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10 Interesting Facts About the History of Public Administration

Masters in Public Administration

It is also at this time that politician’s begin a very loose version of campaigning to expose ideas and platforms in order to gain a place in office. In modern voting, this process is often called the political machine and is now done in a less blatant way. We all know Alexander the Great wasn’t a guy who messed around.

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Technical Leadership Needs Advance The Politics-Administration Dichotomy

Public Policy Blog

It’s through the strategy and policy produced by elected officials, that administrative professionals translate, create context for, and craft these campaign promises into actual deliverable results to the publics and constituencies. Image: Wikipedia. All hope is not lost, however, since there are “hundreds who are wise.” Manager relations.

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

It doesn’t take long before thousands of Facebook users join these pages (Fieser, 2009). Not surprisingly, there is growing scholarly interest in the mediation of activism and political campaigning. In the past there was nowhere for this kind of sentiment to go. Now it collects, solidifies and expresses itself online.

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The Social Media President – @POTUS final #SOTU

Public Policy Blog

Why “meeting people where they are” matters: 1) We are generally a passive voting audience, if you meet us where we are, in theory we are more likely to participate – right? Right from the start of his campaign cycle up to his end, social media will have played a key part in his role as leader and figurehead. Why or why not?