Paul light biography

American political scientist

Paul C. Light is an American political scientist and Professor Emeritus of Public Service at New York University.

He is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution, known for his works on government reform, public service, veterans policy, social security, and social innovation.^[1] He is a winner of the Herbert Simon Award (APSA) for his book A Government Ill Executed: The Decline of the Federal Service and How to Reverse It.^[2]

Publications

• Government by Investigation: Congress, the President and the Search for Answers, 1945-2012, Brookings Institution Press/Governance Institute, 2014
• The Search for Social Entrepreneurship, Brookings Institution, 2008
• A Government Ill Executed: The Decline of the Federal Service and How to Reverse It, Harvard University Press, 2008,
• Sustaining Nonprofit Performance: The Case for Capacity Building and the Evidence to Support It, Brookings Institution, 2004