PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
1.0 TEACHING AND RESEARCH
1.1 Mission and emphases of the departmentThe
Maxwell School of Syracuse University is the first school to provide graduate
education in public administration in the United States and consistently rated
top in the nation. Graduates of the public administration programs serve at all
levels of government in the United States and around the world. Many also hold
responsible positions in the private and non-profit sectors. Graduates of the
doctoral program are faculty members at other high quality public affairs programs
and research institutes in the United States. The curriculum at the masters level
is designed to help students understand the political, economic and social context
of public administration, achieve substantial competency in organization design
and analysis and in management and administrative techniques, and gain experience
in applying qualitative and quantitative methods to public policy issues. The
program’s mission at the Ph.D. level is to expand society's store of knowledge
about public management and public policy analysis and to meet a need for trained
scholars who are qualified to instruct the next generation of professionals for
the public service. 1.2 Faculty research A
brief description of the faculty’s specific research interests is available
at the departmental website, http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/pa/faculty.asp
1.3 Graduate program The Public Administration
Program offers a professional masters degree (M.P.A.) consisting of 40 credits
that can be completed within the course of a single calendar year. The Maxwell
School’s M.P.A. Program prepares individuals for careers as managers and
policy analysts in government agencies and organizations closely associated with
the public sector. The Ph.D. Program is interdisciplinary in its focus. The Ph.D.
curriculum is designed to assure that all students gain substantial competency
in the core subject matter and methodologies that are central to preparation for
the Ph.D. degree, obtain a firm understanding of the broad intellectual tradition
of public administration and achieve competency at an advanced level in a range
of subject matter and methodologies. Finally, the Public Administration program
also offers a mid-career, 30 credit master of arts curriculum for government managers.
Applications to the M.A. program are invited from individuals with strong academic
performance and with eight or more years of responsible professional experience,
preferably managerial. With careful advisement, mid-careerist students select
course of study options matching their professional needs and interests. The M.A.
program may be part-time or full-time. 1.4 Undergraduate
programNot applicable. 2.0 SUBJECT
DESCRIPTION AND GUIDELINES back to top
2.1 Subject definition Public Administration
at Syracuse University is exemplified by the application of qualitative and quantitative
methods to public policy issues. The aim of the collection in Public Administration
is to support current and anticipated needs for instruction and research within
the Public Administration department. In this regard, the building of a useful
collection of information through the selection of appropriate monographs, serials,
periodicals, conference proceedings, statistical datasets, audiovisual media and
other published information is designed to meet current needs of students and
faculty, as well as anticipate growth and change within the Public Administration
field and department. Several important subject selector "balancing"
criteria are crucial to accomplishing such collection development, given the faculty
research interests stated above and acquisitions funds available during a given
fiscal period. As pertains to selection and preservation of library resources,
among the more important of these include the need to strike a balance between:
- Selecting new resources to meet current needs while also insuring
that access to previously selected resources endures.
- Support
of research and teaching interests of new faculty - while also continuing to support
long-standing research needs and the collection development interests of more
senior faculty in the department.
- The acquisition of resources
in traditional print form as well as those offered via newer, electronic, audiovisual
and web-based formats.
- The acquisition of resources that are the
result of major academic publishers while also developing a collection that focuses
appropriate attention on selection of practitioner oriented resources useful for
professionals currently working in the public administration field and/or in training
to work in that field.
- The acquisition of resources appropriate
to public administration, strictly defined, as well as careful selection of resources
from broadly related disciplines (e.g., economics, management, political science,
etc.).
- The acquisition of resources that embody various methodologies,
styles of subject matter treatment and organizational format (for instance, this
includes but is not necessarily limited to: selection of primary as well as secondary
literature, case studies, single author works as well as collections by multiple
authors, government documents resources and statistical compilations, qualitative
as well as quantitative methodologies, historical treatment as well as current
research, journalistic sources for current domestic and international news reports,
theoretical essays as well as more strictly social scientific reports, and appropriate
selection of tertiary reference sources such as relevant encyclopedic works, indexes,
bibliographies, scholarly literature reviews, web portals (free and fee-based)
and online databases).
2.2
Subject scope Subject Emphasis Includes: *see also, faculty research
interests-1.2 Aging and Social Policy Bureaucratic Politics
Computer Applications and Strategic Planning Conflict Resolution and Mediation
Education Policy Environmental and Natural Resources Policy and Administration
Environmental Economics Global Issues and Diplomacy Health Care
Policy Housing Intellectual History of Public Administration Intergovernmental
Relations International and Development Administration Law and Public
Policy National Security Studies Non-Profit Management Organization
Theory Population Studies Public Finance and Budgeting Public Health
Policy Public Personnel Management Science, Technology and Public Policy
Social Welfare Policy State and Local Government Financial Management
Technology and Information Policy and Administration Urban Policy
3.0 SPECIAL INFORMATION NEEDS AND RESOURCES
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Special information needs of those working in this subject area General:
Include, but not necessarily limited to: Interest in primary sources (e.g., current
government publication), interest in web-based delivery of academic journals and
statistical datasets, interest in access to appropriate tertiary indexes relevant
to the field (e.g., PAIS, ECONLIT, etc.).
