A Projective View of Minnowbrook Conference-IV

Minnowbrook Conference - IV

This conference will discuss the future of Public Administration, public management and public services around the world in 2028. We see that Minnowbrook Conference-III had non-American members as well. The part-IV will be a global conference and the American isolationism is expected to break. Till 1980s, public administration as a discipline did not have any identity outside USA. The publication of literature on public administration was dominated by USA. The theories, concepts and the methodological developments were also American. Also, almost all of the institutions imparting education in public administration were American.

But, after 1980s public administration gained an identity globally and moved beyond America. A number of important concepts and theories started to develop outside USA. Now, a large number of publications and literature relating to public administration is being published outside USA. Across the world, universities and colleges are imparting education in public administration. No more the academic get-together is restricted to the Minnowbrook conference. Now, a number of academic get-together on public administration are taking place outside USA. Thus, public administration is gaining an international character. If the Minnowbrook conference has to retain its relevance, it ought to go global. If it remains American in character, it will lose its relevance.