Dissertations by Women in the 1972 Annual Dissertation List

1973 ◽  
Vol 6 (01) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Patricia S. Florestano
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Comparative Politics ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
State And Local Government ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Doctoral Dissertations ◽  
Total Impact

In a 1972 “Communications” toPSI noted that according to the annual listing of “Doctoral Dissertations in Political Science, 1971,” women had not come close to achieving parity in numbers with the male members of the profession.Curious to see if the 1972 listing would show any sizable change, I once again divided the names by sex. The results were almost exactly the same.Even if the list is viewed by selected subject areas, the percentage of females never goes above 13%, although it does drop as low as 7%.According to these figures, the field in which women are most frequent has changed from U.S. Government and Politics to U.S., State and Local Government and Politics. Public Administration shows the sharpest decrease in percentage of women, while U.S. Constitutional and Administrative Law and Foreign and Comparative Politics show increases. To guess that half of the unknown names are females is risky and adds little to the total impact.

Even Paranoids Have Real Enemies

1975 ◽  
Vol 8 (04) ◽  
pp. 388-389
Author(s):  
Alfred Diamant
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Comparative Politics ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Career Concerns ◽  
American Student ◽  
State And Local Government ◽  
Marked Decline ◽  
Special Mention ◽  
State And Local

Buffeted from all sides because it is not sufficiently generalizing and scientific, because it sticks to outdated notion of field research, and because it is not “relevant” to the career concerns of the average American Student, the subfield of comparative politics seems to have fallen on evil days. Peter Sackman (PSSummer 1975 vol. VIII, no. 3, 262–263) singles out the subfield for adverse comment in his report on dissertations completed and in progress. One would not quarrel with his treatment if it were justified by even the simplest tests of statistical honesty. One doubts that Mr. Sackman is out to “get” comparative politics, but if he should claim to be a friend, then the subdiscipline has not need for enemies.In the last paragraph of his essay he notes the “marked decline of additions in category VII” (comparative politics). No quarrel with that, for it showed the largest numerical decline of any subdiscipline. But Figure I, showing dissertation increases and decreases for the subdisciplines, indicates that category IV (U.S. State and Local Government) suffered a greater percentage decline, 28% vs. 24% for comparative politics. Six of the eight subdisciplines suffered some decline. Only one, Public Administration, showed a marked increase, viz. 65%. So why single out comparative politics for special mention?

Combating Problems in Teaching State and Local Government

1981 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 19-20
Author(s):  
Mary H. Waite
Keyword(s):  
Community Colleges ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
The State ◽  
State And Local Government ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Science Instructors

Because many political science instructors come from another region or state; they feel insufficiently informed in teaching about the state and local government wherein they presently reside. Consequently, instructors generalize about these governments. Yet in many public universities and community colleges, students find the politics in their area pertinent and care less for comparative analysis. In truth, the students probably have a valid point, since the majority will reside in the state where they are attending college.

The Practitioners' Perspective

1975 ◽  
Vol 8 (04) ◽  
pp. 376-380
Author(s):  
Stuart Nagel ◽  
Marian Neal
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Good Group ◽  
Government Work ◽  
Science And Government ◽  
State And Local Government ◽  
State And Local

This article is designed to summarize the findings of a questionnaire directed to APSA members who indicated they held government positions when they completed a form for the 1973 APSABiographical Directory. The questionnaire was designed to determine how political science has been and can be used in federal, state, and local government agencies and in administrative, legislative, and judicial positions.A. The Respondents and the QuestionsIn January, 1975, the questionnaire was mailed to the 425 APSA members who held government positions as of 1973. These persons were chosen as a good group of people to ask about the relevance of political science to government work since they are likely to be knowledgeable about both political science and government work, and are likely to be responsive to such a survey.

