by jpitney | Sep 15, 2020 | Coronavirus, Public Administration, Public Opinion, Science
Reid Wilson at The Hill: The American public is beginning to lose trust in political leaders and scientific institutions as the coronavirus pandemic drags into its sixth month, troubling signs that raise the prospect that millions of Americans may not take advice or...
by jpitney | Nov 24, 2019 | Ethics, Public Administration, Public Service
Accepting the Republican presidential nomination, 1988: Some people who are enjoying our prosperity have forgotten what it’s for. But they diminish our triumph when they act as if wealth is an end in itself. And there are those who have dropped their standards...
by jpitney | Nov 23, 2019 | Higher Education, Public Administration, Uncategorized
At The American Interest, Francis Fukuyama last year lamente the decline of the study of public administration. This then brings us back to the crisis in public administration as a field. After a period of innovation and creativity driven by the economists, the field...