Public Administration Review
Volume 72 | Number 1
January | February 2012
Editorial by James L. Perry (pp. 3-8) Full Article (HTML) PDF
Honorable Elmer B. Staats: Exemplar of the Golden Era of American Public Administration by Chester A. Newland (pp. 9-10) Full Article (HTML) PDF
PERSPECTIVE
ARTICLES
Public Administration and the Disciplines
Bradley E. Wright, Editor
Reflections on Vincent Ostrom, Public Administration, and Polycentricity by Michael D. McGinnis and Elinor Ostrom (pp. 15-25) Abstract Full Article (HTML) PDF
Theory to Practice
Donald P. Moynihan, Editor
Reputation and Public Administration by Daniel P. Carpenter and George A. Krause (pp. 26-32) Abstract Full Article (HTML) PDF
Anarchy as a Model for Network Governance by T. Aaron Wachhaus (pp.33-42) Abstract Full Article (HTML) PDF
Public Values in Special Districts: A Survey of Managerial Commitment by Evan M. Berman and Jonathan P. West (pp. 43-54) Abstract Full Article (HTML) PDF
Commentary: "Public Values in Special Districts: A Survey of Managerial Commitment" by Gary K. Wallace (pp.54-55) Full Article (HTML) PDF
Defining and Achieving Normative Democratic Values in Participatory Budgeting Processes by Doralyn Rossmann and Elizabeth A. Shanahan (pp.56-66) Abstract Full Article (HTML) PDF
Commentary: "Defining and Achieving Normative Democratic Values in Participatory Budgeting Processes" by Natalie "Nikki" Krawitz (pp. 66-67) Full Article (HTML) PDF
Cognitive Biases in Governing: Technology Preferences in Election Administration by Donald P. Moynihan and Stéphane Lavertu (pp.68-77) Abstract Full Article (HTML) PDF
Globalizing Public Administration: Today's Research and Tomorrow's Agenda by Nilima Gulrajani and Kim Moloney (pp.78-86) Abstract Full Article (HTML) PDF
Survey Research in Public Administration: Assessing Mainstream Journals with a Total Survey Error Framework by Geon Lee, Jennifer Benoit-Bryan, and Timothy P. Johnson (pp. 87-97) Abstract Full Article (HTML) PDF
Policy and Organizational Change in the Federal Aviation Administration: The Ontogenesis of a High Reliability Organization by Patrick D. O'Neil and Dale Krane (pp. 98-111) Abstract Full Article (HTML) PDF
Playing the Wrong PART: The Program Assessment Rating Tool and the Functions of the President's Budget by Joseph White (pp. 112-121) Abstract Full Article (HTML) PDF
Commentary: "Playing the Wrong PART: The Program Assessment Rating Tool and the Functions of the President's Budget" by Barry Anderson (pp. 121-122) Full Article (HTML) PDF
How Credible Is the Evidence, and Does It Matter? An Analysis of the Program Assessment Rating Tool by Carolyn J. Heinrich (pp. 123-134) Abstract Full Article (HTML) PDF
The Evaluation of Performance in the Mexican Federal Government: A Study of the Monitoring Agencies' Modernization Process by David Arellano-Gault (pp. 135-142) Abstract Full Article (HTML) PDF
BOOK REVIEWS
Sonia M. Ospina and Rogan Kersh, Editors
Academic Public Administration Flunks Final Exam by Gary L. Wamsley (pp. 143-151) Full Article (HTML) PDF
Book reviewed: Public Administration's Final Exam: A Pragmatist Restructuring of the Profession and the Discipline, by Michael M. Harmon
The Quest for Public Value by Angel Saz-Carranza (pp. 152-153) Full Article (HTML) PDF
Book reviewed: Public Value: Theory & Practice, by John Benington and Mark H. Moore (2011)
African Customs in Neoliberal Times by Tobias Hagmann (pp. 153-155) Full Article (HTML) PDF
Book reviewed: Neoliberal Frontiers: An Ethnography of Sovereignty in West Africa, by Brenda Chalfin (2010)
Toward Further Humanization of Public Administration Theory by Deneen M. Hatmaker (pp. 156-158) Full Article (HTML) PDF
Book reviewed: Emotional Labor and Crisis Response: Working on the Razor's Edge, by Sharon H. Mastracci, Mary E. Guy, and Meredith A. Newman (2011)
The Great Recession, Unemployment, and the Need for a Public Jobs Program by G. Jason Jolley (pp. 158-160) Full Article (HTML) PDF
Book reviewed: The Roller Coaster Economy: Financial Crisis, Great Recession and the Public Option, by Howard J. Sherman (2009)
Complementarity, Integration, and Responsiveness: Making E-Government Work in Developing Nations by Robert C. Richards, Jr. (pp. 160-162) Full Article (HTML) PDF
Book Reviewed: Transforming Government and Building the Information Society: Challenges and Opportunities for the Developing World, by Nagy K. Hanna (2010)
Restating the Relevance of Comparative Public Administration by Marc Holzer and Jyldyz Kasymova (pp. 162-164) Full Article (HTML) PDF
Book Reviewed: Globalism and Comparative Public Administration, by Jamil Jreisat (2012)
CALLS FOR PAPERS
Call for Special Issue 2013
The Health Care Crucible Post-Reform: Challenges for Public Administration (p. 165) Full Call (HTML) PDF
Call for Special Issue 2014
Creating Public Value in a Multi-Sector, Shared-Power World (pp. 166-167) Full Call (HTML) PDF
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