Compiling the experience and expertise of over 50 leading international scholars, this Handbook of Teaching Public Administration provides critical insights into the questions, issues, and challenges raised by teaching practitioners and aspiring professionals. Its global scope ensures a comprehensive overview of the diversity of current practice in teaching public administration.

Featuring international examples of curriculum design and practice, the Handbook positions public administration against a backdrop shaped by global politics, history, philosophy, and social change. Applied case studies on teaching public administration and in-depth analyses of critical pedagogical concepts illuminate the diverse and multidisciplinary approaches to public administration across the globe, as well as emphasising the widely contested nature of its teaching. Contributions from field professionals explore questions of accreditation, curriculum design, assessment, innovation, and practice, ultimately serving to inform and inspire readers' pedagogical decisions.

Theoretical, empirical, and practice-focused, this incisive Handbook will be an essential resource for public administration students, educators, and practitioners at any stage in their study or career. It will also serve as an engaging reference text for public administration accreditation and approvals organisations.

About the Author
Edited by Karin A. Bottom, Associate Professor in Public Sector Learning, Institute of Local Government Studies (INLOGOV), School of Government, University of Birmingham, John Diamond, Emeritus Professor of Public Policy and Professional Practice, Faculty of Education, Edgehill University, UK, Pamela T. Dunning, Associate Professor (Ret.), formerly of the MPA Program, Department of Political Science, Troy University, US and Ian C. Elliott, University of Glasgow, UK

Reviews
'In this insightful collection, more than fifty international scholars reflect on Public Administration traditions and their connections with PA teaching, explore relationships between research, theory, pedagogic scholarship, and practice, and offer a rich and diversified set of case studies. A must-read for PA researchers and practitioners worldwide!' -- Alketa Peci, Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Brazil
'This Handbook not only brings to the fore the importance of a Higher Education public administration curriculum from a multi-continental perspective, but it also highlights the necessity of a curriculum that incorporates both an academic and practitioner perspective that takes into consideration diverse pedagogical approaches to the teaching of public administration. These approaches are central to imparting, sharing and developing knowledge of public administration that prepares and enables current and future public servants who are fit for purpose in times of wicked and disruptive problems, and who display attributes of empathy, flexibility and responsiveness, much needed in this time of the pandemic and beyond.' -- Michelle Esau, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of the Western Cape, South Africa



Book Information
ISBN 9781800375680
Author Karin A. Bottom
Format Hardback
Page Count 384
Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd