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Some issues have also distinctive titles. ; Vol. 1, no. 1-4, and v. 2 no. 2 issued also as v. 1, nos. 1-5 of Wisconsin State University, Platteville. General bulletin. ; Vols. for 1964-1967 called unit 1-5 but constitute v. 1, no. 1-4 and v. 2, no. 2. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Vol. 1, no. 1-2 sponsored by the Dept. of Political Science of the university; v. 1, no. 3- by its Institute of Public Affairs. ; Vols. for 1965- issued by the University under its earlier name: Wisconsin State University, Platteville.

This article argues that a public affairs plan is essential for any organisation to prevail in their competitive struggles for policy influence. We propose a seven-step approach to devising a public affairs plan based on scientific findings and practical experience. The article maintains that any public affairs plan should be rooted in scientific, evidence-based and practical insights. The different components of the plan-situation analysis, goals, alliances, audiences, messages, channels and impact measurement-should all be attuned to one another and to the context of the policy file. Each SMART objective should serve as a red thread throughout the different components of the plan. The plan should be realistic in terms of goals, time and costs. It should be flexible enough to withstand exogenous shocks and crises. Those who fail to start with a written plan will bounce around and be driven by the moment. An evidence-based public affairs plan, in contrast, provides purpose and direction and will increase the chances of securing policy success.

Each no. has also a distinctive title. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Continues: Public affairs bulletins.

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ABSTRACTThe politics of public policy is a vibrant research area increasingly at the forefront of intellectual innovations in the discipline. We argue that political scientists are best positioned to undertake research on the politics of public policy when they possess expertise in particular policy areas. Policy expertise positions scholars to conduct theoretically innovative work and to ensure that empirical research reflects the reality they aim to analyze. It also confers important practical advantages, such as access to a significant number of academic positions and major sources of research funding not otherwise available to political scientists. Perhaps most importantly, scholars with policy expertise are equipped to defend the value of political science degrees and research in the public sphere.

This book provides a rare view of a creative scholar at work during a highly productive phase of his career. It shows him as an innovator, theorist, methodologist, "missionary," critic, and scientist, but he remains, withal, in his fashion, a humanist. He believes that institutions and processes—particularly law, politics, and scholarship—are best understood in human terms. With Holmes, he believes that law is a prediction of what courts will do; hence, to understand law it is necessary to understand judicial behavior. A full explanation of a judge's behavior would take into account his health (both physical and mental), his personality, his culture and society, and his ideology. Glendon Schubert concedes this but focuses primarily on ideology because he believes the other variables are sublimated in it. Therefore, to him, ideology—attitudes toward human values—is the basic explanation of judicial behavior, and jurisprudence is necessarily human. The studies in this volume are important in the study of judicial behavior, for they broke new ground, and some were forerunners of major books, such as The Judicial Mind , which was published in 1965. Each shows Professor Schubert's concern at the time they were written, and taken together they show the movement and growth of his ideas and interests.

The political marketing exchange is triadic in structure, as promises given by political actors in the context of an election campaign can only be reciprocated if 1. the political actor is selected, 2. has influence over legislation negotiations, and 3. is in a position to deliver on these promises. In each of these three 'interaction marketplaces', political actors are indirectly influenced by stakeholders. These 'indirect stakeholders' are often public affairs practitioners engaged in lobbying activities in the political sphere. This paper integrates the triadic interaction model of political marketing exchange with the political marketing stakeholder concept and highlights how public affairs practitioners can target their efforts for maximum benefit. This aim is motivated by a need to increase our understanding of how political marketing theory can help political actors and their stakeholders to optimise the resources that are used on marketing activities across the electoral cycle.

The paper critically reviews the consequences of a bifurcation of Political Science and Public Administration. This divorce of two closely related academic fields has removed political explanations to key developments in the public service from Public Administration research and thus it tends to provide a partial view of the reality that it seeks to capture. There are several developments underway in the public sector, which underscore the political nature of public administration. These developments include the rise of administration politics; a growing emphasis on strategic management; governance-driven democratization and administrative micro-politics; the increasing significance of interactive and collaborative forms of governance; the rise of multilevel governance; and the development toward a more active citizenship. We find that in all of these areas, public administration research would benefit from incorporating a political science understanding of power, democracy, governance and citizenship.

Annual vols. contain an author index. ; Annual cumulations have spine title: Annual cumulated bulletin. ; Annual vols. cover period Oct. 1914/Sept. 1915-Oct. 1984/Sept. 1985. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Vols. 1-5 published by H.W. Wilson Company; v. 6-71 published by Public Affairs Information Service. ; Indexed in: Public Affairs Information Service. Bulletin. Cumulative subject index, 1915/74-, and: Public Affairs Information Service. Bulletin. Cumulative author index, .

Description based on: Vol. 68, no. 11 (Mar. 1, 1982); title from cover. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Also available as CD-ROM with title: PAIS international. ; Issued also in an annual cumulation.

