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Sounds Good in Theory—South African Student Field Research in Local Communities
Students performing field research in vulnerable communities sounds good in theory. But if the results of their research never come to fruition, the vulnerable community may have been unintentionally exploited…
Gunning for Understanding: Facebook and the Gun Control Debate in America
Guns, an American Conversation has served to demonstrate that technology can be used for noble aims in democratic participation. Facebook’s ability to connect individuals who may have never otherwise met…
Celebrating the Fight for Women’s Suffrage: An Interview with Nancy Tate
Lauren Bock Mullins recently took time to interview Nancy Tate, former executive director of the national League of Women Voters, about her time at the League, the struggle for women…
Is the United States Government at Risk of Failing?
Over decades, the federal government’s workforce has been both burdened and demeaned, putting government at risk of simply failing in the face of a national crisis—or multiple domestic or foreign…
Gross National Happiness: An Alternate Way to Measure Wealth
Bhutan’s claim to fame must be the country’s innovative Gross National Happiness (GNH) policy. Instead of measuring the country’s total wealth in economic, materialistic terms, as our model of Gross…
Now Peruvian Millennials Are Killing the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals
Peruvian millennials are at the forefront of forging new avenues for public participation by empowering citizens to take ownership of their community’s development. The Millennials Movement (TMM) is a Peruvian…
Your Community, Your Choice: Participatory Budgeting in North Wales
Participatory budgeting has established itself as a leading democratic innovation, which gives the floor to those who previously had been outsiders in the political system. North Wales has embraced this…
Leading with the Lights On
As public administrators, we must challenge ourselves to be the change we want to see in others. This begins with enacting trust.…
Public Administration Education
Public administration education seeks to reduce the problematic issues that resonate within many government agencies. Education informs individuals and seeks to create a system that works for all. …
Striking the Right Note: Radio and Democracy in Nepal
In a country of 123 languages, 125 castes or ethnic groups and 10 religions, news dissemination in Nepal seems nearly impossible. Radio, more specifically local radio, is an effective method…
Has Motivated Reasoning Changed the Dynamics of Politics and Administration?
There are times where public managers recognize the need for a particular course of action that has minimal political or public support. How do managers overcome the political tendency…
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