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November 2016 | The Past as Prologue: A Discussion with PMRA Founder H. George Frederickson, By Rosemary O’Leary*

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

Our new journal, Perspectives on Public Management and Governance (PPMG), is likely to succeed in part because of its “comparative boldness.” The deadline to apply for the editorship for PPMG has been extended to March 1, 2017. “We need to continue to be mindful of the need for research to inform practice,” George cautioned.

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February 2017 | Some Principles of Strategic Thinking, By John M. Bryson

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

I was thus intrigued by a review of Whiplash: How to Survive our Faster Future (New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2016) by Joi Ito and Jeff Howe. Not surprisingly, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about strategic thinking, acting and learning.

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30 November 2017 | Rethinking the Government-Nonprofit Partnership: Who’s Funding Whom?, by Kelly LeRoux

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

To many scholars in the field of public administration and public management, the study of nonprofit organizations is viewed as a narrow niche, a handful of people working at the margins of the field on topics that largely sit outside of mainstream concerns for public managers. Is this a desirable trend?