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Public Administration in Rural America
We, as co-citizen investors in our country, need to create and introduce solid systemic action that will level the critical knowledge playing field, so to speak. …
Ushering Reforms in Civil Services Capacity Building in India Through Mission Karmayogi
The reform of civil services is meant to raise the quality of public services delivered to the citizens and enhance the capacity to carry out core government functions, thereby, leading…
A Moral Reawakening: Understanding Landscape as Text
What is needed to confront the existential menace posed by global warming is a transformative moral reawakening—a renaissance that treats the mountains as hallowed trust, the waters as the revered…
Public Administration in “Post-Democracy” America: Part 2—Knowing Good from Evil
A loss of democratic consent means that public administrators are automatically embedded in a political system, not an administrative one, and therefore those in administration who continue to serve evil…
Make Moving Fun: Reducing Nonfinancial Barriers to Homeownership
Purchasing a house, townhouse, condominium or an apartment is an economic transaction, but it is also more than that...desirability and enjoyment of homeownership are also worthwhile objectives.…
Searching for the Common Good
In a time where political discourse is dominated by partisan talking points and outright trolling, it is up to the administrative state to build trust by demonstrating competence.…
An Approach to Reparations for Black Americans
We need to think of reparations as an aggressive investment in programs that would better enable all Black people to successfully compete in the socio-economic system. …
Democracy, Change and Montesquieu: A Way Forward for Public Administration
Democracies offer possibilities of the re-imagination of places, spaces and leaders and in doing so, it gives the community meaning and value. …
Strategic Testing: The Importance of Ongoing Biosurveillance to the Future of Health Security
Political leaders promoting policies that would limit available information about current, as well as future threats, hinders recommendations for the future and puts vulnerable populations at risk.…
Envisioning a Cohesive Health Care System
An integrated system design recommended by Dr. Michael Fine meets the Lean criteria—more efficient, better customer value—potentially placing it at the core of a more functional, cost-effective and humane health…
Understanding Community and Social Equity in Emergency Management
In this column, I am exploring the importance of "understanding community" as a driver of social equity, which brings in higher concepts of common purpose, togetherness and intentionality of engagement.…
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