For authors, part of what makes writing for PAR a rewarding experience is the process of creation, critically examining a field, and engaging in public debate. Until recently reading the Journal has been more of a passive experience. The PAR Interviews are one way to share with readers some of the excitement of exploration and tension of debate, connecting readers with authors. Each issue, we will ask one or more authors to answer a few questions about their contribution to PAR, how they came to write that article, and what it means to them.

Rosemary O’Leary and Lisa Blomgren Bingham talk about their work with Catherine Gerard on the December 2006 Special Issue of PAR – The Symposium on Collaborative Public Management

Jeffrey Straussman talks about his work with Alexei Barabashev on public service reform in Russia in the May/June 2007 issue of PAR (“Public Service Reform in Russia: 1991-2006”)

Irene Rubin talks about her Academic-Practitioner Exchange, “The Great Unraveling: Federal Budgeting, 1998-2006,” appearing in the July/August 2007 issue of PAR.