Mary Alice Haddad Proponents of the Green New Deal (GND) in the United States are facing a hostile political climate, and they should look to East Asia to discover how to achieve their goals, such as extensive investment in renewable energy, rapid development of smart grids, development of sustainable food systems, updated and extended public…
Edward B. Barbier In February 2019, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey introduced a joint resolution to Congress calling for a “Green New Deal” for the United States. It calls for massive government spending over the next 10 years to shift the U.S. economy away from polluting industries, embrace green infrastructure and produce 100%…
Nicole M. Elias @NicoleEliasPhD Maria J. D’Agostino @MJDPHD In January 2019 we invited public administration scholars to contribute to our spring blog series, Implications of the #MeToo Movement for Academia. We asked bloggers to respond to the following questions: What does #MeToo mean for the world of higher education? What are the issues, dynamics, power…
Roddrick Colvin Associate Professor of Public Administration San Diego State University Email: rcolvin@sdsu.edu Roddrick Colvin is an Associate Professor of Public Administration in the School of Public Affairs at San Diego State University, where he teaches courses in public administration and criminal justice. His current research interests include public employment equity, police officers’ shared perceptions…
Amanda Olejasrki Associate Professor in the Department of Public Policy and Administration at Westchester University Email: AOlejarski@wcupa.edu Dr. Amanda Olejarski is Associate Professor in the Department of Public Policy and Administration at West Chester University. She teaches courses in the MPA and DPA programs. Olejarski’s research interests include administrative discretion and communication, normative public policy…
By: Anonymous Authors Introduction “You won’t believe what he said to me. Please don’t tell anyone. Please don’t say anything to him.” Sexism takes many forms, and as a result impacts individuals, communities, and work spaces differently. As women working in a space where sexist discourse was often used in the protected space of an…
Symposium Editors: Gary Schwarz, SOAS, University of London (gary.schwarz@soas.ac.uk) Tom Christensen, University of Oslo (tom.christensen@stv.uio.no) Xufeng Zhu, Tsinghua University (zhuxufeng@tsinghua.edu.cn) Symposium Information In honor of the upcoming 75th anniversary of the publication of Herbert Simon’s seminal book “Administrative Behavior: A Study of Decision-Making Processes in Administrative Organizations,” first published in 1947, PAR will hold a…
Richard Greggory Johnson III, University of San Francisco The purpose of this blog is to discuss my thoughts on the Me Too Movement. First, I must address my involvement with women’s rights through the years. I have been a supporter of women’s rights all of my life. I watched my parents (mother and father) participate…
Sean McCandless Assistant Professor of Public Administration, University of Illinois Twitter: @seanmcc_pa Sean McCandless works as an assistant professor of public administration at the University of Illinois at Springfield. His current research focuses on the roles played by LGBTQ campus center directors as frontline bureaucrats combatting youth homelessness. Sean serves as the chair elect of…
Shilpa Viswanath Ph.D Candidate at Rutgers University Email: shilpa.viswanath@rutgers.edu Shilpa Viswanath is a Ph.D. candidate at Rutgers University – Newark. Her doctoral thesis looks at Public Sector Unionism in New Jersey and is being co-advised by Dr. Norma Riccucci and Dr. Stephanie Newbold. Shilpa is closely associated with American Society for Public Administration’s – Section…