Public administration or public policy and administration is the implementation of public policy, administration of government establishment, and management of non-profit establishment. It is also a sub-field of political science taught in public policy schools that studies this implementation and prepares civil servants in administrative positions primarily for work in the public sector. People with public administration knowledge may also be employed in a voluntary sector, or some other industries in the private sector dealing with government relations, regulatory affairs, legislative assistance, corporate social responsibilities (CSR), environmental, social, governance (ESG), public procurement (PP), public-private partnerships (P3), and business-to-government marketing/sales (B2G), as well as those working at think tanks, non-profit organizations, consulting firms, trade associations, or in other positions that use similar skills found in public administration.
The Doctor of Public Administration (D.P.A.) is a terminal applied-research doctoral degree in the field of public administration (a part of public service). The D.P.A. requires significant coursework beyond the masters level and a dissertation that contributes to theory or practice. Upon successful completion, the title of "Doctor" is awarded and the post-nominal letters of D.P.A. or DPA can be used.
The Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) is a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organization. It is an international association and accreditation body of public affairs schools also known as schools of public policy and administration at universities in the United States and abroad. NASPAA is also the sole body in the United States recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) as the accreditor of master's degree programs in public policy (MPP), public affairs (MPAff), and public administration (MPA). Its stated mission is to "ensure excellence in education and training for public service and to promote the ideal of public service." It administers the honor society Pi Alpha Alpha.
Public Understanding of Science is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1992 and published by SAGE Publications. It covers topics in the popular perception of science, the role of science in society, philosophy of science, science education, and science in public policy. The editor-in-chief is Hans-Peter Peters.
The Schar School of Policy and Government - SSPG, is the public policy school of George Mason University, a public research university in the Commonwealth of Virginia near Washington, D.C. Established as Northern Virginia's first public policy school with locations in Arlington and Fairfax County, the school's political science curriculum has a professional education and applied emphasis on public administration and national security at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, in addition to a traditional liberal arts education, while also maintaining an active role within all five major subfields of political science known as political philosophy, political methodology, comparative politics, international relations, public policy and public administration.
Autism is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on autism. It is published eight times a year by SAGE Publications in association with the National Autistic Society. The journal was established in 1997 and the editor-in-chief is Sue Fletcher-Watson.
Public Policy and Administration is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of public administration. The editors-in-chief are Alessandro Sancino, and Edoardo Ongaro. It was first published as PAC Bulletin in 1964 later changing its name to Public Administration Bulletin in 1971 before adopting the title Public Policy and Administration in 1986. It is currently published by SAGE Publications in association with the Joint University Council of the Applied Social Sciences Public Administration Committee (PAC).
Shelley Hope Metzenbaum is an American nonprofit executive, academic, and former government official specializing in public sector performance management. She was the founding president of the Volcker Alliance and worked in the Office of Management and Budget during the Obama administration. Metzenbaum is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.
Teaching Public Administration is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of education as relating to public administration. The editors-in-chief are John Diamond and Catherine Farrell. It was established in 1976 as Public Administration Teacher and was edited by Derek Gregory. In 1977 the journal changed its name to Teaching Public Administration. Under the editorship of Michael Hunt Sheffield Hallam University) the journal ceased operations in 2009. In 2012, the journal was revitalized, with SAGE Publications taking over as publisher in association with the Public Administration Committee (PAC) of the Joint University Council of the Applied Social Sciences.
Public Administration is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal which covers research, theory, and practice in public administration, public policy, public organization theory, and public management. It was established in 1923 and was ranked in the top of its field by a 1983 survey. In 2021, the journal was ranked as second in the field of public administration. One of its founders was the Liberal and later Labour statesman Richard Haldane, and the journal awards an annual prize in his honour to the most distinguished practitioner essay published in Public Administration in that year. The journal is published by Wiley (publisher) and is edited by Bruce D. McDonald III.
The Cornell Policy Review is an online academic journal published by the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs. It is verified by the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration and edited and run by the program's students. It was originally published biannually, but switched to a rolling online publication in the 2015–16 academic year. Formerly known as The Current, the journal publishes articles, commentaries, and interviews relating to public policy.
Barry Bozeman is a professor emeritus at Arizona State University where he was founding Director, Center for Organization Research and Design, Regents' Professor and Arizona Centennial Professor of Technology Policy and Public Management. He specializes in two disparate fields, organization theory and science and technology policy.
Rosemary O'Leary is Emeritus Distinguished Professor at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University and Emeritus Distinguished Professor at the University of Kansas. Her research focuses on public management, collaboration, conflict resolution, environmental and natural resources management, and public law.
Richard C. Feiock is an American political scientist. He is formerly the Augustus B. Turnbull Professor & The Jerry Collins Eminent Scholar Chair at The Florida State University Askew School of Public Administration and Policy. He resigned in 2020 amid a sexual misconduct investigation. The investigation found that he had been reported for sexual misconduct multiple times since 1991. Dozens of journals in the field responded by condemning his behavior and advocating for better protection of graduate students.
East European Politics is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the government, politics and societies of the post-communist space, including East Central Europe, the Baltic republics, South Eastern Europe, Russia, and all the countries of the former Soviet Union. It is published quarterly by Routledge . The Editorial team consists of Senior Editors Adam Fagan and Petr Kopecky, Editors Lenka Bustikova, Andrea L. P. Pirro and Maria Spirova, as well as Editorial Assistant David Gazsi.
Jack Wayne Meek is University of La Verne Academy Professor and Professor Emeritus of Public Administration at the College of Law and Public Service at the University of La Verne., where he previously served as Director of Center Research for the College of Business and Public Management. He curruently offers and annual lecture for Public Service and Law Students at the University of La Verne.
Marc Holzer is an American public administration scholar and distinguished professor of public administration at Suffolk University, and was formerly Founding Dean and University Professor at the Rutgers University School of Public Affairs and Administration. His primary research interests include public service, public affairs and administration, public performance improvement, public management and citizen engagement in the U.S. and internationally.
Beryl A. Radin is an American public administration author, researcher and academic. An elected member of the National Academy of Public Administration, she was the Managing Editor of the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory from 2000 to 2005. She created and served as the Editor of the Georgetown University Press book series, Public Management and Change. Her government service included two years as a Special Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget of the US Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies and a range of consultancies.
The Journal of Environmental Education is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on environmental and sustainability education. It covers formal, non-formal, and informal education at all levels: early childhood, primary, secondary, and tertiary education. It is published by Routledge and the editor-in-chief is Alberto "Tico" Arenas.
Bruce D. McDonald III is a public administration researcher, author and academic. He is a professor of Public Budgeting and Finance in the Department of Public Administration at North Carolina State University and an Academic Associate for the International Centre of Public Accountability at Durham University.
