THE GLOBALIZATION OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION

Abstract

This article is reprised from a piece I wrote in 1992 that described how public
affairs education is organized in higher education. I demonstrated some of the
characteristics of public policy analysis and then described some of the key features of a postgraduate program that educates students for public service. In part
III of the article I point out that postgraduate public affairs education has
expanded globally with many new programs on all continents. Nevertheless, I
point out that there are still several gaps in public affairs programs and suggest
some of the key conceptual issues that still need to be developed if postgraduate
public affairs education is to have conceptual and practical value for professionals who work on the design, implementation and evaluation of public policy.