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  1. Theme-based Book Review: Public-private Partnerships

    Article • Public Organization Review, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  2. Understanding factors associated with the decision not to bid – empirical tests and strategies for improving public procurement

    Article • Journal of Public Budgeting Accounting & Financial Management, September 2025, Emerald

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  3. Theme-based Book Review: the Decline of Public Trust and the Problem of Relative Truths

    Article • Public Organization Review, March 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  4. Theme-Based Book Review: A Hauntology of Inequality

    Article • Public Organization Review, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  5. Informal Settlements: A New Understanding for Governance and Vulnerability Study

    Article • Urban Science, September 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  6. Politics of public service design

    Article • September 2024, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  7. Theme-Based Book Review: the Government Role in Development and Public Finance

    Article • Public Organization Review, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  8. The liminal state of academic freedom: navigating corporatization in higher education

    Article • Discover Education, January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  9. Residential Wind Loss Mitigation Case Study: An Analysis of Insurance Claim Data for Hurricane Michael

    Article • Climate, December 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  10. Research Trends in Resilience and Vulnerability Studies

    Article • Encyclopedia, September 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  11. Theme-Based Book Review: Public Administration in China

    Article • Public Organization Review, September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  12. Policy Transfer Framework in the Environmental Governance of Non-EU and EU Member Countries: A Comparative Analysis of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia

    Article • Sustainability, June 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  13. Impacts of Climate Change on Rural Communities: Vulnerability and Adaptation in the Global South

    Article • Encyclopedia, June 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  14. Theme-Based Book Review: The Future of Nonprofits

    Article • Public Organization Review, June 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  15. Disparity Studies: Isomorphic Discrimination?

    Article • The Review of Black Political Economy, March 2023, SAGE Publications

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  16. Prospects for Governance and Climate Change Resilience in Peatland Management in Indonesia

    Article • Sustainability, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  17. Theme-Based Book Review: Reform

    Article • Public Organization Review, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  18. Local Government Emergency Management

    Article • Encyclopedia, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  19. Newspaper Coverage of Government Contracting in the United States: Fueling a Narrative of Distrust and Incompetence

    Article • Journalism and Media, October 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  20. A Review of Telework in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned for Work-Life Balance?

    Article • COVID, October 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  21. Theme-Based Book Review: Risk and Uncertainty

    Article • Public Organization Review, September 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  22. Theme-based Book Review: Business, Government, and Neoliberalism

    Article • Public Organization Review, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  23. Diversity Management in the Public Sector for Sustainable, Inclusive Organizations: Ideals and Practices in Northwest Florida

    Article • Public Integrity, March 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  24. Theme-based Book Review: public policy problems, and solutions?

    Article • Public Organization Review, March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  25. Never in Our Imaginations: The Public Human Resources Response to COVID-19 in Northwest Florida

    Article • COVID, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  26. Theme-Based Book Review: Competence

    Article • Public Organization Review, December 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  27. Forging ahead or falling behind: the state of public participation in a ‘people-centred’ ASEAN

    Article • Journal of Asian Public Policy, November 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  28. Vaccine Hesitancy and Administrative Burden in the Australian National Immunisation Program: An Analysis of Twitter Discourse

    Article • Knowledge, October 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  29. Theme-Based Book Review: Shifting Views of Public Sector Corruption

    Article • Public Organization Review, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  30. Empowerment or Limitation? A Critical Exploration of American State Women-Owned Business Programs

    Article • Public Organization Review, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  31. A Review of Stillman’s Anthology, Dwight Waldo: Administrative Theorist for Our Times

    Article • International Journal of Public Administration, March 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  32. Theme-based Book Review: Government Capacity and Capability

    Article • International Journal of Public Administration, February 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  33. Theme-Based Book Review: Definition and Measurement

    Article • International Journal of Public Administration, January 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  34. Significant learning and public administration education: The impact of short-term courses

    Article • Teaching Public Administration, December 2020, SAGE Publications

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  35. The Best Disparity, or Lack Thereof, That Money Can Buy

    Article • The Review of Black Political Economy, November 2020, SAGE Publications

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  36. Public Information and Ultranationalism in Myanmar: A Thematic Analysis of Public and Private Newspaper Coverage

    Article • Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, October 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  37. Hydropower, development, and poverty reduction in Laos: promises realized or broken?

    Article • Asian Journal of Political Science, September 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  38. Theme-based Book Review: Instability and Reconsideration

    Article • International Journal of Public Administration, August 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  39. Supply Chain Manipulation, Misrepresentation, and Magical Thinking During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Article • The American Review of Public Administration, July 2020, SAGE Publications

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  40. Theme-based book review: the global south and complexity

    Article • International Journal of Public Administration, April 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  41. The Federal Aviation Administration Airport Improvement Program: Who Benefits?

