Utvalgte vitenskaplige publikasjoner - Tom Christensen (2004-2008)

New Public Management: The Transformation of Ideas and Practice. Aldershot: Ashgate.(med Per Lægreid)

Reformer og lederskap. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.2002. (med P.Lægreid).

Organisasjonsteori for offentlig sektor. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. (med Lægreid,Roness og Røvik)

Organisationsteori för offentlig sektor. Liber 2005 (ISBN 91-47-07596-1).Bearbeidet svensk utgave av norsk bok fra 2004. (med P.Lægreid, P.G.Roness og K.A.Røvik)

Governmental Autonomization and Control: The Norwegian Way. Public Administration and Development 2004;24:129-135. (med P.Lægreid)

Public administration research in Norway: organization theory, institutionalism and empirical studies in a democratic context. Public Administration 2004;82(3):679-690. (med P. Lægreid).

The Politics of SARS - Rational Responses or Ambiguity, Symbols and Chaos? Policy and Society 2004;23(2):18-48. (med M.Painter).

Citizens and Consumers – A NPM Dilemma. Public Management Review, 2005, vol.7, no 2 (June): 225-246.(med J. D. Aberbach)

Trust in Government: The Relative Importance of Service Satisfaction, Political Factors, and Demography. Public Performance & Management Review, 2005,vol 28, no 4 (June): 487-511.(med P.Lægreid)

The Norwegian State Transformed? Western European Politics, 2005, vol. 28, no 4: 721-739.

Control politico y autonomia de gestion en las administraciones publicas noruegas. Foro Internacional 2005; Volum XLV.(4) s. 682-704.

El estado fragmentado: Los retos de combinar eficiencia, normas institucionales y democracia. Gestión y Política Pública 2005 ;Volum 14.(3) s. 557-598.(med P.Lægreid)

Autonomization and Policy Capacity - the Dilemmas and Challenges Facing Political Executives. In: M.Painter and J.Pierre (eds.), Challenges to Policy Capacity. Global Trends and Comparative Perspectives. Macmillan 2005 ISBN 1-4039-3583-1. s. 137-163.(med P.Lægreid)

Styring og autonomi. Organisasjonsformer i utlendingsforvaltningen (Steering and Autonomy.Organizational Forms in the Central Immigration Administration). Oslo: Scandinavian University Press. 2006 (med Per Lægreid og Arne Ramslien).

Smart Policy?. In M. Moran, M. Rein, and R. E. Goodin (eds.): The Oxford Handbook of Public Policy. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2006.

Staten og reformenes forunderlige verden (The State and the strange world of public reforms). Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift 2006;23(3):215-228.

Globalization of Administrative Reforms: The Dilemmas of Combining Political Control and Increased Institutional Autonomy. In A.Farazamand and J.Pinkowski (eds.): Handbook of Globalization, Governance, and Public Administration. New York: Taylor & Francis 2006 ( P.Lægreid).

Post-NPM reforms – whole-of-government as a new trend. Chinese Public Administration 2006(9):83-90.(P.Lægreid) (in Chinese)

Performance Management and Public Sector Reform: The Norwegian Hospital Reform. International Public Management Journal 2006;9(2):113-139.(P.Lægreid and I.M.Stigen)

Autonomy and regulation. Coping with agencies in the modern state. London: Edward Elgar. 2006. (redigert med Per Lægreid).

Agencification and regulatory reform. In Christensen and Lægreid (eds.): Autonomy and Regulation. Coping with agencies in the modern state. Edward Elgar Publishing 2006 ISBN 1845428595. s. 8-52.(med P.Lægreid)

Rebalancing the State: Reregulation and Reassertion of the Centre. In Christensen and Lægreid (eds.): Autonomy and Regulation. Coping with agencies in the modern state.. Edward Elgar Publishing 2006 ISBN 1845428595. s. 359-380.(med P.Lægreid)

X Transcending New Public Management. Aldershot: Ashgate. 2007(redigert med P.Lægreid)

Introduction - Theoretical Approach and Research Questions. In Christensen and Lægreid (eds.): Transcending New Public Management. Ashgate 2007 ISBN 978-0-7546-7117-6. s. 1-16.(med P.Lægreid)

Still Fragmented Government or Reassertion of the Centre?. In Christensen and Lægreid (eds.): Transcending New Public Management. Ashgate 2007 ISBN 978-0-7546-7117-6. s. 17-42.(med A.Lie og P.Lægreid).

