Citizenship and Ethics underscores the importance of public ethics and civic engagement for public administration theory and practice. By revisiting, reflecting, and advancing Professor Cooper’s landmark research, the contributors have demonstrated with great depth the various pathways to ethical decision making and citizen-centered collaborative public management in diverse policy domains and institutional contexts.

Hui Li

This volume of multi-generational scholarship in honor of Terry Cooper’s work addresses two major governance challenges: how to restore ethical, competent public administration, based on a commitment to the public good; and how active partnerships between citizens and government lead to effective public policy. Amidst political efforts to disenfranchise voters and attack the administrative state, this is a much-needed scholarly and practical contribution to rebuilding trust in our public institutions and democratic governance.

Jack Knott

A recent analysis of the public sector values identified in recent sample of 125 NASPAA self-study reports, suggests that at least 66% of them include Ethical Awareness and more than 50% in the subjects of Equity-Social Justice in their mission statements (Svara & Baizhanov, 2018). Certainly these programs, and others aspiring to reach that status, will find this edited volume a valuable resources in their assigned readings. Presenting perspectives from a variety of settings, and from various levels of government, with a particular focus on the importance of sub-national governments, these readings will enhance the attainment of new knowledge and competences. Clearly Prof. Cooper has stimulated a wide range of intellectual inquiry and awareness through his teaching and writings.

Blue Wooldridge