Part I: Literature Review

Project Description: An introduction to the topic and its applied importance to the field and practice of public administration

Preliminary Literature Review: A preliminary review of professional and scholarly literature establishing how this project is placed within the context of the wider body of knowledge about the topic. Professional or scholarly literature reviews are not to be annotated bibliographies; they are to be integrative reviews that establish where the student’s project can be placed in the broader content and theoretical context of prior published research and analysis. In other words, the literature review should be thematic rather than organized author-by-author or study-by-study. The requirements for the approach and content of acceptable literature reviews should be clearly stated in the course syllabus. The documents should be a minimum of 8 pages (double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12pt font), excluding