Bibliographie


(en anglais)



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Accountability / The Constitutional Foundation

Barker, Robert S.
"El Control de Constitucionalidad en los Estados Unidos," in Victor Bazan, ed., Desafios del Control de Constitucionalidad. Buenos Aires: Ediciones Ciudad Argentina, 1996.

Barker, Robert S.
"Human Rights: Two Hundred Years of Constitutional Experience in the United States," 49 Revista del Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico 1 (1988).

Currie, David P.
The Constitution of the United States: A Primer for the People. University of Chicago Press, April 2000.

Fisher, Louis
The Politics of Shared Power: Congress and the Executive, 4th ed. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1998.

Hall, Kermit L., ed.
The Least Dangerous Branch: the Supreme Court and the Separation of Powers. Brooklyn, NY: Carlson Publishing, 1996.

Jaffa, Harry V. et al.
Original Intent & the Framers of the Constitution: A Disputed Question. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Gateway, 1994.

Knight, Barbara B., ed.
Separation of Powers in the American Political System. Fairfax, VA: George Mason University Press, 1989.


Transparency

Devine, Thomas M.
"The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989: Foundation for the Modern Law of Employment Dissent," 51 Administrative Law Review 531 (1999).

Gilmour, Robert S. and Laura S. Jensen
"Reinventing Government Accountability: Public Functions, Privatization, and the Meaning of 'State Action,' " Public Administration Review, vol. 58, no. 3, May 1998.

"Recent Developments: Electronic Freedom of Information Act," 50 Administrative Law Review 339 (1998)
(Symposium with articles by Senator Patrick Leahy, Mark Grunewald, James T. O'Reilly, Henry H. Perritt, Jr. and Michael E. Tankersley).

Vaughn, Robert G.
"State Whistleblower Statutes and the Future of Whistleblower Protection," 51 Administrative Law Review 581 (1999).

Vaughn, Robert G. "Ethics in Government and the Vision of Public Service," 58 George Washington Law Review 417 (1990).

Westin, Alan F.
Privacy and Freedom, 1st ed. New York: Atheneum, 1967.


Government Ethics / Self-Regulation

Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate.
Compilation of Federal Ethics Laws. Committee Print 103-25. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O, 1993.

Donahue, Anne Marie, ed.
Ethics in Politics and Government. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1989.

Harriger, Katy J.
The Special Prosecutor in American Politics, 2nd ed., rev. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2000.

Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch. Washington, D.C.:
U.S. Government Printing Office.
(Incorporates all amendments through September 17, 1999. Also available in Spanish.)

Thompson, Dennis F.
Ethics in Congress: From Individual to Institutional Corruption. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 1995.


External Watchdogs

Campbell, Geoffrey A.
The Pentagon Papers: National Security Versus the Public's Right to Know. San Diego, CA.: Lucent Books, 2000.

Grossman, Lawrence.
The Electronic Republic: Reshaping Democracy in the Information Age. New York: Viking, 1995.

Schmuhl, Robert
Demanding Democracy. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1994.

Schmuhl, Robert.
Indecent Liberties. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2000.

Schudson, Michael
The Good Citizen: A History of American Civic Life. New York: Martin Kessler Books, 1998.

Ward, Mike
"How Citizens Make the Act Work: Application of the Freedom of Information Act; Special Report: FOIA," The Quill, vol. 84, no. 8, October 1996.


Ballot Initiatives / Referenda

Bridwell, Randall R.
The Power: Government By Consent and Majority Rule in America. San Francisco: Austin & Winfield, 1999.

Broder, David S.
Democracy Derailed: Initiative Campaigns and the Power of Money. Harcourt Trade Publishers, April 2000

Cronin, Thomas E.
Direct Democracy: The Politics of Initiative, Referendum & Recall. iUniverse.com, Inc., June 1999.

Maggs, John
"Enough." National Journal, vol. 32, no. 27, July 1, 2000, pp. 2144-2149.

Schudson, Michael
What if Civic Life Didn't Die? The American Prospect, March-April, 1996, p. 17.

Solomon, Burt "We, the Mob." National Journal, vol. 32, no. 27, July 1, 2000, pp. 2140-2143.

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