For a democracy to be for and by the people, what do the people need to know? The Freedom of Information Act is central to answering that question. What FOIA has uncovered in its 60 years, and what it...

The United States is suffering a crisis of governance, and therefore Canada is in crisis as well. The current American "crisis of democracy" is one of

Premier Doug Ford’s daily calendar will now be kept secret from the public following recent changes to Ontario’s freedom of information law — which no longer includes access to records held by ministe...

A new book by Devesh Kapur and Arvind Subramanian, <i>A Sixth of Humanity</i>, offers an unsparing critique of India's record in economic and social development

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They used to help the country build consensus, but it’s been more than four decades since the last one

I’ll present the J.A. Corry Lecture in Political Studies at Queen’s University on March 5, 2026. The title is Why Great States Fail. The lecture will be held from 2:30PM to 4:00PM in Ro…

Editor’s Introduction Rahul Mukherji RESEARCH What Checks and Balances? Explaining the Supreme Court’s Complacency in Modi’s India Christophe Jaffrelot and Prannv Dhawan The Recolonization of Hindus...

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professors Himanshu Jha and J. Tochukwu Omenma as Co-Editors of IPSA’s new journal Governance Review.

In 2018, the sole accrediting body for public service programs in the United States held a workshop for schools seeking accreditation. Diversity and inclusion were all the rage in higher education, an...

By Toby McIntosh “Dark Openness,” a recent article by a Swedish professor raised a provocative question – whether “our toolbox of openness and participation” is being…

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Trade tensions between Canada and the U.S. have erupted after President Donald Trump abruptly called off negotiations because of an Ontario anti-tariff ad campaign.

The emphasis on making deals and showing quick results is coming at the cost of a long-term vision

Since 2024, Canada has entered into an era of uncertainty amid rising domestic and international tensions. What do we need to know to understand Ca...

The United States has always been an empire, but the form of empire has changed over time. For scholars of public administration, the task is understanding how the architecture of empire changed.

The United States is in crisis because of an outmoded federal system. As a result, Canada needs a new grand strategy. That will not be easy to achieve in Canada's more decentralized federation.

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This week's episode of Management Matters features an external view on what's happening in American governance, and the quest to learn more about how international observers are thinking about America...

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17 September 2025: Following his contribution at the European Group for Public Administration conference in August, Professor Alasdair Roberts writes about the tendency to lean towards centralisation ...

We are living in a different world, and we need to talk about what that means for all of us

We are living in a different world, and we need to talk about what that means for all of us

The American political system confronts two distinct crises. The first is the crisis of the moment, stemming from President Trump’s controversial actions since January 2025. The second is the deepe...

When Mark Carney sits down with the premiers on Tuesday, it will be the third time in four months that he and the premiers have met face-to-face. That is, by recent standards, an unusual amount of tim...

What happened when I published an article critical of the accrediting organization NASPAA? A five-month investigation into the integrity of my research. Here's what it uncovered.

When Mark Carney sits down with the premiers on Tuesday, it will be the third time in four months that he and the premiers have met face-to-face. That is, by recent standards, an unusual amount of tim...

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