Dr. Richard Waterman has published articles in the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Legislative Studies Quarterly, the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, and other political science journals.
Area of Specialization - The Presidency, The Article II of US Constitution, The Bureaucracy, Public Policy, Film and Politics
Articles:
Waterman, Richard W. 2024. “The Initiator or Responder in Chief? Reconciling Two Prominent Theories of Presidential Power.” Social Science Quarterly. 105 (7): 2067-2079.
Waterman, Richard W., Sherelle Roberts, Yu Ouyang, and Seth Shockley. 2024. “How America’s 18th and 19th Century Presidents Invoked Power.” Congress and the Presidency. 51 (2): 123-147.
Waterman, Richard W. and Yu Ouyang. 2020. “Rethinking Loyalty and Competence in Presidential Appointments.” Public Administration Review. 80 (No. 5): 717-732.
Waterman, Richard W. 2019. “The Dark Side of the Farce: Racism in Early Cinema, 1894-1915. Politics, Groups, and Identities. 9 (4): 784-806.
Warber, Adam, Yu Ouyang, and Richard W. Waterman. 2017. “Landmark Executive Orders: Presidential Leadership Through Unilateral Action.” Presidential Studies Quarterly. 47 (4): 124-134.
Ouyang, Yu, Evan T. Haglund, and Richard W. Waterman. 2017. “The Missing Element: Examining the Loyalty-Competence Nexus in Presidential Appointments.” Presidential Studies Quarterly. 47: (1): 62-91.
Waterman, Richard W., John Bretting, and Joseph Stewart. 2015. “The Politics of U. S. Ambassadorial Appointments: From the Court of St. James to Burkina Faso.” Social Science Quarterly. 96: (2): 503-322.
Ouyang, Yu and Richard W. Waterman. 2015. “How Legislative (In)Activity Impacts Executive Unilateralism: A Supply and Demand Theory of Presidential Unilateralism.” Congress and the Presidency. 42: 317-241.
Lewis, David and Richard W. Waterman. 2013. “The Invisible Presidential Appointments: An Examination of Appointments to the Department of Labor, 2001-2011.” Presidential Studies Quarterly. 43 (1): 35-57.
Olson, Jeremiah, Yu Ouyang, John Poe, Austin Trantham, and Richard W. Waterman. 2012. “The Teleprompter Presidency: Comparing Obama’s Campaign and Governing Rhetoric.” Social Science Quarterly. 93: Special Volume: 1402-1423.
Randazzo, Kirk A., Richard W. Waterman, and Michael P. Fix. 2011. “State Supreme Courts and the Effects of Statutory Constraint: A Test of the Model of Contingent Discretion.” Political Research Quarterly. 64 (4): 779-789.
Randazzo, Kirk A. and Richard W. Waterman. 2011. “Statutory Influences on the U. S. Supreme Court: The Effects of Constraint and Discretion.” Justice Systems Journal. 32 (4): 269-292.
Walker, Lee D. and Richard W. Waterman. 2010. “Gubernatorial Elections and Attitudes Toward the Police: State Elections as Focusing Events.” Electoral Studies. 29 (1): 117-127.
Waterman, Richard W. 2009. “The Administrative Presidency, Unilateral Power, and the Unitary Executive Theory.” Presidential Studies Quarterly. 39 (1): 5-9; Reprinted in James P. Piffner and Roger H. Davidson (eds.). 2011. Understanding the Presidency. New York: Pearson: 244-249.
Walker, Lee D. and Richard W. Waterman. 2008. “Elections as Focusing Events: Explaining Attitudes Toward the Police and the Government in Comparative Perspective.” Law and Society Review. 42 (2): 337-365.
Carol L. Silva, Richard W. Waterman, and Hank C. Jenkins-Smith. 2007. “Why Did Clinton Survive the Impeachment Crisis? A Test of Three Explanations.” Presidential Studies Quarterly. 37 (3): 468-485.
Randazzo, Kirk A., Richard W. Waterman, and Jeffrey A. Fine. 2006. “Checking the Federal Courts: The Impact of Congressional Statutes on Judicial Behavior.” Journal of Politics. 68 (November): 1103-1114.
Jenkins-Smith, Hank C., Carol L. Silva, and Richard W. Waterman. 2005. “Micro and Macro Models of the Presidential Expectations Gap.” Journal of Politics. 67 (August): 690-715.
Gill, Jeff and Richard W. Waterman. 2004. “Solidary and Functional Costs: Explaining the Presidential Appointment Contradiction.” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. 14 (December): 547-569.
Waterman, Richard W., Hank C. Jenkins-Smith, and Carol L. Silva. 1999. “The Expectations Gap Thesis: Public Attitudes toward an Incumbent President.” Journal of Politics. 61 (November): 944-966.
Waterman, Richard W. and Amelia A. Rouse. 1999. “The Determinants of the Perceptions of Political Control of the Bureaucracy and the Venues of Influence.” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. 9 (October): 527-569.
Waterman, Richard W. and Kenneth J. Meier. 1998. “Principal-Agent Models: An Expansion?” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. 8 (April): 173-202.
Waterman, Richard W., Amelia A. Rouse, and Robert L. Wright. 1998. “The Venues of Influence: A New Theory of Political Control of the Bureaucracy.” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. 8 (January): 13-38.
Waterman, Richard W. 1996. “Storm Clouds on the Political Horizon: George Bush at the Dawn of the 1992 Presidential Election.” Presidential Studies Quarterly. XXVI (Spring): 337-49.
Wood, B. Dan and Richard W. Waterman. 1993. “The Dynamics of Political-Bureaucratic Adaptation.” American Journal of Political Science. 37 (May): 497-528.
Waterman, Richard W. and B. Dan Wood. 1993. “Policy Monitoring and Policy Analysis.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 12 (Fall): 685-699.
Waterman, Richard W. and B. Dan Wood. 1992. “What Do We Do with Applied Research?” PS: Political Science & Politics. (September): 559-564.
Hunter, Susan and Richard W. Waterman. 1992. "Determining an Agency's Regulatory Style: How Does the EPA Water Office Enforce the Law?” Western Political Quarterly. 45 (June): 401-417.
Wood, B. Dan and Richard W. Waterman. 1991. “The Dynamics of Political Control of the Bureaucracy.” American Political Science Review. 85 (September): 801-828.
Waterman, Richard W., Bruce Oppenheimer, and James Stimson. 1991. “Sequence and Equilibrium in Congressional Elections: An Integrated Approach.” Journal of Politics. 53 (May): 372-393.
Waterman, Richard W. 1990. “Institutional Realignment: The Composition of the U. S. Congress.” Western Political Quarterly. 43 (March): 81-92.
Waterman, Richard W. 1990. “Comparing Senate and House Electoral Outcomes: The Exposure Thesis.” Legislative Studies Quarterly. XV (February): 99-114.
Oppenheimer, Bruce, James Stimson, and Richard W. Waterman. 1986. “Interpreting U.S. Congressional Elections: The Exposure Thesis.” Legislative Studies Quarterly. XI (May): 227-247. Reprinted in Silbey, Joel H. (Ed.) 1991. The Congress of the United States 1789-1989. Volume 4, The United States Congress: The Electoral Connection, 1789-1989. Brooklyn: Carlson Publishing Company.
Frendreis, John and Richard W. Waterman. 1985. “PAC Contributions and Legislative Behavior: Senate Voting on Trucking Deregulation.” Social Science Quarterly. 66, 2 (June): 401-412.