During the last three decades, American public administration witnessed a remarkable growth in numbers and quality of its professional journals.  In order to encourage the development of the administrative knowledge broadly, PAR editors would like to urge readers to peruse carefully essays in other related scholarly periodicals.  The following list provides the editor’s highlights of outstanding articles from recent issues.  Although by no means should anyone limit their reading to just these articles, they are well worth a careful look, especially for those interested in a better appreciation of new generalist perspectives about the field.

Administrative Theory & Praxis
Burke, Brendan F. 2007. Adaptive Leadership as a Facilitator of Public Engagement on Environmental Sustainability Issues. Administrative Theory & Praxis 29 (3): 412-431.

The American Review of Public Administration
Chan, Hon S., and King W. Chow. 2007. Public Management Policy and Practice in Western China: Metapolicy, Tacit Knowledge, and the Implications for Management Innovation Transfer. The American Review of Public Administration 37 (4): 479-498.

Governance
Hammond, Thomas H. 2007. Why Is the Intelligence Community So Difficult to Redesign? Smart Practices, Conflicting Goals, and the Creation of Purpose-Based Organizations. Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions 20 (3): 401-422.

International Public Management Journal
Young, Suzanne. 2007. Uncovering the Complexity of the Decision. International Public Management Journal. 10 (3): 307-326.

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
Shapiro, Stuart, and David Guston. 2007. Procedural Control of the Bureaucracy, Peer Review, and Epistemic Drift. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 17 (4): 535 – 551.

Public Administration: An International Quarterly
Klijn, Erik-Hans, and Chris Skelcher. 2007. Democracy and Governance Networks: Compatible or Not? Public Administration: An International Quarterly 85 (3): 587-608.

Public Budgeting and Finance
Coe, Charles K. 2007. Preventing Local Government Fiscal Crises: The North Carolina Approach. Public Budgeting and Finance 27 (3): 39-49.

Public Budgeting and Finance
Lu, Yi. 2007. Performance Budgeting: The Perspective of State Agencies. Public Budgeting and Finance 27 (4): 1-17.

Public Integrity
Roberts, Robert. 2007. History of the Legalization of Executive Branch Ethics Regulation: Implications for the Management of Public Integrity. Public Integrity 9 (4): 313-332.

Review of Public Personnel Administration
Rangarajan, Nandhini, and Tamika Black. 2007. Exploring Organizational Barriers to Diversity: A Case Study of the New York State Education Department. Review of Public Personnel Administration 27 (3): 249-263.