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Administrating Controversy

A Washington Post blog points out that the Heartland Institute is encouraging schools to present global warming as a controversial concept to…

Public Service Recognition Week Coming May 6-10, 2012

Public Service Recognition Week Coming May 6-10, 2012


Washington, DC–With just a week to go, ASPA is gearing up for Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW). We are excited about the…

Emerging Issues: Mr. Murray and the Decay of American Virtue: Inequality III

Emerging Issues: Mr. Murray and the Decay of American Virtue: Inequality III


Bill Barnes

Charles Murray’s new book, Coming Apart, is a lament—wrapped around some data and analysis—for an American community and individual qualities that never existed but…

Emerging Issues: Jeremiads on Class and the Nation’s Future: Inequality II

Emerging Issues: Jeremiads on Class and the Nation’s Future: Inequality II


Bill Barnes

There’s not much that’s cheerful in Charles Murray’s Coming Apart or Thomas Edsall’s Age of Austerity: no Fred and Ginger, no Ozzie…

Public Service Careers in Focus—Public Sector Careers: What You Should Know

Public Service Careers in Focus—Public Sector Careers: What You Should Know


This was a great session at ASPA's recent conference and I will work hard to try to get the Society to offer something similar at the 2013 Annual Conference in…

Author Responds to Comments on “Public Administration and the Prevailing Political Regime”


EDITOR'S NOTE: In a Comment on Bertone's PA TIMES Online article "Public Administration and the Prevailing Political Regime" published March 12,…

ASPA Webinar on Social Media and Government

ASPA Webinar on Social Media and Government



Washington, DC–Does your local government use social media? Or have you been hearing a lot about social media and still not sure how useful it is for governments?…

Doing for the Social Sciences what Darwin did for the Biological Sciences, Part 3


Due to its length, this article has been split into three pieces. Parts one and two of this article may be read by clicking the link in the Related Articles…

Doing for the Social Sciences what Darwin did for the Biological Sciences, Part 2


Due to its length, this article has been split into three pieces. Watch for the third piece, which discusses the author's Political Elasticity Theory in more detail, to…

Private Sector Ethics: The Key to Reviving Trust in Government?


To comment on this, or any article, click on Post A Comment below the article. To read other articles by this author, click on the links in the…

Doing for the Social Sciences what Darwin did for the Biological Sciences

Doing for the Social Sciences what Darwin did for the Biological Sciences


Due to its length, this article has been split into three pieces. Watch for the second piece, which discusses the author's own struggle to link public administration to…

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