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[Catherine M. Horiuchi]

Dear colleagues,

Below in text format is the call for proposals for the 2008 Public
Administration Theory Network, to be held in conjunction with the
Teaching Public Administration Conference in Richmond, Virginia.  We
invite your participation. Thank you for forwarding this call to
interested associates.  Please excuse any cross posting.

Best regards,

Catherine Horiuchi
cmhoriuchi at usfca.edu

www.PATheory.org

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Call for Proposals
2008 PAT-Net Conference
21st Annual Meeting of the Public Administration Theory Network
May 29 - 30, 2008
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia

Public Administration at the Margin

The Public Administration Theory Network, in cooperation with Virginia
Commonwealth University, invite proposals for discursive sessions
exploring issues and ideas related to marginalization in public
administration theory and
practice. The 2008 Conference seeks dialogue on the undiscovered and
invisible, the
dispossessed and disposable, the marginalized and the disappeared. Is public
administration as a discipline marginal to present-day social and
political thought and consciousness? Should public administration
embrace the role of advocate for the dispossessed? Can public
administration open paths for inclusion of the marginalized Other, not
merely as a support for social justice? Can public administration resist
ideological totalitarianism, address practical difficulties in engaging
diverse backgrounds, and counter American exceptionalism or Othering
derived from ethnocentrism and xenophobia? What greater achievements
could be realized by paradigms that include the marginalized?

In pursuit of innovative and provocative discourse we encourage the
opening of theoretic and communicative boundaries. While continuing to
support traditional paper presentations, we encourage scholars to
consider proposals that create
alternative spaces for dialogue and interaction distinct from the
traditional conference
format. Diverse approaches might include (but are not limited to)
roundtables, debates,
drama, cinema, poetry or visual arts.

While seeking proposals on the theme of marginalization, we equally
welcome an open stream of papers, panels, performances, and
collaborative activities of
importance to public administration theorists.

Submit your proposal to Catherine Horiuchi, cmhoriuchi at usfca.edu. Please
include:

• The title and type of the proposal 
  (paper, panel, roundtable, dialogue, performance)
• Name(s), affiliation(s), and email information for authors/participants
• A single page summary of the proposal and, if desired, 
  its contribution to conference topics

Papers completed and submitted on time will follow a double blind
referee process prior to posting on the conference website when
accepted, with authors’ approval.

Timeline:

The conference will be held May 29-30, 2008 in conjunction with the
Teaching Public Administration Conference that will follow on May
31-June 1. A joint
reception will be held on May 30, 2008.

Submission of Abstracts and other Proposals: 
30 September 2007 >> extended to 15 November 2007
Notification of Acceptance of Proposals: 
15 November 2007 >> 2nd series, extended to 31 December 2007
Papers Due: 15 April 2008

Virginia Commonwealth University is located in Richmond, a mid-sized
historic city with a flourishing cultural community, boasting excellent
restaurants
and boutiques, sports and entertainment attractions, and one of the
nation's largest
river park systems. Within driving distance from Richmond are historic
Williamsburg and
Jamestown, Charlottesville, home of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello and
Atlantic
Ocean beaches.

Questions can be directed to the conference chair. Additional
information on the Public Administration Theory Network and a link to
the Richmond, Virginia conference site will
be found on the PAT-Net website, http://www.patheory.org.

Program Committee Members for 2007-2008

Catherine Horiuchi, chair cmhoriuchi at usfca.edu
Bob Zinke, bzinke at ewu.edu
Kym Thorne, kym.thorne at unisa.edu.au
Jonathan Anderson, jfjfa at uas.alaska.edu
Thomas Catlaw, Thomas.Catlaw at asu.edu
David John Farmer, davidjohnfarmer at verizon.net
Angela Eikenberry, aeikenberry at mail.unomaha.edu
Dragan Stanisevski, DStanisevski at ps.msstate.edu

Conference Site Coordinator

Janet Hutchinson, jhutch at vcu.edu

PAT-Net Coordinator

Frank Scott, frank.scott at csueastbay.edu