Dear Colleagues:
Some of you may be interested in the special issue of Public Administration Review on "The Future of Public Administration in 2020" that was just published. For a limited period of time, the full issue may be viewed and downloaded free of charge at:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/puar.2010.70.issue-s1/issuetoc
Authors include: Doug Wolf, Bidya Anna Amirkhanyan, Walter Broadnax, Jonathan Koppell, George Abonyi, Tina Nabatchi, Al Roberts, Pat Ingraham, Phil Joyce, Scott Pattison, David Rosenbloom, Peter Robertson, Taehyon Choi, Sanjeev Khagram, Craig Thomas, Rebecca Nesbit, Jeff Brudney, David Reingold, Les Lenkowsky, Erik Johnston, Tanasy Hayward, Bill barnes, Mildred Warner, Bill Dodge, Jack Donahue, Fan Berry, Dvora Yanow, Martha Feldman, Charlie Wise, Anne Khademian, Heather Getha-Taylor, Debra Mesch, Don Norris, Pat Dobel, George Boyne, Richard Walker, Jonathan Breul, Mike McGuire, Debra Schneck, Harry Hatry, Trevor Brown, Melissa Stone, Bob Behn, Sanford Borins, Rebecca Hendrick, Ed Jennings, Melanie Cohen, Don Moynihan, Jim Perry, Neal Buckwalter, Ted Poister, John Bryson, Carolyn Lukensmeyer, Ken Meier, Christopher Pollitt, Michael Barzelay, Fred Thompson, Kim Moloney, Milima Gulranjani, Scott Fritzen, Hon Chan, Norma Riccucci, Tony Bertelli, Brad Wright, Joshua Chanin, Stephanie Moulton, Barbara Crosby, Dan Fiorino and Bob Durant.
Abstract: In this special issue we gaze into the future of public administration in 2020. Both scholar and practitioner authors scrutinize demographic, budgeting and finance, globalization, and environmental trends. New management challenges are placed under the microscope, as are new forms of organizations and new governance challenges. The future of local government is examined, as are issues concerning collaboration, human resources management, and enhancing diversity. A group of authors analyze whether we have missed the boat in the areas of strategic planning and strategic management. Another group of authors return to the predictions of classic scholars concerning the future of the field and judge how accurate their assessments were. We end with the perspectives of modern scholars on the future of public administration as a scholarly field. Two certainties about public administration in 2020 are that traditional barriers will be dissolved and public administration will survive in a global context. Co-editors of the special issue are Rosemary O'Leary and David Van Slyke, both of the Maxwell School of Syracuse University.