The Public in Public Administration

Session Submission Type: Full Paper Panel

Session Description

This collection of papers explores the relationship between the public and the work of public administration. Public opinion on the performance of government, the preferences of citizens over policies and parties, and the ideas and policy stories current in the population can shape the incentives for elected officials and unelected public managers. These papers examine public opinion on administrative rulemaking, public views when bureaucratic decisions are automated, the challenges of administration when the public is unsure how to define a particular policy issue, and public opinion on agency oversight in a deeply polarized age of American politics. This material lies at the heart of public administration in a democracy, examining the link between what citizens want and what their government does.

Sub Unit

• Division 24: Public Administration

Individual Presentations

• Watching the Sausage Get Made: Public Opinion of Administrative Rulemaking - William G. Resh, University of Southern California; Anthony W. Orlando, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Colin Angus Leslie, University of Southern California

• Public Views toward Automation: Implications of Representative Bureaucracy - Lael R. Keiser, University of Missouri; Susan Marie Miller, Arizona State University

• Autism and Accountability - John J. Pitney, Claremont McKenna College

• Agency Oversight in an Age of Polarization - John Andrew Sinclair, Claremont McKenna College

Chair

• Jon C. Rogowski University of Chicago

Discussants

• David Switzer University of Missouri

• Miyeon Song Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Newark