Public Policy and Administration: recent trends and future prospects
| Date | 01 March 2000 |
| Published date | 01 March 2000 |
| Author | Barry J. O'Toole |
| DOI | 10.1177/095207670001500101 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
1
EDITORIAL
Public
Policy
and
Administration:
recent
trends
and
future
prospects
Barry
J.
O’Toole
University
of Glasgow
This
is
the
last
issue
of
the
journal
Public
Policy
and
Administration
for
which
I
am
Editor.
As
from
I
June
2000
the
Editor
will be:
Dr
Robert
Pyper
Department
of
Law
and
Public
Administration
Glasgow
Caledonian
University
,
Cowcaddens
Road
Glasgow
G4
OBA
My
period
of
office
has
lasted
about
ten
years,
during
which
time
there
have
been
enormous
changes
in
the
ways
in
which
public
policies
have
been
both
made
and
delivered.
The
editorial
policy
of
the
journal
has
been
to
encourage
an
exploration
of
these
changes,
particularly
in
the
United
Kingdom,
and
to
reflect
the
diversity
of
the
methods
used,
and
disciplines
drawn
upon,
in
the
study
of
public
policy
and
administration.
It
has
also
been
the
policy
to
expand
the
range
of
topics
discussed,
for
example
by
encouraging
articles
from
specialists
in local
government
and
the
study
of
public
organisations
outside
of
the
traditional
boundaries
of
public
administration.
I
believe
that
the
journal
is
increasingly
broad-ranging
in
its
coverage
of
public
policy
and
administration
and
that
it
fully
reflects
the
interests
of
scholars
of
public
administration
in
the
United
Kingdom.
The
journal’s
policy
has
also
been
to
encourage
contributions
from
younger
scholars
and
the
development
of
ideas
which
fall
outside
of
the
mainstream
of
current
academic
research.
By
this
I
mean
that
too
often
scholars ’are
encouraged
to
write
material
which
fits
in
with
current
orthodoxies,
or
with
the
research
priorities
of
the
funding
bodies.
I
hope
and
believe
that
Public
Policy
and
Administration
has
encouraged
those
with
views
which
challenge
current
fashions,
or
whose
research
interests
are
not
sufficiently
’sexy’
to
receive
adequate
funding,
to
air
those
views,
though,
of
course,
in
a
rigorous
and
scientifically
sound
way.
True
scholarship
is
about
both
challenging
those
who
claim
to
know
the
truth
and
being
open
to
similar
challenge.
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