Professor James L. PerryDistinguished Professor and Chancellor’s Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington;Editor-in-Chief of Public Administration Review Vanishing Public Administration: What Does it Mean and What Should We Do About It? Through the Governance Salons, the Price School hosts faculty to explore issues relating to effective governance Read more…

Experiments in Public Management Research: Challenges and Contributions Gregg Van Ryzin, PhD, professor at Rutgers University-Newark to speak at USC Price School Governance Salon.  Interest in experimental research in public management is on the rise, yet the field still lacks a broad understanding of its role in producing substantive findings and theoretical Read more…

Jennifer Brinkerhoff will discuss her recent book, Institutional Reform and Diaspora Entrepreneurs: The In-Between Advantage. Externally-promoted institutional reform, even when nominally accepted by developing country governments, often fails to deliver lasting change.  Diasporans - immigrants who still feel a connection to their country of origin - may offer an In-Between Read more…

Donald Moynihan, director and professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs at University of Wisconsin-Madison, will preview his new book, Hassles or Help: Compliance, Learning and Psychological Costs in the Administrative State. This talk develops the concept of administrative burden as an important variable in understanding how citizens experience the Read more…

"Beyond Policy: Procedural Politics in Today’s Congress" Members of Congress often talk about congressional procedure in principled terms. However, political scientists have long argued that questions about the rules are really questions about who has power in the chamber and what policy outcomes can they produce with it.  This dynamic Read more…

The Myth of Independence: How Congress Governs the Federal Reserve Sarah and Mark will explore the Fed’s past, present, & future and challenge the myth of its independence. They will discuss their unique account of Congress’s role in steering this evolution.  Sarah Binder is professor of political science at George Read more…

Unhealthy Politics: The Battle over Evidence-Based Medicine The U.S. medical system is touted as the most advanced in the world, yet many common treatments are not based on sound science. Treatments can go into widespread use before they are rigorously evaluated, and every year patients are harmed because they receive Read more…