The economic crisis following Wall Street’s most recent meltdown threw into sharp relief certain core issues concerning the nature of good governance and its relationship to both democracy and the economy. These issues include, for example, (1) the proper role of government upon market failure, (2) the desirability and legitimacy of the administrative state, and (3) the role of public administration as a corrective as well as facilitative institutional endeavor. While ATP remains committed to inquiring open-mindedly into whether mainstream thought and practice are conducive to good governance, the apparent role of mainstream philosophy and behavior in precipitating the crisis, and the apparent inability of conventional approaches to deal effectively with the ensuing sequence of calamities, deepens the need to consider alternatives. We invite papers offering radically different ways of thinking and acting with regard to governance and the economy. The most interesting of papers would develop or employ concepts, principles, methods, and techniques not grounded in the theories and investigative practices of the currently dominant modes of liberal and conservative thought.

The coordinator of this symposium is Charles F. Abel, Stephen F. Austin State University. Proposals should be submitted to Dr. Abel via email (cfabel@sfasu.edu) and the editor (Thomas.Catlaw@asu.edu) no later than January 8, 2011 and should include a working title and a brief abstract in addition to organizational affiliation and contact information for the author(s). An invitation to participate in this symposium does not guarantee publication. Full papers should not exceed 9,000 words (including abstract, references, and notes) and will be double-blind peer reviewed. Initial papers will be due June 1, 2011 and final papers October 15, 2011. This collection will appear in the March 2012 (Volume 34, 1) edition of the journal.