Friday, November 2, 2018

2018 PATIMES Columns by Benjamin Deitchman

Public Administration in The Good Place

Public Administration in The Good Place
Public administration has a role in the afterlife — at least on the critically-acclaimed network comedy The Good Place.…

Social Media as a Social Good

Social Media as a Social Good
Post on Facebook, “The Facebook is excellent.” Tweet, “Twitter is great.” Caption an Instagram photograph, “I love Instagram.” See how few likes, favorites or otherwise positive reactions appear compared to…

Touch-a-Truck: A Tactile Introduction to the Public Service

Touch-a-Truck: A Tactile Introduction to the Public Service
Touch-a-truck activities also offer a model of how government can and does serve the citizenry. Popular culture presents to children an idealized version of the work of police officers, firefighters…

World Cup Soccer and Policymaking: Strategies for Success

World Cup Soccer and Policymaking: Strategies for Success
Winning the World Cup, or merely qualifying, as the United States failed to do for this summer’s competition, requires tactics and principles that can provide lessons for successful policymaking and…