The Foundations of Public Administration Series is a collection of articles to be written by experts in 20 content areas who will provide introductory essays and the top recommended articles for those subjects, both from PAR and other sources. As each content area becomes available, this web page will provide access to the article, to a list of references, and to a related syllabus.

All of the articles in PAR are available free for ASPA members. To download specific articles, just visit PAR Online by clicking on the link in the top banner of the PAR home page, or after logging in to the ASPA site at www.aspanet.org, click in the PAR/PA TIMES link on the top banner. Just scroll down to the two links below:

• Access PAR Issues from 1940-1999 (JSTOR)
• Access PAR Issues from 2000-present

Each link will take you to a searchable database where you can find specific articles published in PAR referenced by authors of the Foundations of Public Administration Series.

Title (Tentative)	Invited Author	Article	References	Syllabus
Theory and Scope of Public Administration	Mark Rutgers
Public Administration History	Jos Raadschelders
Public Service Leadership	Chester Newland
Human Resource Management	Patricia Ingraham and Nadia Rubaii-Barrett	Click Here	Click Here	Click Here
Public Budgeting and Finance	Irene Rubin
Public Management	Hal Rainey
Administrative Communications	James Garnett
Managing Urban America	James Svara
Managing the Federal Executive Branch	James Pfiffner
Administration Law	David Rosenbloom and Helen Rene
Administration Reorganization and Reform	Paul Light
Nonprofit Management	Arthur Brooks
Ethics in the Public Service	Louis Gawthrop
Gender and Diversity in Public Administration	Mary Ellen Guy
Intergovernmental Relations and Its Management	Carl Stenberg and Deil Wright
Public Administration Methodology	Ken Meier
Governance	Lawrence Lynn
Comparative Public Administration	James Bjorkman
Administrative Behavior and Organization	Robert Denhardt
Citizen Participation in Public Administration	Camilla Stivers