24: Public Administration

Jared J. Llorens, Louisiana State University, jared1@lsu.edu

The theme for APSA’s 2012 conference, “Representation and Renewal,” lends itself to a variety of research possibilities for public administration scholars and is especially relevant to the ongoing rebuilding efforts in the conference’s host city of New Orleans, Louisiana. In aligning with the conference theme, the division strongly encourages paper, panel and poster proposals that address issues related to bureaucratic representation and the renewal “of cities, economies, institutions, and relationships between the governed and those who govern.” Topics related to this theme include developing research in the area of representative bureaucracy, the role of public institutions and administrators in responding to the current economic downturn and the capacity of governments to manage crises such as Hurricane Katrina or the BP oil spill.

The division also welcomes topics of general interest to public administration scholars, including (but not limited to) public and/or nonprofit management, networking, governance, budgeting and financial management, and performance management. Proposals representing a variety of methodological and theoretical approaches are welcome, as are those proposing new and innovative formats.