ASPA National Weblog

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Many things have sparked a renewed interest in the vetoing process as I think about accountability and holding elected officials to a higher standard while they make decisions for those who vote them in. I assumed that if I voted, the official would have my best interest in mind. This is just one example. Some good, some not so good.

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PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

JANUARY 19, 2017

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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Public Administration Voting Outreach Laws 40

Public Policy Blog

JUNE 16, 2013

Woodrow Wilson’s essay entitled “The Study of Administration” (1887) detailed the study of administration and has been viewed as the beginning of public administration as a field of study. It was this difference that became known as the politics-administration dichotomy. Image: Wikipedia.

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Leadership Elected Officials Public Administration Supervision 52