Weaver, R(obert) Kent
WEAVER, R(obert) Kent
WEAVER, R(obert) Kent. American, b. 1953. Genres: Politics/Government. Career: Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, research fellow in Governmental Studies Program, 1979-80, research associate, 1983-87, senior fellow in Governmental Studies Program, 1987-; Ohio State University, Columbus, instructor in political science, 1981-83; Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, adjunct professor at Centre of Canadian Studies, 1984; Georgetown University, adjunct professor, 1990-; Johns Hopkins University, Homewood Campus, visiting associate professor, 1991. Publications: The Politics of Industrial Change: Railway Policy in North America, 1985; Automatic Government: The Politics of Indexation, 1988; Ending Welfare as We Know It, 2000. EDITOR: (with B. Rockman, and contrib.) Do Institutions Matter? Government Capabilities in the United States and Abroad, 1992; (and contrib.) The Collapse of Canada?, 1992; (with W.T. DIckens) Looking before We Leap, 1995; (with J. McGann) Think Tanks and Civil Societies, 2000; (with P. Stares) Guidance for Governance, 2001; (with I.V. Sawhill, R. Haskins, and A. Kane) Welfare Reform and Beyond, 2002. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor to political science journals. Address: Governmental Studies Program, Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036, U.S.A.