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Reflections on Comparative Teaching in Public Administration
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article integrates our scholarly experience of teaching comparative public administration. In doing so, we offer a unique perspective as the co‐authors carry several diverse attributes, among them their countries of origin, current country in which they are teaching, and their academic experience.
Kim Moloney +6 more
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Warren County (NC), 1982: Churches as Actors of Environmental Justice
JoMaCCThe 1982 protests against a PCB landfill in Warren County, North Carolina, often seen as the symbolic origin of the Environmental Justice Movement, underscore the pivotal role of African American Protestant churches.
Rigodanzo, Michele
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Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores the management adaptation strategies non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) managers employ in order to operate in repressive political environments. It answers the question: how do NGO managers initiate, manage and sustain internal change when the political/regulatory environment changes?
Charles Kaye‐Essien +2 more
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Religion, the Public Good, and the Research University
American Journal of Islam and Society, 2010 I am delighted to be with you today and to have this opportunity to share with you some thoughts about “Religion, the Public Good, and the Research University.” Of course it is important to acknowledge at the outset that any one of these terms probably ...
Richard A. Rosengarten
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Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Women remain significantly underrepresented in political leadership worldwide. This study examines how different combinations of government accountability mechanisms enhance women's political representation (WPR) as a pathway to leadership in 30 OECD countries.
Samira Nazar, Seyed Ashkan Zarghami
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RELIGION AND SCIENCE IN AN ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC CULTURE
Zygon, 1987 . These are reflections on the Arkansas creationist trial by a witness for the American Civil Liberties Union. The following points are stressed: First, religion took the lead in defending science at the trial. Second, the appearance of creation science
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Administrative Traditions of the Majority World: A Commentary and Future Research Agenda
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Decolonising public administration is an urgent and necessary endeavour. In this short article we argue that we cannot, however, settle for shallow decolonialisations. We argue that the specific iterations of bureaucracy evidenced in post‐colonial states across the majority world can be conceptualised through the lens of administrative ...
Ibrahim Bornoma +2 more
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How Frank Underwood Paved the Way for Donald Trump
Current Objectives of Postgraduate American StudiesLocated between Bellah’s American Civil Religion, Bredekamp’s Image Act Theory, and Genette’s theory on narratology, this essay examines the impact House of Cards had on the 2016 presidential elections. Kevin Spacey’s iconic character Frank Underwood was
Anna Ley
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Religions, 2018 Contemporary wealth inequality has prompted a renewed and increased interest in the role that external funding plays in civil society. While observers frequently consider how big philanthropy influences education, politics, and social services, few ...
Philip D. Byers
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Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The third sector has emerged as an increasingly important actor in governance, social development, and public service delivery across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), yet scholarly understanding of its evolution, institutional capacity, and policy role remains fragmented and uneven.
Moosa Elayah +2 more
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