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December 2016 | Does Public Administration Want Diversity…Really? By Leisha DeHart Davis

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

Gasman’s op-ed raises the same question for the public administration field: do we really want diversity? To shed light on the validity of these assumptions, I invited comments through an anonymous Qualtrics survey posted on twitter, the Academic Women in Public Administration email list, and PMRA’s listserv.

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WHAT DO – OR DON’T – THE FEDS DO?

Barrett & Greene

But as a recently released report from the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) , points out that, the feds aren’t the only level of government that must be involved in meaningful solutions. That’s true in large part because adapting infrastructure to climate change is fundamentally a local government issue.

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10 Interesting Facts About the History of Public Administration

Masters in Public Administration

Public administration has a rich history that dates back to the Greeks. Public administration is putting laws in action to better serve a civilization and the public. Here’s a look at 10 interesting facts about the history of public administration. At this time the U.S.

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Fresh Blogging: The Top 50 Clean Air Advocacy Blogs

Masters in Public Administration

Clean Energy Fuels One of the last ways we vote is with our dollar, so learn about the companies that run their delivery trucks using clean fuels. This blog follows clean energy news and discusses developments and laws on the topic. See how this pro puts away canned items to get her family through the winter. Let us count the ways!

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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

While journalists covered the Occupy Wall Street and Tea Party movements exhaustively, the body of literature in the academic world is still relatively small in examining outcomes based on these social movements; even smaller in public administration and political science emphasized journals.