Gerald J. Miller

Handbook of Public Policy Analysis Theory, Politics, and Methods

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES The Policy Sciences at the Cross-Roads Promoting the Policy Orientation: Lasswell in Context Public Policy, Social Science and the State: An Historical Perspective POLICY PROCESSES Theories of the Policy Cycle Agenda Setting in Public Policy Policy Formulation: Design and Tools Implementing Public Policy Do Policies Determine Politics? An Analysis of Lowis Policy Typology POLICY POLITICS, ADVOCACY, AND EXPERTISE A Guide to the Advocacy Coalition Framework Policy Communities Policy Analysis and Think Tanks POLICY DECISION MAKING: RATIONALITY, NETWORKS, AND LEARNING. Rationality in Policy Decision-Making Rational Choice in Public Policy: The Theory in Critical Perspective Taking Stock of Policy Networks: Do They Matter? Theories of Policy Learning: Agency, Structure, and Change DELIBERATIVE POLICY ANALYSIS: ARGUMENTATION, RHETORIC, AND NARRATIVES Deliberative Policy Analysis as Practical Reason: Integrating Empirical and Normative Arguments Rhetoric in Policy-Making: Between Logos, Ethos, and Pathos Narrative Policy Analysis COMPARATIVE, CULTURAL, AND ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES Comparative Public Policy Applied Cultural Theory: Tool for Policy Analysis Ethical Issues and Public Policy Public Policy and Democratic Citizenship: What Kinds of Citizenship Does Policy Promote? QUANTITATIVELY-ORIENTED POLICY METHODS Quantitative Methods for Policy Analysis The Use (and Misuse) of Survey Research in Policy Analysis Social Experiments and Public Policy Evaluation Research in Policy Analysis QUALITATIVE POLICY ANALYSIS: INTERPRETATION, MEANING, AND CONTEXT Qualitative-Interpretive Methods in Policy Research Qualitative Research and Public Policy Interpretation and Intention in Policy Analysis Context Sensitive Policy Methods POLICY DECISION TECHNIQUES Cost-Benefit Analysis Environmental Impact Assessment: Between Bureaucratic Process and Social Learning. Technology Assessment as Policy Analysis: From Expert Advice to Participatory Approaches Public Policy Mediation: From Argument to Collaboration COUNTRY PERSPECTIVES Policy Analysis in Britain Evolution of Policy Analysis in the Netherlands Policy Analysis and Evaluation in Sweden: Discovering the Limits of the Rationalistic Paradigm Policy Analysis in Germany Policy Analysis in India Policy Analysis in Korea: From Economic Efficiency to Public Participation

Debt and the Local Economy: Problems in Benchmarking Local Government Debt Affordability

Debt creation imposes an obligation to repay borrowed funds from a wealth base that for most local governments is capitalized in property values. Therefore, the ability to afford debt is tied to the local economy, a factor often overlooked by localities in the analyses of their own position. However, debt levels are also relative, as the many debt affordability studies among governments and by bond rating agencies suggest. We argue here that economic concentration and interjurisdictional coordination fundamentally provide a broader analytical approach to the question a locality asks: Can we afford more debt?

Budgeting structures and citizen participation

This paper reviews the literature concerning when and in what way citizen participation can have an impact on budgeting. The first part of the paper conceptualizes, through the literature, five budgeting models, each having both problems and solutions for citizen involvement. The second section of the paper explores intervention designs that can be constructive in dealing with the larger problems connecting budgeting and citizen participation. The paper, therefore, seeks to determine where participation in budgeting can have an impact on citizen anger, estrangement, distrust and pessimism.

Accountability and Debt Management: The Case of New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority

New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) provides transportation infrastructure and services to nearly 15 million residents of two states. In 2002, the MTA violated a strong professional norm of debt management by refinancing

What Difference Does Having an MPA Make

13 billion of long-term debt in a way that increased rather than decreased the cost of repayment. This behavior, heavily influenced by the informal advice of investment bankers, seemed to many observers to confirm the oft-decried tendency of debt-issuing public authorities to sacrifice their accountability to citizens in order to please the bankers and other debt-market participants on whom they depend for financial resources. Yet the MTA’s choice appears on closer examination to have fulfilled the common desires of contemporary fare payers, tax payers, voters, and elected officials to maximize current spending while deferring costs to future tax and fare payers. The MTA case highlights potential conflicts between the professional imperative of democratic accountability and the competing professional norms of cost minimization, sustainability, and intergenerational equity. The fundamental structure of this dilemma is also apparent in other policy arenas with intergenerational implications, such as social security and climate policy, and raises the question of when obedience to market, political, and hierarchical expectations can justify sacrificing professional principles.

Handbook of Public Administration, Third Edition

Abstract The value of the master of public administration (MPA) degree is arguably a big question in public administration graduate education. This exploratory study of a national sample employs four outcome measures of master’s-level education, including return on educational investment (ROI), willingness to recommend degree program to others, salary, and satisfaction with salary. Furthermore, this research draws distinctions between MPAs and those who work for government but hold the competitive MBA degree. Additional insights are gained by restating the ROI measure as either pass/fail. Advice is derived for MPA programs. The results buttress NASPAA’s call for program assessment based on outcome measures.

Sexual Harassment and Government Accountants: Anecdotal Evidence from the Profession

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The Liability of Public Executives: Implications for Practice in Personnel Administration

The changing gender of the United States workforce has forced employers to confront issues as never before. Twenty years ago women were just beginning to enter the workplace in numbers large enough to make them visible. Today women comprise 44 percent of the workforce and fill nearly one-third of managerial positions.

Using Capital Budgeting for Managing E-Government Expenditures

This article provides an overview of the law of tort liability as it applies to personnel administrators. Starting with the premise that personnel practitioners can avoid liability pitfalls by familiarizing themselves with current statutory and case law, the authors analyze trends in the development of personal and official liability. The impact of tort liability upon the personnel profession is exemplified through reference to four personnel topics: employee non-discrimination; union activity; disciplinary policy; and supervisory practices. The authors conclude with several recommendations intended to assist practitioners in avoiding liability problems, including the careful design of bias-free rules and regulations, and the establishment of training programs and monitoring systems to avoid and/or remedy potential liability risks.

Implications of Successful Career Paths of Top Local Government Finance Managers

Abstract This article offers government officials, particularly local officials, a plan to finance their technological infrastructure. Our proposition of a fee-based financing structure rests on the guiding principles of capital financing, primarily the principle of equity.