Federalism and the Academic Community: A Brief Survey

1969 ◽  
Vol 2 (02) ◽  
pp. 155-167
Author(s):  
Carl W. Stenberg ◽  
David B. Walker
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Intergovernmental Relations ◽  
Local Politics ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
American Political Science Association ◽  
State And Local Politics ◽  
State And Local Government ◽  
State And Local ◽  
American State

No general consensus exists concerning the status of American State and local government and intergovernmental relations as fields within the discipline of political science. Any attempt to make such an evaluation by gauging the attention given to these subjects in colleges and universities should distinguish between the two basic roles of American higher educational institutions—research and teaching.Some observers have noted that in recent years political scientists have become increasingly interested in conducting research in American State and local government. As late as 1963, however, a large number of the members of the American Political Science Association responding to a questionnaire survey of trends in their discipline indicated that State and local government were areas in which the least significant work was being done. Yet, five years later, in a symposium on the advance of political science as a discipline, it was contended that:State and local politics as a field of political science is no longer a ‘lost world’ or the site of ‘Dullsville.’ Rather than being the laggard of the discipline that some political scientists perceive it to be, the study of state and local politics has reentered the mainstream of political research. Much of the work in political science which has influenced the drift of the profession has been within its domain.

Dissertations

2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (02) ◽  
pp. 461-476
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Political Philosophy ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Comparative Politics ◽  
The United States ◽  
Doctoral Dissertations ◽  
Science Departments

APSA is pleased to include here the names of individuals who have completed their doctoral dissertations at political science departments in the United States in 2012. The list is based on data collected in the APSA member database and includes information reported by both individuals and departments. Dissertations are listed by fields of interest as labeled by APSA, American politics, comparative politics, international relations, methodology, public administration, political philosophy and theory, public lawand courts, and public policy. (See also, table 1.)

scholarly journals Udział podmiotów niepublicznych w realizacji zadań oświatowych na kanwie wybranych form prywatyzacji zadań publicznych

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1 (4)) ◽  
pp. 29-46
Author(s):  
Renata Raszewska-Skałecka
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Educational Facilities ◽  
Educational Law ◽  
The Public ◽  
State And Local Government ◽  
State And Local ◽  
State Educational ◽  
Legal Entities

The system of education allows various legal entities to participate in providing educational services. A look at the public administration in the scope of public education reveals not only a multitude and variety of educational services, but also a diversity of administrating entities. We should assume that functioning and organization of schools in the public domain is affected, as a rule, by economic and political circumstances. And it does not matter what legal entity runs such schools or educational facilities. Economic or political problems related to providing educational services depend specifically on current educational policy of state and local government authorities. By virtue of the educational law that envisages decentralization of the state educational services, it was assumed that the local government authorities’ responsibility does not need to mean performing educational services unassisted, but they may delegate their performance to legal entities other than public ones. This paper aims at pointing out the contribution of non-public entities to providing educational services. Relevant questions are asked about the ways of performing educational services and limits to the privatization of educational services contrasted with the responsibility for meeting educational needs of local communities.

INITIATIVE BUDGETING AS AN INSTRUMENT OF TERRITORIAL SELF-GOVERNMENT

2019 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 77-90
Author(s):  
V. V. Vagin ◽  
N. A. Shapovalova
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Institutional Analysis ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
State And Local Government ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Government Initiative ◽  
Local Levels

The article is devoted to the actual issue – institutional analysis of initiative budgeting and territorial public selfgovernment, as well as the possibility of their integration. Over the past few years, a system of civil participation in budget decisions has been built in Russia, the regulatory framework of practices has been created, thousands of employees of state and local government bodies have been trained, project centers have appeared for ensuring development of initiative budgeting. Citizen participation in budget decisions can significantly accelerate the development of the lower level of local government. Initiative budgeting is an innovative instrument of public finance and at the same time a social technology allowing for the real involvement of citizens in the issues of state and municipal governance. Initiative budgeting development programs make it possible to transfer financing of projects aimed at solving local issues with the participation of citizens onto a systemic basis. The results and materials of this study can serve a foundation for theoretical understanding of the institutional development of public finances at the regional and local levels. At the same time, this practical area that was intensively developing in recent years requires deep institutional analysis.

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