    Article • Public Organization Review, February 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  42. Theme-Based Book Review: Inclusion, Social Cohesion, and Innovation

    Article • International Journal of Public Administration, February 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  43. Theme-based Book Review: Historical and Critical Perspectives on the EU

    Article • International Journal of Public Administration, January 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  44. Theme-Based Book Review: Public-Sector Corruption

    Article • International Journal of Public Administration, October 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  45. Theme-based Book Review: Critical Views of Public Administration in Practice and Research

    Article • International Journal of Public Administration, September 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  46. Theme-based Book Review: Resilience, Migration, and Global Health

    Article • International Journal of Public Administration, September 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  47. Full and Open Competition in Public Procurement: Values and Ethics in Contracting Opportunity

    Article • International Journal of Public Administration, September 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  48. Theme-Based Book Review: Disaster Management and Environmental Policy

    Article • International Journal of Public Administration, March 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  49. Theme-Based Book Review: Boundary Spanning

    Article • International Journal of Public Administration, February 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  50. Public Policy and Instrumentalism

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  51. Focus Event and Public Policy

    Article • December 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  52. Immigration Policy

    Article • December 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  53. Public Policy and Instrumentalism

    Article • November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  54. Theme-Based Book Review: Considering Work on Ethics in Immigration Policy, Corruption, and Executive/Administrative Practice

    Article • Public Organization Review, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  55. Theme-Based Book Review: Responding to Uncertainty and Complexity in Global Public Administration

    Article • International Journal of Public Administration, April 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  56. The Leading Edge of Ethics Leadership and Management: Recent Books

    Article • International Journal of Public Administration, February 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  57. Research on Immigration Policy in the European Union: A Review of Books

    Article • International Journal of Public Administration, January 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  58. Southeast Asian Environment Governance and Energy Transitions: An Essay on Recent Books

    Article • International Journal of Public Administration, January 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  59. Business Continuity

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  60. Competence in Bureaucracy

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  61. Compliance Versus Ethical Capacity

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  62. Disparity in Government Procurement

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  63. Economic Development Policy

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  64. Legitimacy in Public Administration

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  65. Rural Development

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  66. Semiotic Theory and Public Administration

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  67. Small Enterprises and Development

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  68. Is your store open? The importance of business-government communication in hazard events

    Article • November 2017, Center for Open Science

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  69. Performance Management for Learning, Reform, and Change: A Review of Three Recent Books

    Article • International Journal of Public Administration, March 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  70. Competence in Bureaucracy

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  71. Legitimacy in Public Administration

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  72. Small Enterprises and Development

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  73. Economic Development Policy

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  74. Rural Development

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  75. Business Continuity

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  76. Disparity in Government Procurement

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  77. Semiotic Theory and Public Administration

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  78. Book Review: Alberta Oil and the Decline of Democracy in Canada

    Article • International Journal of Rural Management, October 2016, SAGE Publications

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  79. Symbol and Substance in Local Government Workforce Development: First Source Hiring Programs

    Article • Public Integrity, September 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  80. Book Review: Entrepreneurship, small business and public policy: Evolution and revolutionBennettR. J. (2014). Entrepreneurship, small business and public policy: Evolution and revolution. New York, NY: Routledge. 188 pp. ISBN: 978-0-415-64540-9 (hb), U...

    Article • Economic Development Quarterly, January 2016, SAGE Publications

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  81. On Resilience and Change: Reviewing Collections, Edited by Liza Piper & Lisa Szabo-Jones, and Wayne J. Caldwell

    Article • The American Review of Canadian Studies, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  82. Compliance Versus Ethical Capacity

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  83. A Shepherd for the Naïve

    Article • SAGE Open, July 2015, SAGE Publications

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  84. The power of “small business” as pending narrative: an ideograph in UK politics 2004–2013

    Article • Social Semiotics, June 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  85. New York City’s Conflicts of Interest Law: Compliance Versus Ethical Capacity

    Article • Public Integrity, June 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  86. Alex Marland and Matthew Kerby, eds.,First among Unequals: The Premier, Politics, and Policy in Newfoundland and Labrador

    Article • The American Review of Canadian Studies, April 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  87. Environmental Policy in North America: Approaches, Capacity, and the Management of Transboundary Issues

    Article • The American Review of Canadian Studies, January 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  88. Book Review: Peter B.R. Hazell and Atiqur Rahman (eds), New Directions for Smallholder AgricultureHazellPeter B.R.RahmanAtiqur (eds), New Directions for Smallholder Agriculture, 2014, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 608 pp., £85.00 (hbk), ISBN 978...

    Article • Journal of Land and Rural Studies, January 2015, SAGE Publications

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  89. Public policy processes and the environment: implications for a sustainable future

    Article • Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal, October 2014, Emerald

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  90. Book Review: Anton Lucas and Carol Warren (Eds), Land for the People: The State and Agrarian Conflict in Indonesia

    Article • International Journal of Rural Management, October 2014, SAGE Publications

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  91. Deforestation and Transboundary Haze in Indonesia

    Article • Environment and Urbanization Asia, September 2014, SAGE Publications

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  92. Book Review: Mindy Kay Bricker (Ed.), The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Disaster: Investigating the Myth and Reality

    Article • Global Business Review, August 2014, SAGE Publications

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  93. The Governance of Energy Megaprojects: Politics, Hubris and Energy Security

    Article • Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, June 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  94. The 2011 flood in Minot (North Dakota, USA) and the role of faith-based and nonprofit groups in hazard event response and recovery

    Article • International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, June 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  95. Globalization, Political Institutions and the Environment in Developing Countries

    Article • Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, March 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  96. Local Disaster Resilience: Administrative and Political Perspectives by Ashley D. Ross. Routledge, New York, 2014, 1st edition, 298 pp, Hardback $130, ISBN 9780415823333.

    Article • Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, March 2014, Wiley

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  97. Toward Resilient Communities

    Article • November 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  98. The foundation and development of environmental governance in Singapore

    Article • Journal of Asian Public Policy, October 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  99. Reflections on Administrative Evil, Belief, and Justification in Khmer Rouge Cambodia

    Article • SAGE Open, April 2013, SAGE Publications

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson

  100. Hurricane Wilma and Long-Term Business Recovery in Disasters: The Role of Local Government Procurement and Economic Development

    Article • Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, January 2013, De Gruyter

    Dr Christopher L Atkinson