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Volume 29, 1

Symposium-Revisiting Authority in Public Administration
[Coordinated by Arthur J. Sementelli]

Introduction to the Symposium
Arthur J. Sementelli

Towards a New Conceptual Framework for Studying Administrative Authority
Jos C. N. Raadschelders and Richard J. Stillman II

The Imperative of Reason and Rationality: A Politically-and Historically-Aware Netizen's Rejoinder
Kym Thorne and Alexander Kouzmin

Friedrich, Pragmatism, and the Warrants of Authority
C. F. Abel

Is Authority in Public Administration Separable from Authoritarianism? Personalities, Institutions, and Resistance
Jennifer L. Eagan

Commanded to Enjoy: The Waning of Traditional  Authority and Its Implications for Public Administration
Gary S. Marshall

Authority, Domination, and the Administrative State
Arthur J. Sementelli

Forum-In Honor of Larry D. Terry (1954-2006)

Domonic Bearfield & Melvin Dubnick; Richard T. Green; Laurence J. O'Toole, Jr. & Kenneth J. Meier; Norma M. Riccucci; Michael W. Spicer

Book Review

Mary M. Timney, Power for the People: Protecting States' Energy Policy Interests in an Era of Deregulation
Reviewed by Catherine Horiuchi

CommonSense@Admin

Change the Course, Neurons!
David John Farmer

Volume 29, 2

Symposium-Theorizing Governance Beyond the State
[Coordinated by Angela M. Eikenberry]

Network Governance and the New Constitutionalism
Patricia Mooney Nickel

From Representative to Compositions: Governance Beyond the Three-Sector Society
Thomas J. Catlaw

The "Permanent Things" and the Role of the Moral Imagination in Organizational Life: Revisiting the Foundations of Public and Nonprofit Leadership
Max Stephenson, Jr.

Forum-Ongoing Intergenerational Dialogue on Public Administration Theory
[Coordinated and Introduction by Patricia Mooney Nickel]

Robert B. Cunningham; Ralph P. Hummel; O.C. McSwite; Mark R.  Rutgers; Angela M. Eikenberry; Sara R. Jordan; Christopher J. Koliba; Ryan L. Lanham; Jan Rommel & Johan Christianens; Margaret Stout

Book Review

John Parkinson, Deliberating in the Real World: Problems of Legitimacy in Deliberative Democracy
Reviewed by Brian K. Eggen

CommonSense@Admin

See Spot Run
David John Farmer

Volume 29, 3

Article

Red Queen
David John Farmer

Symposium-Sustainability and Public Administration
[Coordinated by Deniz Zeynep Leuenberger]

Sustainability and Public Participation: Toward an Inclusive Model of Democracy
Emilian Geczi

Sustainable Development in Public Administration Planning: An Exploration of Social Justice, Equity, and Citizen Inclusion
Deniz Zeynep Leuenberger and Michele Wakin

Adaptive Leadership as a Facilitator of Public Engagement on Environmental Sustainability Issues
Brendan F. Burke

One Policy Makes No Difference?
Catherine Horiuchi

Forum-Remembering Fred Thayer
[Coordinated by Mary M. Timney]

Mary M. Timney; Barry R. Hammond; Michael M. Harmon; Thomas J. Catlaw; Margaret Stout; Kym Thorne and Alexander Kouzmin

Book Reviews

Michael M. Harmon, Public Administration's Final Exam: A Pragmatist Restructuring of the Profession and the Discipline
Reviewed by Frank E. Scott

David H. Rosenblom and Howard E. McCurdy (Eds.), Revisiting Waldo's Administrative State: Constancy and Change in Public Administration
Reviewed by Robert C. Zinke

Volume 29, 4

Symposium-Naming and Framing Public Administration Theory in Natural Disaster Planning and Response
[Coordinated by Richard J. Herzog]

Introduction
Richard J. Herzog

Toward a Taxonomy of Disaster and Crisis Theories
Arthur Sementelli

Katrina and Colonialism: The Sins of Our Forefathers Perpetuated?
Amy E. Gould

Responding to "Natural" Disasters: The Ethical Implications of the Voluntary State
Patricia Mooney Nickel and Angela M. Eikenberry

What the Catastrophist Heresy Can Teach Public Officials
Patrick S. Roberts

A Critical Analysis of Emergency Management
Heather Wyatt-Nichol and Charles F. Abel

A Model of Natural Disaster Administration: Naming and Framing Theory and Reality
Richard J. Herzog

Book Review

Philip Zimbardo, The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
Reviewed by Jonathan Anderson