* Dixon-Yates: A Study in Power Politics
* The Politics of the Budgetary Process
* Governmental Budgeting: A Reader on Policy and Process
* Budgeting and Governing
* The Remaking of American Politics: Institutions and Society
* Speaking Truth to Power: The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis
* The Search for Safety: A Study of Risk-Taking and the Nuclear-Power Controversy
* Learning to Design: Creating Educational Software
* The Rise of the American Welfare State: From Social Problem to Political Issue
Articles
* "Political Implications of Budgetary Reform" (1961)
* "The Two Presidencies" (1966)
* "On the Study of Policy" (1970)
* "The New Politics of the Budgetary Process" (1975)
* "American Politics: The Classical Age to the Third Century" (1983)
* "Risk and Learning" (1988)
* "Policy Design as a Craft" (1992)
* "The Public as Debtor: The Changing Role of the American States" (1995)
Other Writings
* Essays in Political Science
* The Politics of Regulation: A Comparative Perspective
* The Welfare State in Transition
* The Rational Choice Theory of Politics
* The Presidency: A Comparative Perspective