Steven J. Balla, Associate Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Public Administration, and International Affairs, George Washington University,Martin Lodge, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science,Edward C. Page, Sidney and Beatrice Webb Professor of Public Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science

Steven J. Balla is Associate Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Public Administration, and International Affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, USA.

Martin Lodge is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the Department of Government and Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

Edward C. Page is Sidney and Beatrice Webb Professor of Public Policy at the Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

1. What Makes a Classic?: Identifying and Revisiting the Classics of Public Policy and Administration', Steven J. Balla, Martin Lodge and Edward C. Page
2. Herbert A. Simon, 'Administrative Behavior: A Study of Decision-Making Processes in Administrative Organization', Michael Mintrom
3. David B. Truman, 'The Governmental Process: Political Interests and Public Opinion', Wyn Grant
4. Robert K. Merton, 'Reader in Bureaucracy', Edward C. Page
5. Harold D. Lasswell, 'The Decision Process: Seven Categories of Functional Analysis', Karsten Ronit and Tony Porter
6. C. Wright Mills, 'The Power Elite', William Genieys
7. Charles E. Lindblom, 'The Science of Muddling Through', Andrea Migone and Michael Howlett
8. Thomas R. Dye, 'Politics, Economics and the Public: Policy Outcomes in the American States', Michael Goldsmith
9. Herbert Kaufman, 'The Forest Ranger: A Study in Administrative Behavior', Laurence E. Lynn, Jr.
10. E.E. Schattschneider, 'The Semi-Sovereign People: A Realist's View of Democracy in America', Donley Studlar
11. V.O. Key, Jr., 'Public Opinion and American Democracy', Christopher Wlezien
12. Michel Crozier, 'The Bureaucratic Phenomenon', Philippe Bezes
13. Theodore J. Lowi, 'American Business, Public Policy, Case-Studies and Political Theory', Michael Moran
14. Aaron Wildavsky, 'The Politics of the Budgetary Process', Joachim Wehner
15. Mancur Olson, 'The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups', David Lowery
16. Theodore J. Lowi, 'The End of Liberalism: The Second Republic of the United States', Thomas T. Holyoke
17. Jack L. Walker, 'The Diffusion of Innovations among the American States', David Levi-Faur
18. Albert O. Hirschman, 'Exit, Voice and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States', Keith Dowding
19. Graham T. Allison, 'The Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis', Sophie Vanhoonacker and Patrice Wangen
20. George J. Stigler, 'The Theory of Economic Regulation', Christopher Carrigan and Cary Coglianese
21. Michael D. Cohen, James G. March and Johan P. Olsen, 'A Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice', Werner Jann
22. Anthony Downs, 'Up and Down with Ecology: The 'Issue-Attention' Cycle', Kuhika G. Ripberger and Hank C. Jenkins-Smith
23. Carol H. Weiss, 'Evaluation: Methods for Studying Programs and Policies', Kathryn E. Newcomer
24. Jeffrey L. Pressman and Aaron Wildavsky, 'Implementation', Kai Wegrich
25. Oliver E. Williamson, 'Markets and Hierarchies: Analysis and Antitrust Implications', Andrew B. Whitford
26. Hugh Heclo, 'Issue Networks and the Executive Establishment', Volker Schneider
27. Michael Lipsky, 'Street-Level Bureaucracy: Dilemmas of the Individual in Public Service', Lucy Gilson
28. Richard Rose, 'Do Parties Make a Difference?', Manfred G. Schmidt
29. John W. Kingdon, 'Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies', Scott Greer
30. Mathew D. McCubbins and Thomas Schwartz, 'Congressional Oversight Overlooked: Police Patrols versus Fire Alarms', William F. West
31. Terry M. Moe, 'The New Economics of Organization', Jason MacDonald
32. Mathew D. McCubbins, Roger G. Noll, and Barry R. Weingast, ' Administrative Procedures as Instruments of Political Control', Sean Gailmard
33. Paul A. Sabatier, 'An Advocacy Coalition Framework of Policy Change and the Role of Policy-Oriented Learning Therein', Paul Cairney
34. Fritz W. Scharpf, 'The Joint-Decision Trap', Adrienne Heritier
35. James Q. Wilson, 'Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It ', William T. Gormley
36. Elinor Ostrom, 'Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action ', Amy R. Poteete
37. Christopher Hood, 'A Public Management for All Seasons?', Per Laegreid
38. Ian Ayres and John Braithwaite, 'Responsive Regulation: Transcending the Deregulation Debate', Martin Lodge
39. Frank R. Baumgartner and Byan D. Jones, 'Agendas and Instability in American Politics', Peter John
40. Robert D. Putnam, 'Bowling Alone', Melissa J. Marschall
41. Peter A. Hall and David Soskice, 'Varieties of Capitalism', Berhard Ebbinghaus