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Policy research area

1. General introductions and studies

  • Bardach, Eugene 2005: A practical guide for policy analysis : the eightfold path to more effective problem solving. 2. ed. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2005.
  • Baumgartner, Frank R. (ed.) 2008: Comparative studies of policy agendas. 1. london [et al.]: Routledge.
  • Christakis, Nicholas A./Fowler, James H. 2009: Connected: the surprising power of our social networks and how they shape our lives. 1. ed., New York, NY [et al:] Little, Brown.
  • Dunn, William N. 2008: Public policy analysis: an introduction. 4. ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice Hall.
  • Evans, Joanne 2009: International handbook on the economics of energy. Cheltenham [et al:] Elgar.
  • Fischer, Frank 2003: Reframing Public Policy: Discursive Politics and Deliberative Practices. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Fischer, Frank/Miller, Gerald J./Sidney, Mara S. 2007: Handbook of Public Policy Analysis: Theory, Politics, and Methods (Public Administration and Public Policy). Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis Group.
  • Langbein, Laura I. 2006: Public programme evaluation: a statistical guide. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe.
  • Maeckelbergh, Marianne 2009: The will of the many: how the alterglobalisation movement is changing the face of democracy. 1. published, London [and others]: Pluto Press.
  • Pollock, Philip H. 2005: The essentials of political analysis. 2nd ed., Washington, D.C.: CQ Press.
  • Scharpf, Fritz W. 2009: Federalism reform: no way out of the political entanglement trap? Frankfurt/Main [et al.] : Campus.
  • Toens, Katrin/Janning, Frank 2007: The Future of Policy Research: Theories, Methods, Applications. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.

2. Energy policy

  • Geden, Oliver/Fischer, Severin 2008: Die Energie- und Klimapolitik der Europäischen Union: Bestandsaufnahme und Perspektiven. 1. Baden-Baden: Nomos.
  • Goldthau, Andreas/Witte, Jan Martin (eds.) 2010: Global energy governance: the new rules of the game. Berlin, [Germany]: Global Public Policy Institute.
  • Lesage, Dries/Van de Graaf, Thijs/Westphal, Kirsten (eds.) 2010: Global energy governance in a multipolar world. Farnham, Surrey, England: Ashgate.
  • Möller, Detlev 2009: Endlagerung radioaktiver Abfälle in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Administrativ-politische Entscheidungsprozesse zwischen Wirtschaftlichkeit und Sicherheit, zwischen nationaler und internationaler Lösung. Frankfurt am Main [et al:] Lang.
  • Moran, Daniel (ed.) 2009: Energy security and global politics: the militarisation of resource management. 1. published, London [et al:] Routledge.
  • Sanden, Joachim 2009: Die New Governance-Ansätze in der Europäischen Wirtschaftspolitik am Beispiel der Energiepolitik. 1. Marburg: Tectum.
  • Schulenberg, Sebastian 2009: Die Energiepolitik der Europäischen Union: eine kompetenzrechtliche Untersuchung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung finaler Kompetenznormen. 1. Baden-Baden: Nomos.
  • Witte, Jan Martin/Goldthau, Andreas 2009: Die OPEC: Macht und Ohnmacht des Öl-Kartells . Munich: Hanser.
  • Zillman, Donald N. (ed.) 2008: Beyond the carbon economy: energy law in transition. Oxford [et al:] Oxford University Press.

