecting state government reform with public priorities: The Iowa test case. State and Local Government Review 31 (2), 78-90

Thompson, F. J. (2013). The rise of executive federalism: Implications for the picket fence and IGM. American Review of Public Administration 43 (1), 3-25.

Stever, J. A. (2005). Adapting intergovernmental management to the new age of terrorism. Administration & Society 37 (4), 379-403.

Wise, C. R., and Christensen, R. K. (2005). A full and fair capacity: Federal courts managing state programs. Administration & Society 37 (5), 576-610.