Emerging Issues in Public Administration

In Emerging Issues in Public Administration we begin with a survey of contemporary scholarship in Public Administration and Social Theory. We then turn to realtime local, regional, and world events and evaluate how these events are related to public administration praxis and theory. The class is intended to prepare students to be able to face changing conditions (socioeconomic, political, climate, technological, etc.) and to be able to quickly and effectively provide leadership with useful and relevant responses and guidance. Students will bring news and reports of current events to class sessions for discussion, debate, and collaborative response planning.