3. Spatial planning policy/metropolitan governance

  • Baldersheim, Harald/Rose, Lawrence E. 2010: Territorial Choice - The Politics of Boundaries and Borders. Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillian.
  • Benz, Arthur 2004: Governance - Governing in complex regulatory systems: An introduction. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
  • Brake, Klaus/Dangschat, Jens S./Herfert, Günter (eds.) 2001: Suburbanisation in Germany: Current Trends. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag.
  • Collin, Jean-Pierre/Robertson, Mélanie 2007: Governing Metropolises. Profiles of Issues and Experiments on Four Continents. Québec: Presses de l'Université Laval.
  • Davies, Jonathan S. 2009: Theories of urban politics. 2. ed., Los Angeles [et al:] SAGE.
  • Denters, Bas/Rose, Lawrence E. (eds.) 2005: Comparing Local Governance. Trends and Developments. Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Dreier, Peter, John Mollenkopf and Todd Swanstrom 2001: Place Matters: Metropolitics for the Twenty-First Century. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press.
  • Feil, Hans-Joachim 2005: Regional Governance am Beispiel der Metropolregion Hamburg. Münster, Hamburg, London: LIT.
  • Gainborough, Juliet 2001: Fenced Off: The Suburbanisation of American Politics. Georgetown: University Press.
  • Greer, Lennarson/Greer, Scott Greer 1976: Suburban Political Behaviour: A Matter of Trust. In: Schwartz, Barry (ed.): The Changing Face of the Suburbs. Chicago: University Press, 203-220.
  • Heinelt, Hubert/Kübler, Daniel (eds.) 2005: Metropolitan governance: capacity, democracy and the dynamics of place. London: Routledge.
  • Heinz, Werner (ed.) 2000: City & Region - Co-operation or Co-ordination? An international comparison. Stuttgart, Berlin, Cologne: Kohlhammer.
  • Holtmann, C. 2005: Das Modell grenzüberschreitender Zusammenarbeit in den Metropolregionen Berlin-Brandenburg und Hamburg im Vergleich - Schlussfolgerungen für eine Reorganisation der Gemeinsamen Landesplanung in der Metropolregion Hamburg. Baden-Baden: Nomos.
  • Jones, E. Terrence 2003: The Metropolitan Chase. Politics and Policies in Urban America. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
  • Kleinfeld, R., H. Plamper and A. Huber (eds.) 2006: Steuerung, Koordination und Kommunikation in regionalen Netzwerken als neue Formen des Regierens. Göttingen: V & R unipress.
  • Ludwig, J./Mandel, K./Schwieger, C./Terizakis, G. (eds.) 2009: Metropolregionen in Deutschland. 11 examples of regional governance. Baden-Baden: Nomos.
  • Müller, Bernhard/Löb, Stephan/Zimmermann, Karsten (eds.) 2004: Steuerung und Planung im Wandel. Festschrift for Dietrich Fürst. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
  • Oliver, J. Eric. 2001: Democracy in Suburbia. Princeton, NJ: University Press.
  • Orfield, Myron 2002: American Metropolitics. The new suburban reality. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press.
  • Putnam, Robert D. 2000: Bowling Alone. The Collapse and Revival of American Community. New York: Simon & Schuster.
  • Püttner, G. (ed.) 2007: Handwörterbuch der kommunalen Wissenschaft und Praxis. Vol. 2, Berlin: Springer.
  • Salet, W., Thornley, A. and A. Kreukels 2003: Metropolitan Governance and Spatial Planning: Comparative Studies of European City Regions. London: SponPress.
  • Schmitt, P. (ed.) 2010: Intra-metropolitan polycentricity in practice - reflections, challenges and conclusions from 12 European metropolitan areas. Final Report of the METREX-Expert Group on Intrametropolitan Polycentricity. Glasgow: METREX.
  • Sellers, Jefferey/Hoffmann-Martinot, Vincent 2005: Metropolitanisation and Political Change. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
  • Strubelt, W. (ed.) 2009: German Annual of Spatial Research and Policy 2008 - Guiding Principles for Spatial Development in Germany. Heidelberg, London, New York.

4. Periodicals, journals and series

  • European Urban and Regional Studies
  • German Journal of Urban Studies
  • Information on spatial development
  • International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
  • Journal of European Public Policy
  • Journal of Public Policy
  • Journal of Urban Affairs
  • Political Quarterly
  • German Politics
  • The Policy Studies Journal
  • Journal of Municipal Policy and Practice
  • Journal for Spatial Research and Planning
  • Journal for Parliamentary Affairs
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