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Swain, John

Full Professor
Director, Institute for Public Policy and Administration
Public Administration
Office: C3319
Phone: 708.534.4999
Email: jswain@govst.edu


Education | Publications | Honors |

Education

  • Ph.D., Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, 1981
  • M.A., Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, 1975
  • B.A., University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, 1973

Publications

  • "Can Government Accounting  Be Trusted? An Experiment in Accounting and Accountability," with Lloyd G. Sage and Susan L. Gaffney, Policy Profiles, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2003.
  • Edited "Raising Revenues" with an introductory essay "Raising Revenues:  An Introduction," and an article "Multiple Perspectives on the Meaning of Revenue," with Margaret A. Purcell, in International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 22, No. 11 & 12, 1999.
  • Textbook "Public Finance Administration," 2nd ed., with B.J. Reed. Sage Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, 1997.  Book published in Chinese in 2001.
  • "Managing Small Cities and Counties:  A Practical Guide," edited with Drew A. Dolan and Senior Editor James M. Banovetz.  International City/County Management Association, Washington DC, 1994.
  • "Incrementalism:  Old But Good?," with C. Jeff Hartley, Jr. in  John R. Bartle, ed., Evolving Theories of Public Budgeting, JAI Press, Amsterdam, 2001.
  • "Public Finance Management Information Systems," with Jay D. White in G. David Garson, ed., Handbook of Public Information Systems, Marcel Dekker, Inc, New York, 2000.
  • "Budgeting and Financial Management," in James M. Banovetz, Drew Dolan, and John W. Swain,  eds., Managing Small Cities and Counties:  A Practical Guide.  International City/County Management Association, Washington DC, 1994.

Honors

  • Leonard D. White Award, 1983 (annual award by the American Political Science Association for the best doctoral dissertation in the general field of public administration)