Michael S. Dukakis
Democratic Party Nominee for President of the United States, 1988
Distinguished Professor
J.D., Harvard University
327 Meserve Hall
(617) 373-4396
(617) 373-5311 (fax)
m.dukakis@neu.edu
Areas of Study
Public Policy, Health Policy and Politics, State and Local Government, Public Management
Selected Publications
- Leader-Managers in the Public Sector: Managing for Results;
M.E. Sharpe, 2010 ( with John Portz)
- How to Get into Politics-and Why: A Reader.
?Boston, MA: Great Source Education Group, 2000 (with Paul Simon)
- “The Governors and Health Policymaking” in Hackney and Rochefort,?
The New Politics of State Health Policy
?(2001)
- “The Problem is Not the Phone Calls: It’s the Special Interest Money.”?
Journal of Legislation
?24:2 (1998)
- “A Governor Looks at Purchase of Service” in Margaret Gibelman and Harold W. Demone, Jr.,?
Private Solutions to Public Problems.
?Springer Publishing Company, 1996
- “Improving the Electoral Process: A Summary of Issues and Some Recommended Proposals” in?
Improving the Electoral Process, National Conference on Improving the Electoral Process,
?Northeastern University,1995
- “Health Care Reform: Blueprints for Progress from the States.”?
Compensation and Benefits Management
?9:2 (Spring 1993)
- “Learning from the Aloha State.”?
Journal of American Health Policy
?2:1 (1992)
- “The States and Health Care Reform.”?
New England Journal of Medicine
?(8 October 1992)
Selected Professional Activities
- Democratic Party Nominee for President of the United States, 1988
- Governor of Massachusetts, 1975-1979, 1983-1991
- Voted Most Effective Governor in U.S., National Governor’s Association, 1986
- Vice-Chair, Amtrak Reform Board, 1998-2003.
- Visiting Professor, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
- Board Member, Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center
- Board Member, The Free for All Fund
- Board Member, The New England Center for Children
Recent and Current Courses Taught
Undergraduate
- POLS 3307 Public Policy and Administration
Graduate
- POLS 7305 Institutional Leadership and the Public Manager
- POL 7321 Health Policy and Politics