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Brian Cook’s new book examines presidential leadership
Through both his scholarship and presidential service, Woodrow Wilson pushed major changes in
government to address the effects of modern economic and social forces on the United States.
"Democracy and Administration: Woodrow Wilson's Ideas and the Challenges of Public Management,"
(Johns Hopkins University Press 2007), by government and international relations professor Brian J. Cook synthesizes the former world leader's thought on democratic governance, laying out Wilson's ideas about how
best to manage government bureaucracies and balance policy leadership with popular rule.
Building on his interpretive synthesis, Cook links Wilson’s tenets to current efforts to
improve public management, showing how some of Wilson’s most prominent ideas and initiatives
presaged major developments in theory and practice prominent today. "Democracy and
Administration," which is part of the Johns Hopkins Studies in Governance and Public
Management, calls on scholars and practitioners to take Wilson’s institutional design and
regime-level orientation into account as part of the ambitious enterprise to develop a new
science of democratic governance.
"Cook provides a fresh look at Wilson's ideas and reinforces the notion that the history of
ideas does matter. He demonstrates a deep understanding of Wilson's ideas and is adept at
applying such ideas to public management theory. An original and substantial contribution to the
fields of public management, public administration, and public policy," writes
reviewer Larry D. Terry, author of "Leadership of Public Bureaucracies" and "Administrative
Interpretation of Law."
Cook came to Clark in 1984. He is director of the Master of Public Administration Program. His
research and teaching include developing a joint U.S.-United Kingdom national security crisis simulation, tracing changes in the concept of political
leadership in American political development, and investigating how policy ideas reshape
political alliances.
Cook also is a Decision Desk Analyst for ABC News national election-night broadcasts.
Other books by Cook include "Bureaucratic Politics and Regulatory Reform: The EPA and
Emission Trading" and "Bureaucracy and Self-Government: Reconsidering the Role of
Public Administration in American Politics," also published by Johns Hopkins.
Government major receives prestigious grant
Giovannina "Janie" Crocco '07, of North Haven, CT, has been awarded a Compton Mentor Fellowship ($35,000) to conduct research on sex trafficking in Italy and Nigeria. Ms. Crocco is one of just five graduating college students from across the United States to be awarded the prestigious fellowship. Read press release.
New members of Pi Sigma Alpha
On April 4, 2007, Worcester's Struck Café was the scene of an induction ceremony for new members of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society.
Congratulations go to:
Laurel K. Andrews | Eduardo Arboleda Staton | Janie Crocco | Benjamin S. Katcher | Terra Oliveira | Sara Rau | David Seitzer | Peter Stein | Garrett Brogan Titmas | Bethany Williard | Ethan A. Zorfas
Announcing the first issue of the government department newsletter, Politika
Click to open Politika, vol. 1, issue 1 (PDF)
Welcome to the first issue of
Politika. In this and in subsequent
issues, we will share news about our
current students and faculty and
about our alumni and emeritus
faculty. Government Department
faculty and students are involved in
many exciting projects and activities, from research and
publishing to internships and study abroad. Our alumni are
pursuing interesting careers that we should know about. And
our emeritus faculty continue to be engaged in research, writing,
teaching, traveling, speaking and consulting. When you read
the pages that follow, you will be impressed with the important
contributions the Government Department is making to the
discipline of Political Science, to the Clark and Worcester
communities and to the world beyond.
The Department is growing and changing. Many alums will
not even recognize it. In recent years, we have added several
new faculty, while several long-time faculty have retired.
Politika is pleased to introduce our newest full-time tenure
track member in the International Relations subfield, Professor
Michael Butler. Professor Butler joined the Department in
the Fall of 2006 from East Carolina University. The Department
is also pleased to welcome Professor Rebecca Wood, a visiting
Assistant Professor in American Politics. Professor Wood is
replacing Professor Mark Miller who is on sabbatical leave
for the 2006-2007 academic year.
The Department is also excited to announce a new fellowship
opportunity for majors and intended majors: the Harrington
Undergraduate Fellowship Program. Awards of between
$500 and $2500 will be made to up to five students for original
research or for research connected to an internship or volunteer
work in the public or nonprofit sector. The research must focus
on some aspect of politics, public policy or the public life of
citizenship. The Harrington Fellowship can be used in the U.S.
or abroad. Application Deadline: March 15, 2007. See inside
for further details.
We were proud to learn last fall that Government Department alumnus William S. Mosakowski (’76) and English Department alumna Jane Rossetti Mosakowski (’75) donated $10 million to Clark
University to Fund the Mosakowski Institute for
Public Enterprise. The largest single gift ever made
to Clark, the Mosakowski fund will support research
on major issues of social concern.
For details about new faculty, faculty and student
research and other Department-related activities and
programs, please see the pages that follow. After
reading Politika, I am sure you will agree that Clark
students, faculty, alumni and emeritus faculty
“challenge convention” and “change the world”
through their study of and engagement in politics and
public policy.
I would like to extend a special thanks to Ms. Cynthia
Fenner, the Department’s Administrative Assistant,
for her hard, dedicated and creative work editing this
newsletter. Politika would not have been possible
without her!
—Beverly Grier, Department Chair
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