Public Administration

Administrators of academic professional and technical communication (PTSC) programs have long relied upon lore--stories of what works--to understan...

According to virtually all international corruption rankings, Sweden is one of the top performing countries with very few exposed incidents of corr...

No previous book has pulled together into one place a single, comprehensive volume that provides up-to-date coverage of state government and politi...

Title IV-E of the Social Security Act provides federal support for foster care and adoption assistance programs. Since 2008, 5 tribes have been app...

The financing of the federal government depends largely upon Internal Revenue Service''''s (IRS) ability to collect taxes, including providing taxp...

Housing finance played a major role in the 2007-2009 financial crisis, and the housing sector continues to show considerable strains. The federal g...

The FDA is responsible for overseeing the safety and effectiveness of medical devices sold in the United States. New devices are generally subject ...

The Intelligence Community (IC) is a group of executive branch agencies and organisations that work separately and together to engage in intelligen...

Damage from hurricanes is expected to increase significantly in the coming decades because of the effects of climate change and coastal development...

Interagency collaboration among federal agencies with overlapping jurisdictions and shared responsibilities is not a new phenomenon. Attempts to fo...

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 included a provision to assess the panoply of benefits and programs available governmen...

The investments needed to deliver sustainable water and sanitation services, including the funds that are needed to operate and maintain the infras...

How do transformative changes in public policy take place? Why do some issues rise to the top of the political agenda, while others are completely ...

With events and movements such as #MeToo, the Gender Equality UN Sustainable Development Goal, the Irish and Chilean abortion policy changes, and t...

The responsiveness to societal demands is both the key virtue and the key problem of modern democracies. On the one hand, responsiveness is a centr...