Douglas Yates, The politics of management: [exploring the inner working of public and private organizations], 1^e éd., Jossey-Bass, 1985, The Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series, 269 p. 

Douglas Yates, Bureaucratic democracy: the search for democracy and efficiency in American government, Harvard University, 1982, 224 p. 

Douglas Yates, Richard R. Nelson (dir.), Innovation and implementation in public organizations, Lexington Books, 1978, 186 p. 

Douglas Yates, The ungovernable city: the politics of urban problems and policy making, 1^e éd., MIT Press, 1977, MIT studies in American politics and public policy, 219 p. 

Douglas Yates, Robert K. Yin, Street-level governments: assessing decentralization and urban services, Lexington Books, 1975, 276 p. 

Douglas Yates, Neighborhood democracy: the politics and impacts of decentralization, Lexington Books, 1973, 202 p. 

Douglas Yates, Franz Grillparzer: a critical biography, B. Blackwell, 1964 

Douglas Yates, Goethe's (and Grillparzer's) cryptic 'S', Univ. Press, 1933, English Goethe Society: Publications, 118 p. 

Douglas Yates, Der Kontrast zwischen Kunst und Leben bei Grillparzer, E. Ebering, 1929, Germanische studien, 96 p.