Peterson PE, Greenstone DJ. Race and Authority in Urban Politics: Community Participation and the War on Poverty. Russell Sage; 1973. Website

Urban Politics and Public Policy: The City in Crisis. (Peterson PE, David SM). Praeger; 1973. Website

Peterson PE. School Politics Chicago Style. (University of Chicago Press; 1976. Website

Peterson PE. City Limits. University of Chicago Press; 1981. Website

Peterson PE. Making the Grade: Federal Policy and American Education. Twentieth Century Fund; 1983. Website

Peterson PE. The Politics of School Reform, 1870-1940. University of Chicago Press; 1985. Website

The New Urban Reality. (Peterson PE). Brookings Institution Press; 1985. Website

The New Direction in American Politics. (Peterson PE, Chubb JE). Brookings Institution Press; 1985. Website

Peterson PE, Rabe B, Wong K. When Federalism Works. Brookings Institution Press; 1986. Website

Can the Government Govern?. (Peterson PE, Chubb JE). Brookings Institution Press; 1989. Website

Peterson PE, Rom MC. Welfare Magnets: A Case for a National Welfare Standard. Brookings Institution Press; 1990. Website

The Urban Underclass. (Peterson PE, Jencks C). Brookings Institution Press; 1991. Website

Peterson PE. The President, the Congress, and the Making of Foreign Policy. University of Oklahoma Press; 1994. Website

Peterson PE. The Price of Federalism. Brookings Institution Press; 1995. Website

Classifying by Race. (Peterson PE). University of Princeton Press; 1995. Website