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, Prof. Katherine Willoughby asks Professors Whitney Afonso and Kimberly Nelson of the School of Government at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill to dive into their study of the relationship between form of government and corruption in U.S. localities. The professors use propensity score matching and other scoring methods to drown out the noise, generating strong proof that the council–manager form of local government reduces the risk of corruption. Their results support the professionalism–performance model of governance.
To learn more, you can read the full article here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/puar.13737.