Jerry Mitchell

Books

Mitchell, J. (2017). Public Affairs in the Nation and New York. Dubuque, IA, Kendall Hunt.

Mitchell, J. (2008). Business Improvement Districts and the Shape of American Cities. Albany, NY, SUNY Press.

Mitchell, J. (1999). The American Experiment with Government Corporations. New York, NY, Routledge.

Mitchell, J. (1992). Public Authorities and Public Policy: The Business of Government. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press.

Journal Articles

Mitchell, J. (2024). Animals in Public Service: A Narrative Inquiry. Administrative Theory & Praxis, (4). 1-21.

Mitchell, J. (2022). Sorting Out Animal Policy: Ideas, Problems, and Solutions. International Review of Public Policy, 4(3). 340-355.

Mitchell, J. (2022). Animals in the Study of Public Administration. Public Administration Review, 82(6). 1179-1185.

Mitchell, J. (2018). The Identity of Undergraduate Public Affairs Education: Opportunities and Challenges. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 24(1). 80-96.

Mitchell, J. (2001). Business Improvement Districts and the 'New' Revitalization of Downtown. Economic Development Quarterly, 15(2). 115-123.

Mitchell, J. (2001). Response to the Case Study: Neighborhood Business Development in Dempsey. Public Performance and Management Review, 24(2). 430-431.

Mitchell, J. (2001). Business Improvement Districts and the Management of Innovation. American Review of Public Administration, 31(2). 201-217.

Mitchell, J. (1998). Qualitative Cost-Benefit Analysis of State-Level Government Corporations. Comparative State Politics, 19(3). 23-32.

Mitchell, J. (1997). Representation in Government Boards and Commissions. Public Administration Review, 57(1). 160-167.

Feiock, R., Dubnick, M., & Mitchell, J. (1993). State Economic Development Policies and National Economic Growth. Public Administration Quarterly, 17(2). 56-67.

Mitchell, J. (1993). Accountability and the Management of Public Authorities in the United States. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 59(3). 477-492.

Mitchell, J. (1991). Education and Skills for Public Authority Management. Public Administration Review, 51(3). 429-437.

Mitchell, J. (1991). The Response to AIDS in the Workplace Among Public, Private, and Nonprofit Employers. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 11(4). 28-37.

Mitchell, J. (1990). Policy Evaluation for Policy Communities. Evaluation Practice, 11(1). 109-114.

Mitchell, J. (1990). The Management of the AIDS Crisis in the Workplace: A Survey of Employers in New York City. Industrial Crisis Quarterly, 4(1). 63-74.

Mitchell, J. (1990). The Policy Activities of Public Authorities. Policy Studies Journal, 18(1). 1928-1942.

Mitchell, J. (1988). Local Responses to Federal Mandates: An Assessment of Alternative Management Techniques. Mid-American Journal of Politics, 3(1). 31-40.

Mitchell, J., & Feiock, R. (1988). A Comparative Analysis of Government Growth in the Fifty American States. State and Local Government Review, 22(2). 51-58.

Stull, D., Maynard-Moody, S., & Mitchell, J. (1988). The Ritual of Reorganization in a Public Bureaucracy. Qualitative Sociology, 11(3). 215-233.

Mitchell, J. (1988). The Limits of Positivism: Case Studies of Values in Science. Policy Studies Journal, 17(3). 215-220.

Maynard-Moody, S., Stull, D., & Mitchell, J. (1986). Reorganization as Status Drama: Building, Maintaining, and Displacement Dominant Subcultures. Public Administration Review, 46(2). 301-310.

Book Chapters

Mitchell, J. (2025). Policy Ethnography as Interpretive Practice: Concepts and Cases. In Fischer, F., Torgerson, D., & Munch, S. (Eds.), Interpretive Policy Analysis: Context and Meaning Cheltenham, UK. Edward Elgar.

Mitchell, J. (2007). The Use (and Misuse) of Survey Research in Policy Analysis. In Fischer, F., Miller, G., & Sidney, M. S. (Eds.), Handbook of Public Policy Analysis (pp. 369-392). New York, NY. CRC Press.

Mitchell, J. (2003). Business Improvement Districts and Innovative Service Delivery. In Abramson, M. A., & Kieffaber, A. M. (Eds.), New Ways of Doing Business (pp. 217-248). New York, NY. Rowan and Littlefield.

Mitchell, J. (2000). The Government Corporation. In Schafritz, J. M. (Ed.), Defining Public Administration (pp. 110-120). Boulder, CO. Westview Press.

Mitchell, J. (1999). Learning about Public Policy Through Reading The New York Times. Using National Newspapers in the Classroom: Resources to Improve Teaching and Learning (pp. 91-92). New York, NY. The New York Times and the University of South Carolina's National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience Experience and Students in Transition.

Mitchell, J. (1998). The Government Corporation. In Shafritz, J. M. (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration (pp. 1002-1006). Boulder, CO. Westview Press.

Mitchell, J. (1998). Ethical Principles for Public Administration Research. In Bowman, J. S., & Menzel, D. C. (Eds.), Teaching Ethics and Values in Public Administration Programs: Innovations, Strategies, and Issues (p. 305¬320). Albany, NY. SUNY Press.

