What is Public Administration?

Professional Associations




ASPA - American Society for Public Administration
http://www.aspanet.org/- ASPA is the largest American professional association in the field of public administration.


Canadian Association of Programs in Public Administration
http://leroy.cc.uregina.ca/~rasmussk/ - association for those interested in teaching public administration. 


Centre for Research in Public Sector Management - Australia
http://www2.canberra.edu.au/management/crpsm/welcome.htm


Community Development Society
http://comm-dev.org/ - Founded in 1969, CDS, is a professional association for community development practitioners and citizen leaders around the world. 


Hong Kong Public Administration Association
http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~hkpaa/


International City/County Management Association (ICMA)
http://www.icma.org/ - ICMA supports and assists professional local government managers.  The association publishes materials to help improve the process of local government management.  Includes a list of links of interest to Local Governments.


IPA
http://www.theipa.org/ - The Institute of Public Administration (IPA) "is a private, nonprofit organization, affiliated with the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University."   Page includes a discussion forum board.


IPA - Ireland
http://www.ipa.ie/


IPAA – Australia
http://www.ipaa.org.au/


IPAC – Canada
http://www.ipaciapc.ca/


Local Government Environmental Assistance Network
http://www.lgean.org/ - The local Government Environmental Assistance Network provides 24-hour access to regulatory and pollution prevention information, message boards, regulatory updates, grants and financing information, and more.


National Association of Counties (NACo)
http://www.naco.org/


National Center for Environmental Decision-making Research
http://www.ncedr.org/ - produces scientific and operational advances of direct use to subnational (state, regional, tribal, local) environmental decision makers.


The National Center for Small Communities (NCSC)
http://www.natat.org/ncsc/


National League of Cities (NLC)
http://www.nlc.org/ - NLC represents 49 leagues, more than 1,500 member cities, and through the membership of the state municipal leagues, NLC represents more than 18,000 cities and towns.


Politics and Public Administration Spain
http://www.DocuWeb.ca/SiSpain/english/politics/index.html- Document clearinghouse offers an archive of English and Spanish reports on politics and government in Spain. Link to the Prime Minister of Spain.


Public Administration - Russia
http://www.rags.ru/


Public Administration Forum
http://www.paf.org/ - Organized in 1985, "the non-profit Public Administration Forum (PAF) seeks to improve the quality of public administration through training and related educational activities."


Public Administration Promotion Center - Germany
http://www.dse.de/zoev/zoev-e.htm - German Foundation for International Development - Public Administration Promotion Centre (ZÖV).


Public Health and Health Services Administration
http://sunlibrary.is.rpslmc.edu/library/pubhealth.html- Links for: Public Health & Health Services Administration, Health Services Administration, Health Care Policy, Public Health, and Statistics Information Sources.


 


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