Key Electronic Resources: http://library.syr.edu/research/internet/public_administration/er.html
Key Electronic Journals: http://library.syr.edu/research/internet/public_administration/ejournals.html
Key Electronic Journal Collections:
Berkeley Electronic
Press Journals: A University based scholarly publishing initiative offering packages
of journal titles that address economic analysis & policy as well as theoretical
economics. Blackwell Synergy: Provides access to 250+ interdisciplinary
journals. JSTOR: (short for Journal Storage) is an archive of scholarly
publications in business, economics, mathematics, science, and the social sciences,
providing full text articles online. Oxford University Press: Provides
full text access to over 150 interdisciplinary titles. Project Muse: Offers
full text of over 40 print journals in the humanities and social sciences.
3.2 Special collections or noteworthy resources
in the field SU Library's Department of Social Sciences &
Area Studies Services offers:
The maps and government information
collection, which consists of government publications and maps, largely
from the Library's U.S. depository program, begun in 1878. The Library currently
selects 70% of all documents available to U.S. Depository Libraries. Information
includes legislative indexes, international statistical data, New York State depository
materials since 1951, Documents from the Council of Europe, United Nations, Great
Britain, Canada and Selected items from Onondaga County and the city of Syracuse.
The department also contains an extensive collection of maps and atlases and web-based
links to numerous additional New York State, Onondaga County and City of Syracuse
resources. Geographic Information Systems: As part of the
maps and government information collection ("MGI"), A GIS/Map Librarian
is available to assist researchers with use of mapping applications relevant to
public administration (e.g., property assessment, economic development mapping,
geographic distribution for government benefits payments, etc.). In particular,
these services include access to the Library's G-SIC-"Geographic and Statistical
Information Center," a GIS and numeric data services computer lab, located on
the 3rd floor of E.S. Bird Library. Visit the MGI site at: http://library.syr.edu/information/mgi/index.html Numeric
Data Services: A Numeric Data Services Librarian is available to assist
researchers with locating and analyzing data, with data management and analysis,
use of statistical software (e.g., SAS, Stata, SPSS), advice on research methods,
study design, and questionnaire construction and related consultation. Services
also include a web-based menu of data resources (e.g., The University Library
offers on-campus and remote access to statistical datasets from the University
of Michigan's Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research.). Visit
the Numeric Data Services site at http://library.syr.edu/information/mgi/nds/index.html
3.3 Endowment funds or special funding
arrangements Marian N. Friedman Memorial Fund: For the purchase of library
resources relating to the subject of human rights politics and administration
of human rights issues. 4.0 TYPES OF MATERIALS
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Priorities for types of materials Priority determined based on preferences
expressed by the public administration department, its faculty and students, as
well as the judgement of the library subject specialist working in this area and,
as necessary, choices made in conjunction with related subject specialist librarian
colleagues, the Associate University Librarian for Collection Development and
the Library's Chief Bibliographer. 4.2 Format Multiple
formats considered. Continuing trend toward web-based resources. Much of the maps
and government document information is selected via the library’s maps and
government documents department, inclusive of that department’s government
document depository relationship with the U.S. federal government, New York State
government and other governments, as well as international organizations.
4.3 Geographical guidelinesAll geographies
are considered, with emphasis on the United States, but coverage of relevant topics
globally, including, for instance, geographies pertinent to faculty and student
interest in development administration and comparative public administration.
However, selection of resources in the areas of Latin American Studies, Asian
Studies, and Africa/African American Studies is often carried out by library subject
specialists with collection development responsibility for these specific regions,
and not within the public administration fund code. Special consideration is also
given to the fact that the Maxwell School has been designated as a European Union
Center and Center for European Studies-meaning that efforts are made to collect
resources appropriate to European Union issues and administration. 4.4
Language guidelines Primarily English. The evaluation of proposals for
expanding collection of non-English language categories involves assessment of
the capacity of the Library's staff and non-staff resources for cataloging and
otherwise making accessible these items. 4.5
Chronological guidelines Selected resources tend to be published within,
and/or cover subject matter regarding, the 20th and 21st centuries, with general
tendency toward current resources. However, deeper historical coverage is sometimes
considered given departmental interest in intellectual history of public administration.
4.6 Historical CoverageSee 4.5
5.0 PRINCIPAL LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATIONS back
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RELATED COLLECTION POLICIES back to top
Africa/African American Studies Asian Studies Economics Education
International Relations Latin American Studies Management Political
Science Social Work
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