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Selected Publications

• “Special Issue: Organisational Justifications in Public Governance”, Global Public Policy and Governance, 3(4), 2023 (guest edited). Wrote “Special Issue on Organizational Justifications in Public Governance: Guest Editor’s Introduction” and “Organizational Justifications in Public Governance: Seized or Missed Opportunities in the Existence and Operation of Semi-autonomous State Organizations?”
• The Oxford Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Oxford University Press, New York, 2022, 2 Vols (edited with B G Peters). The three chapters cited immediately below are included in this Encyclopedia).
• “State-Owned Enterprises: Structures, Functions, and Legitimacy”, in W R Thompson (ed), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, Oxford University Press, New York, 2021 [online].
• “Institutionalizing Public Action: Multiple Alignments of Goods, Services, Roles and Tasks”, in W R Thompson (ed), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, Oxford University Press, New York, 2021 [online].
• “Fundamentals of Government Structure: Alignments of Organizations at and beyond the Center of Power”, in W R Thompson (ed), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, Oxford University Press, New York, 2018 [online].​
• “A Mixed Public-Private Telecommunication Company of Public Significance: Management Challenges in Staff Ownership and Integrity”, Public Money and Management, 2017.​
• “Governance and Leadership”, in A Farazmand (ed), Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, Springer, New York, 2017.
• “Alignments of Instruments and Action in Governance: A Synthesis – Revisited and Extended”, Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, 38(1), 2016.
• “Alignments of Instruments and Action in Governance: A Synthesis”, Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, 37(4), 2015.
• "Addressing the Present and the Future in Government and Governance: Three Approaches to Organising Public Action" (written with B G Peters), Public Administration and Development, 35(2), 2015.
• “In Celebration of Public Administration: The Sustaining Significance of Power – Introductory Perspectives”, Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, 36(1), 2014.
• “Symposium on Governance and Organizational Eclecticism: Diverse Ownership, Regulation and Performance in the Public Arena”, Public Organization Review, 13(2), 2013 (guest edited). Wrote one of the eleven articles: “Governance and Organizational Eclecticism in the Public Arena: Introductory Perspectives”.
• “Globalism and Constellational Governance: Challenges for Service in the Global Public Interest” (written with A Massey), in D Argyriades & G Timsit (eds), Moving Beyond the Crisis: Reclaiming and Reaffirming our Common Administrative Space, Bruylant, Brussels, 2013.
• “Institutional Maturity and Challenges for Integrity Bodies”, Policy Studies, 33(1), 2012.
• “Dynamics of Public Ownership and Regulation”, Special Issue of Policy Studies, 32(3), 2011 (guest edited with R Wettenhall). Wrote one of the eight articles: “Ownership as an Instrument of Policy and Understanding in the Public Sphere: Trends and Research Agenda”.
• “Symposium on Governance and Civic Engagement in the Asia-Pacific Region”, Public Administration and Development, 31(2), 2011 (guest edited with E Lee). Wrote (with E Lee) one of the six articles:  “Symposium Introduction: Dynamics of Governance and Civic Engagement”.
• “Symposium on the Global Financial Crisis, Governance and Institutional Dynamics”, Public Organization Review, 11(1), 2011 (guest edited). Wrote one of the six articles: “Symposium Introduction: The Global Financial Crisis, Governance and Institutional Dynamics”.
• “Symposium on Ownership in the Public Sphere”, International Journal of Public Policy, 5(1), 2010 (guest edited with R Wettenhall). Wrote (with R Wettenhall) one of the six articles: “Ownership in the Public Sphere: The Significance of Community and Organisational Form”.
• “Leaders and Leadership in Administrative Reform”, in J Pierre and P W Ingraham (eds),Comparative Administrative Change and Reform: Lessons Learned, McGill-Queen’s University Press, Montreal, 2010 – a Festschrift in honour of B Guy Peters.
• “The Reform of the Northern Territory Correctional Services: Process, Content and Challenges”,Public Administration Today, Issue 19, 2009.
• “Global Governance: Prospects and Challenges” (written with A Massey), in I Pichardo Pagaza and D Argyriades (eds),Winning the Needed Change: Saving Our Planet Earth –  A Global Public Service, IOS Press, Amsterdam, 2009.
• “Symposium on Climate Change, Governance and Environmental Services”, Public Administration and Development, 28(5), 2008 (guest edited). Wrote one of the seven articles: “Symposium Introduction – Climate Change, Governance and Environmental Services: Institutional Perspectives, Issues and Challenges”.
• “Symposium on Statutory Bodies in Hong Kong and Singapore: Issues and Cases of Organizational Autonomy and Integration”, Public Organization Review, 6(3), 2006 (guest edited with I Scott). Wrote one of the eight articles: “Statutory Bodies: How Distinctive and In What Ways?”
• “Statutory Bodies as Instruments of Government in Hong Kong: Review Beginnings and Analytical Challenge Ahead”, Public Administration and Development, 26(1), 2006.
• “Privatisation by Divestment”, in B G Peters and J Pierre (eds),Handbook of Public Policy, Sage, London, 2006.