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The Challenge of the City Manager: Being a Rational Actor in an Irrational Time
Over the past few weeks I have interviewed city managers across Wisconsin about their experiences governing during COVID-19. Not surprisingly, all say the past 18 months have been challenging.…
Study War No More
As public administrators, we must understand that only talking about democracy is a cruel deception of stability if real democracy had never been implemented or practiced.…
Water, A User’s Guide. Part Three: Infrastructure
The quantity and quality of water are essential to the economic and political health and safety of a country and its citizens.…
The “Whole Community”—Those Unruly Teenagers
Here I suggest that in the never-ending effort to engage the community, we cannot neglect our executives. I will share three broad lessons about executive engagement that I’ve seen repeated…
Local Government Manager Education Needs to Provide a Broad Range of Skills and Abilities
Whether advising the council on technical matters or establishing effective interpersonal relationships, the more managers can be prepared for their roles, the more effectively they will perform.…
COVID-19’s Impact and Public Administration
What are the long-term national and international impacts of COVID-19 on our society? Will the pandemic lead to sweeping cultural and political change both in the United States and the…
Defunding School Police Officers: A Back-to-School Experiment
School Resource Officers (SROs) have been a mainstay in public schools for decades, but that is quickly changing. Will the movement to eliminate school police create safer schools, or will…
A Carbon Tax for Reducing Emissions in the Electricity Sector
This article evaluates the short-term impact of instituting a carbon tax in the electricity sector, an approach that can help the current administration achieve competing goals. …
Critical Race Theory is Not the Enemy. Racism is the Enemy.
If we are too afraid to confront racist acts or systems of oppression, we will never get to the root of the problem. …
What About Fixing Government’s Infrastructure? Positive Public Administration Scholarship
We have much research on what doesn’t work in government. Now, let’s see what works in better managing government organizations and delivering government services.…
Deinstitutionalization, Transinstitutionalization and Reinstitutionalization
The public administration of care for the mentally ill cannot continue to be the responsibility of local communities or the prison system.…
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