Mitchell, J. (1996). Public Enterprise Management in the United States. In Farazmand, A. (Ed.), Public Enterprise Management: International Case Studies (pp. 67-82). New York, NY. Greenwood Press.

Mitchell, J. (1996). Public Authorities and Government Debt: Practices and Issues. In Miller, G. J. (Ed.), Handbook of Debt Management (pp. 141-160). New York, NY. Marcel-Dekker.

Presentations

Mitchell, J. (2024, April 26). Animal Policymaking in New York City. International Conference on Urban Affairs. New York, NY

Mitchell, J. (2023, September 13). When Policy Learning Fails: The Well-Known Problems with Animal Farming and a Critical Analysis of the Solutions that Have Not Caught On. International Conference on Governing in the Age of Multicrisis: Lessons for Public Policy. Nisyros, Greece.

Mitchell, J. (2022, March 25). The Past, Present, and Future of BIDs. Keynote Speaker for Reinventing Public Spaces in Business Improvement Districts, University of Detroit-Mercy. Detroit, MI.

Mitchell, J. (2022, January 25). Animal Welfare and Public Policy. Food Policy Research Seminar, Humboldt University. Berlin, Germany.

Mitchell, J. (2017, October 16). Public Parks: A Comparative Analysis of Beijing, Berlin, Brussels, and New York City. Healthy Cities Conference. New York, NY.

Mitchell, J. (2014, October 4). The Identity of Undergraduate Public Affairs Education. NASPAA Annual Conference. Albuquerque, NM.

Mitchell, J. (2010, July 10). The Development of Business Improvement Districts. Keynote Speaker for La Fuerza Del Comercio Meeting. Burgos, Spain.

Mitchell, J. (2003, April 5). The Unique Services of Business Improvement Districts. Business Week. Yonkers, NY.

Mitchell, J. (2001, April 10). Business Improvement Districts and the Revitalization of City Centers. The 5th International Research Symposium on Public Management. Barcelona, Spain.

Mitchell, J. (2001, June 12). The BID Movement in Perspective.. Institute for Government Innovation Conference. San Diego, CA.

Mitchell, J. (1999, September 3). The Structures and Functions of Business Improvement Districts. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Atlanta, GA.

Mitchell, J. (1996, October 28). Public Authorities and the Development of Sports Facilities. Annual Meeting of the Northeast Regional Section of the American Society for Public Administration, Princeton University. Princeton, NJ.

Mitchell, J. (1996, August 28). Government Corporations and the American Appetite for Experimentation with Public Administration. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. San Francisco, CA.

Mitchell, J. (1995, February 10). Ethical Perspectives of Public Administration Research. National Symposium on Ethics and Values in the Public Administration Academy. Tampa, FL.

Mitchell, J. (1994, June 30). Policy Analysis in Government. Third Annual Conference of the New York City Human Resources Administration. New York, NY.

Mitchell, J. (1994, January 16). The Governance of Public Authorities. Hearing of the New York State Assembly Committee on Corporations, Authorities, and Commissions. Albany, NY.

Mitchell, J. (1993, August 4). Theories of Board Governance in the Public Sector. Symposium on Public Management Research, University of California-Berkeley. Berkeley, CA.

Mitchell, J. (1992, July 3). Knowledge for the Management of Public Authorities and Other Government Enterprises. Annual Conference of the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration, Vienna, Austria.. Vienna, Austria

Mitchell, J. (1992, September 4). Using Public Policy to Understand the Management of Port and Housing Authorities. National Public Management Research Conference, Maxwell School of Citizenship, Syracuse University.

Mitchell, J. (1991, September 5). Accountability and the Management of Public Authorities. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Washington, DC.

Mitchell, J. (1991, April 4). Education Instead of Control: An Alternative Approach to Reforming New York's Public Authorities. Annual Meeting of the New York Political Science Association, St. John's University. New York, NY

Mitchell, J. (1990, February 2). The Policy Activities of Public Authorities. Conference on Public Authorities and Public Policy, CUNY Graduate Center. New York, NY.

Mitchell, J. (1989, March 3). Policy Analysis for Policy Communities. Annual Meeting of the New York Political Science Association. New York, NY

Mitchell, J. (1988, April 10). The Impact of State Policy on the National Economy. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, IL.

Other Scholarly Works

Reviews

Mitchell, J. (2023,October 1). Jos C.N. Raadschelders and Bry R. Fry, Mastering Public Administration: From Max Weber to Dwight Waldo (4th Edition). Journal of Public Affairs Education.

Mitchell, J. (1992,January 1). Dennis J. Brion, Essential Industry and the NIMBY Phenomenon and Kent E. Portney, Siting Hazardous Waste Treatment Facilities: The NIMBY Syndrome. Industrial Crisis Quarterly.

Mitchell, J. (1989,April 1). Robert Heineman, William T. Bluhm, Steven A. Peterson, and Edward N. Kearny, The World of the Policy Analyst: Rationality, Values and Politics. Journal of Politics.

Mitchell, J. (1989,April 1). Peter deLeon, Advice and Consent: The Development of the Policy Sciences. Public Administration Review.