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Call for Papers-Symposium

Institutional Design Frontiers of Publicness and University Performance

Guest Editors

Derrick Anderson, Arizona State University

Andrew Whitford, University of Georgia

Deadline: June 15, 2015

Issues of organizational theory and institutional design increasingly transcend the boundary between theory and practice in complex social enterprises especially higher education. For example, as the federal government advances a program to create a new college rating system, the stated ambition of making access to public resources contingent upon institutional performance a host of important administrative, policy and design considerations are manifest. Similarly, as new organizational forms emerge in the realm of higher education and new public policies aim to protect public investments therein, questions rise relative to the attributes of organizations that promote and stifle public value.

Symposium topics include: Institutional setting and "Dimensional publicness" in higher education; public, private and for-profit sector differences in higher education, public value assessments of university performance, and the evolution and future of institutional design of in higher education.

Insights from perspectives beyond public administration, including (but not limited to) economics, organizational studies, sociology and higher education are welcomed in as much as they sufficiently integrate consideration of relevant public administration and policy themes. A special emphasis is placed on empirical contributions, both qualitative and quantitative, but conceptual papers will be considered.

Manuscripts are due by June 15,2015 to the coordinating guest editor at derrick.anderson@asu.edu. After initial screening, authors of selected manuscripts will be invited to submit directly to PAR's Editorial Manager for double-blind review. Final decisions will be made by the journal after full peer review. Authors should follow PAR's style guidelines.

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Call for Papers

Symposium:  Policing and Race

Guest Editors

James D. Ward, Mississippi University for Women

Charles E. Menifield, University of Missouri

The subject of policing and race is a cornerstone of economic and social justice discussions regarding public policy and law enforcement behavior.   When disparate treatment occurs based on race and ethnicity, claims to social equity may be diminished, along with perceived commitments to a just and fair society.

We seek a broad range of manuscripts that explore in depth the attitudes, behaviors, contexts and administrative practices associated with racial discrimination and institutional racism as well as manuscripts that identify how communities avoid disparate treatment. Racial discrimination is often associated with racial profiling and other deliberate practices. Institutional racism is a self-perpetuating process involving barriers and procedures that disadvantage ethnic and minority groups (Ward and Rivera, 2014).

Studies may approach the subject from various perspectives, including examinations of organizational culture, racial profiling, social justice, anti-terrorism, immigration, critical race theory, and comparative human cognition, as well as studies within the framework of an international, comparative or sub-national context. Qualitative and quantitative studies providing insights from disciplines such as policy studies, law and legal studies, criminal justice, sociology, economics, political science, and psychology will be considered. 

Manuscripts are due no later than January 15, 2016 to the coordinating guest editor at jdward@muw.edu.  After initial screening, authors of selected manuscripts will be invited to submit directly to PAR's Editorial Manager for double blind-review, with final decisions regarding publication being made by PAR's editors.  All authors should comply with PAR's style guidelines.

Reference

Ward, J. and R. Rivera (2014). Institutional Racism, Organizations and Public Policy.  New York, NY:  Peter Lang Publishing.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Symposium: Understanding and Reducing Public Corruption

Globally corruption costs governments and businesses trillions of dollars each year.  It distorts public policy objectives and damages trust.  This makes for great difficulties for public administration, however scholarly analysis of public corruption is meager, especially in public administration and related fields. This symposium seeks to better understand how corruption affects public administration and how public administration can mitigate corruption.  It is intended to advance research and generate a comprehensive knowledge base on public corruption.

The Panama Papers, released in 2016 by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, as well as the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election and issues related to the Trump Administration's perceived conflict of interest, favoritism, or reduced transparency in various industries and sectors once again stir up concerns about public corruption in democratic societies. Such concerns urge us to study corruption in the new era, in which corruption has evolved into a more complex sociopolitical phenomenon. 

We invite a broad range of manuscripts that promote interdisciplinary dialogues, practical relevance, innovative methodology, or international comparison in corruption studies. Scholars and practitioners from various disciplines and from around the world are encouraged to submit their work to this forum. In particular, we welcome theoretical, empirical, and practically relevant research papers that contain, but are not limited to, the following:

·         Conceptualization of public corruption that integrates perspectives from multiple disciplines, such as public administration, public policy, political science, management science, sociology, economics, criminal justice, psychology, anthropology, etc.

·         Features of public corruption in the new era related to the use of new information technology, complicated organizational design, or public-private partnerships; and the challenges for corruption detection and anticorruption institutions in the new era.

·         The role of public participation, non-profit organizations, and civil society organizations in corruption detection and in anticorruption movement.

·         Innovative approaches to measuring corruption at different governmental and organizational levels, such as "big-data" approach, lab or field experiments, or qualitative tools seeking micro-level evidence through an ethnographic approach.

·         Examination of anti-corruption strategies targeting different forms of public corruption, including bribery, kickbacks, embezzlement, fraud, extortion, patronage, nepotism, cronyism, conflicts of interest, and state capture.

·         Comprehensive literature review that systematically assesses the body of existing theory and empirical research, or meta-analysis based on empirical studies in public corruption.

·         Comparative studies of anti-corruption strategies that may examine the mechanisms for certain anti-corruption initiatives to work or not to work in different social and political contexts, or comparative studies that provide lessons learned from other countries.

Manuscripts are due by November 1, 2017, to Yahong Zhang (yahongzh@newark.rutgers.edu) and David Jancsics (david.jancsics@rutgers.edu). After initial screening, authors of selected manuscripts will be invited to submit directly to the Public Administration Review (PAR) online site for double-blind review, with final decisions regarding publication being made by PAR's editors. All authors should comply with PAR's style guidelines.

Guest Editors

·         Yahong Zhang, Associate Professor in School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA), Director of Rutgers Institute on Anti-Corruption Studies (RIACS) at Rutgers University in Newark. Her research focuses on the politics-administration dichotomy, citizen participation, and anticorruption. She is the editor of Government Anti-Corruption Strategies: A Cross-Cultural Perspective, published by Taylor & Francis in 2015.

·         David Jancsics, Post-Doctoral Associate, School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University in Newark (Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs, San Diego State University, beginning date: Sept. 2017). His research focuses on corruption, organizational wrongdoing and informal practices. In 2014 his co-authored paper, "The Role of Power in Organizational Corruption", was selected as the winner of the Best Article Award of the Public and Nonprofit Division of the Academy of Management.

·         Adam Graycar is Professor of Public Policy at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.  He has held senior academic positions at the Australian National University and at Rutgers University.  He spent 22 years as a government official (Federal and State) in Australia.  His latest book is Understanding and Preventing Corruption (with Tim Prenzler) Palgrave Macmillan, NY, 2013.