Organizing Immigration - A Comparison of New Zealand and Norway. In Christensen and Lægreid (eds.): Transcending New Public Management. Ashgate 2007 ISBN 978-0-7546-7117-6. s. 111-134(med P.Lægreid)

Organization Theory for the Public Sector. London: Routledge. 2007 (med P.Lægreid, P.G.Roness og K.A.Røvik).

The Challenges of Modernizing Tax Administration: Putting Customers First in Coercive Public Organizations. Public Policy and Administration 2007 ;Volume 22.(2) s. 155-182.(med J.Aberbach).

Regulatory Agencies - The Challenge of Balancing Agency Autonomy and Political Control. Governance. An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions 2007 ;Volume 20.(3) s. 499-520.(med P.Lægreid)

Forvaltning og politikk. Universitetsforlaget 2007 (ISBN 978-82-15-01199-8).2.revidert utgave.(med M.Egeberg,H.O.Larsen, P.Lægreid og P.G.Roness)

The Whole-of-Government Approach to Modernization. In H.Hill (ed.): Modernizing Government in Europe. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft 2007 ISBN 978-3-8329-2799-8. s. 237-254.(med P.Lægreid)

Reform of the employment and welfare administrations - The challenges of co-coordinating diverse public organizations. International Review of Administrative Sciences 2007 ;Volume 73(3) s. 389-408.(med A.L.Fimreite og P.Lægreid)

Den regionale organiseringa av Noreg - embetsmannsstaten vender tilbake? Ein forvaltningspolitisk analyse (The regional organizing of Norway – the civil servants’ state reemerging? A administrative-political analysis). In P.K.Mydske, D.H.Claes and A.Lie (eds.): Nyliberalisme - ideer og politisk virkelighet (Neo-liberalism – ideas and political reality). Universitetsforlaget 2007 ISBN 978-82-15-01162-2. s. 105-127.(med H.Baldersheim)

Nyliberalisme og forvaltningspolitikk - frå modernisering til fornying? (Neo-liberalism and administrative policy – from modernizing to renewal?) -. In P.K.Mydske, D.H.Claes and A.Lie (eds.): Nyliberalisme - ideer og politisk virkelighet (Neo-liberalism – ideas and political reality). Universitetsforlaget 2007 ISBN 978-82-15-01162-2. s. 87-104.(med A.Lie)

The whole-of-government approach to public sector reform. PAR. Public Administration Review 2007 ;Volume 67. s. 1059-1066.(med P.Lægreid)

Post New Public Management Reforms - Exploring the 'Whole of Government' Approach to Public Reform. In: A.M.Bissessar (ed.),Rethinking the Reform Question. Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2007 ISBN 9781847183972. s. 24-45.(med P.Lægreid)

Reformas Post Nueva Gestoin Publicia. Gestión y Política Pública 2007 ;Volum 16.(2) s. 539-564.(med P.Lægreid)

Beyond New Public Management: Agencification and Regulatory Reform in Norway. Financial Accountability and Management 2008;Volume 24.(1) s. 15-30.(med A.Lie og P.Lægreid)

NPM and beyond - structure, culture and demography. International Review of Administrative Sciences 2008;Volume 74.(1) s. 7-23.(med P.Lægreid)

The study of public management in Norway. Combination of organization theory and political science.. In W.Kickert (ed.): The Study of Public Management in Europe and the US. Routledge 2008 ISBN 0-415-44386-5. s. 99-121.(med P.Lægreid)

The Challenge of Coordination in Central Government Organizations: The Norwegian Case. Public Organization Review, DOI 10.1007/s11115-008-0058-3 (med P.Lægreid).

The Development of Public Institutions Reconsidering the Role of Leadership. Administration & Society Volume 40 Number 3,May 2008: 271-297.(med A.Boin)

Administrative reform in China's central government - how much 'learning from the West'?. International Review of Administrative Sciences 2008; Volum 74.(3) s. 351-371
(med Dong Lisheng og Martin Painter)

Modern Regulatory Policy - Ideals and Practice.. Policy & Society: Journal of public, foreign and global policy 2008 ;Volum 26.(4) s. 19-38.(med Per Lægreid)

The regulatory orthodoxy in practice. I U.Sverdrup og J.Trondal (red.) The Organizational Dimension of Politics - Essays in Honour of Morten Egeberg. Fagbokforlaget 2008 ISBN 978-82-450-0709-1. pp.41-65 (med Per Lægreid)

Development of the Norwegian Civil Service System - Gradual Transformation of the Centralized State. I: Approaches to Administrative Reform in Select Countries. A Civil Service Perspective. Icfai University Press 2009 ISBN 978-81-314-2156-7. s. 142-162.(med Per Lægreid)