The focus of this study was to examine the position of Public Relations in liaising political and religious affairs in Tanzania. Specifically the study sought to explore the types of activities and affairs which bring together religious leaders and politicians in Tanzania. To explore this, two research questions were posed: (i) what are the political issues that religious leaders have often been involved with between 2010 and 2016? And (ii) what are the religious activities which political leaders have often been involved with? The study employed qualitative case study research design. The area of study was St. Augustine University of Tanzania, Mwanza. The data were collected using qualitative data collections methods of interviews and Focus Group Discussions (FGD). Whereas purposive and convenience sampling procedures were utilized to get the respondents for the study. A total of thirty (30) informants were involved in the interviews, and the Focus Group Discussion was comprised of ten (10) informants. The findings suggest that Public Relations has a significant share in liaising and integrating the political and religious affairs in Tanzania. It was revealed that through Public Relations, religious leaders in Tanzania have been preaching for peace, love, unit and oneness amongst citizens during political affairs. The findings further suggest that there have numerous fundraising activities in the places of worships which bring together religious leaders and politicians.

Australia lacks a scholarly book that covers recent developments in public sector governance in Australia and blends cross-disciplinary perspectives from law, management, public administration and public policy. The primary reason for writing this book is to fill the gap in the treatment of this subject, and to provide insights from empirical evidence and current practice. The book provides the first comprehensive theoretical and empirical work on governance in the Commonwealth public sector. It addresses the issues that emerged under the Howard government as well as their handling under the Rudd and Gillard governments. The book aims to enhance understanding of and communication about public governance across government, industry and the community. The authors bring to this book expertise gained from political science, public administration and policy, public and private sector law.

In the history and folklore of Australia's Commonwealth Public Service, the idea of the 'Seven Dwarfs' has been remarkably persistent. Originally a witty epithet applied to a powerful group of senior public servants, the term has come to represent the professionalisation of Australian government administration during the Second World War and post-war reconstruction era, and into the following two decades of expansion. This was a period when, for the first time, talented university graduates entered the public service, rose to senior levels, and exerted great influence over the affairs of the Commonwealth. With the secure tenure of being permanent heads of departments, they defined the age of the public service mandarin. This book explores the lives and influence of the Seven Dwarfs and their colleagues, bringing together the leading researchers on post-war Australian administration. Featuring four thematic chapters and ten biographical portraits, it offers a fascinating insight into the workings of the Commonwealth Public Service during a critical period in its history.

This open access book provides a set of conceptual, empirical, and comparative chapters that apply a public policy perspective to investigate the political and institutional factors driving the use of evidence to inform health policy in low, middle, and high income settings. The work presents key findings from the Getting Research Into Policy (GRIP-Health) project: a five year, six country, programme of work supported by the European Research Council. The chapters further our understanding of evidence utilisation in health policymaking through the application of theories and methods from the policy sciences. They present new insights into the roles and importance of factors such as issue contestation, institutional arrangements, logics of appropriateness, and donor influence to explore individual cases and comparative experiences in the use of evidence to inform health policy.

Strategies and priorities for the public sector in Europe The public sector in our society has over the past two decades undergone substantial changes, as has the academic field studying Public Administration (PA). In the next twenty years major shifts are further expected to occur in the way futures are anticipated and different cultures are integrated. Practice will be handled in a relevant way, and more disciplines will be engaging in the field of Public Administration. The prominent scholars contributing to this book put forward research strategies and focus on priorities in the field of Public Administration. The volume will also give guidance on how to redesign teaching programmes in the field. This book will provide useful insights to compare and contrast European PA with PA in Europe, and with developments in other parts of the world. Contributors: Geert Bouckaert (KU Leuven), Werner Jann (University of Potsdam), Jana Bertels (University of Potsdam), Paul Joyce (University of Birmingham), Meelis Kitsing (Estonian Business School, Tallinn), Thurid Hustedt (Hertie School of Governance, Berlin), Tiina Randma-Liiv (Tallinn University of Technology), Martin Burgi (Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich), Philippe Bezès (Science Po Paris; CNRS), Salvador Parrado (Spanish Distance Learning University (UNED), Madrid), Mark Bovens (Utrecht University; WRR), Roel Jennissen (WRR), Godfried Engbersen (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Meike Bokhorst (WRR), Bogdana Neamtu (Babes Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca), Christopher Pollitt (KU Leuven), Edoardo Ongaro (Open University UK, Milton Keynes), Raffaella Saporito (Bocconi University, Milan), Per Laegreid (University of Bergen), Philip Marcel Karré (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Thomas Schillemans (Utrecht University), Martijn Van de Steen (Nederlandse School voor Openbaar Bestuur), Zeger van de Wal (National University of Singapore), Michael Bauer (University of Speyer), Stefan Becker (University of Speyer), Jean-Michel Eymeri-Douzans (Université de Toulouse), Filipe Teles (University of Aveiro), Denita Cepiku (Tor Vergata University of Rome), Marco Meneguzzo (Tor Vergata University of Rome), Külli Sarapuu (Tallinn University of Technology), Leno Saarniit (Tallinn University of Technology), Gyorgy Hajnal (Corvinus University of Budapest; Centre for Social Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences).