On PAR is the podcast that showcases work published in Public Administration Review. The journal is the foremost professional outlet for scholarship and perspectives regarding the bond of theory and practice of public administration, management, and policy. Practitioners and scholars alike present their research that contributes to the ongoing discovery of solutions to multifaceted government and governance problems of today and into the future. Journal editors interview contributors, exposing how these experts develop and conduct research, the challenges of such inquiry, and the most compelling implications of their findings.
On PAR is the podcast that showcases work published in Public Administration Review. The journal is the foremost professional outlet for scholarship and perspectives regarding the bond of theory and practice of public administration, management, and policy. Practitioners and scholars alike present their research that contributes to the ongoing discovery of solutions to multifaceted government and governance problems of today and into the future. Journal editors interview contributors, exposing how these experts develop and conduct research, the challenges of such inquiry, and the most compelling implications of their findings.
In this episode, Professor Jos Raadschelders holds a thought-provoking conversation with Edwin O. Stene Distinguished Professor Chris Koliba of the University of Kansas about liberal democratic accountability standards and public administration. Professor Koliba draws on past and present political and legal philosophies of liberalism and democracy to define a set of accountability standards and then relates these standards to conceptions of the politics-administration dichotomy, citizen engagement and network governance. He calls for using these standards to assess democratic backsliding and as foundational for defending democratic institutions under fire globally.
To learn more, you can read the full article here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/puar.13831.