Widgetized Section

Go to Admin » Appearance » Widgets » and move Gabfire Widget: Social into that MastheadOverlay zone

Home » Archives by category » Columns (Page 77)

Managing the Known-Unknowns: A Review on Public Service’s Responses to Emergencies, Crises and Environmental Threats

Managing the Known-Unknowns: A Review on Public Service’s Responses to Emergencies, Crises and Environmental Threats

Environmental problems, along with the growing challenges they present, are likely to be on our agenda for years to come. The lessons from recent disasters suggested that existing policy practices…

COVID-19 Programs for the Middle Class; The Quandary for Public Administration

COVID-19 Programs for the Middle Class; The Quandary for Public Administration

With vast sums of money flowing to programs intended to build the middle class, traditional questions come to mind. Why are we doing this, what do we want to accomplish…

Political Landscapes Are Changing

Political Landscapes Are Changing

It is vital to the survival of our humanity that we partner between party lines to develop a better ideology as a nation and work together in defining who we…

COVID-19, Public Health and the Use of Sanctions and Incentives

COVID-19, Public Health and the Use of Sanctions and Incentives

What can be done to increase the rate of COVID-19 vaccination and use of the mask as an extra layer of protection? …

The Practitioner’s Doctorate and Advancing Public Service

The Practitioner’s Doctorate and Advancing Public Service

While MPA/MPP students have a relatively open route toward doctoral paths through Ph.D. programs, the path forward for practitioners seeking doctorate-level education is much narrower. This suggests there is room…

Revisiting Parent Perceptions of Child Vaccinations

Revisiting Parent Perceptions of Child Vaccinations

As policymakers and public health officials encourage parents to vaccinate their children, understanding reasons for and against child vaccination will be important in public messaging.…

Rebuilding the Federal Government Through Better Training

Rebuilding the Federal Government Through Better Training

The federal government needs to ensure that agency employees receive the training they need to do their jobs better and serve the American public.…

Beware—Public Administrators Can Go Hangry

Beware—Public Administrators Can Go Hangry

What arrangements are there in our public service organizations that take care of employees’ eating requirements? Are lunch breaks standard practice in all public organizations on a global level?…

The Pandemic, Temporality and Complexity in Public Policy

The Pandemic, Temporality and Complexity in Public Policy

Problems do not respect nations, states or other political-administrative borders. Social problems are so complex because they challenge planning horizons traditionally limited to the duration of government cycles.…

COP-26: How Can India Negotiate a Truce Between Climate Change and Development?

COP-26: How Can India Negotiate a Truce Between Climate Change and Development?

Poverty reduction and climate protection are interdependent challenges that share common characteristics.…