Is Arkansas politics exceptional?

This is a roundtable from the 2018 ArkPSA meeting at Arkansas State University; it represents the fifth annual roundtable on electoral changes in the state of Arkansas. In past years, the unique nature of Arkansas politics has been a consistent theme. In this year’s roundtable however, the panelists discuss whether Arkansas still stands out as being exceptional. The panel includes (from left to right in the video): Andrew Dowdle (UA), Jay Barth (Hendrix College), Karen Sebold (UA) and, Hal Bass Read More …

UCA Professor honored by the Ethiopian Crown Council

Dr. Gizachew Tiruneh — standing on the far left of this picture, and an Associate Professor in the University of Central Arkansas Department of Political Science and ArkPSA member — was recognized for his 2015 book, The Rise and Fall of the Solomonic Dynasty of Ethiopia: Is the Kebra Negast a Time-Bound Document?  At a special ceremony held in Washington DC on March 3, 2018, Dr. Tiruneh was made an Officer of the Order of the Star of Honor of Read More …

New book on Public Administration and globalization

Khan, Haroon A. Globalization and the Challenges of Public Administration Governance, Human Resources Management, Leadership, Ethics, E-Governance and Sustainability in the 21st Century. Palgrave MacMillan, 2018. This book is an attempt to understand the challenges of globalization and governance in the public sector. Written from the perspectives of both developed and developing countries, it uses governance and public administration interchangeably to argue that the tasks of implementation require the cooperation of both the public and private sectors, especially in a Read More …