Chinese Public Administration: History and Current Trends

2007 ◽  
pp. 297-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yijia Jing
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Chinese Public

Fuzzy Lines: Using the Best-Selling Novel to Illustrate the Blurring Boundaries of “Public”

Public Voices ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Nolan J. Argyle ◽  
Gerald A. Merwin
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Contracting Out ◽  
The Public ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Civic Community ◽  
Additional Area ◽  
Do So

Privatization, contracting out, and a host of other current trends blur the line between public and private—they create what at best is a fuzzy line. This study examines yet one additional area where the lines between public and private have gotten even fuzzier—the best selling novel. It uses the writings of Tom Clancy and Clive Cussler,two authors whose names on a novel guarantee best-seller status. It will do so in the context of what a civic community and civil society are, and how they relate to the public-private question, a question that has renewed life in public administration.

scholarly journals Current Trends in the Development of Public Administration in the Security Field: National and Global Aspects

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 13-22
Author(s):  
Anatolii KALIAIEV
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Historical Memory ◽  
National Level ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Potential Threat ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Military Conflicts ◽  
European Values

Current trends in public administration are considered in the context of national security imperatives, in particular regarding prevention and elimination of military conflicts, achievement of international understanding and formation of a global security environment. In recent decades, military conflicts of varying intensity and scale, both in Europe and beyond the continent, have remained a potential threat to Ukraine and all European countries. The research methodology is based on a systematic approach, which, in particular, summarizes modern interpretations of public administration and identifies problematic aspects of reforming modern governance structures amid globalization, informatization and democratization of the society and government. The position on the effectiveness and political perspective of democratic reforms is substantiated. Similar processes are observed in public administration in the security field within the democratic trend aimed at developing a dialogue between society and government through the active involvement of a wide range of non-state actors. On the basis of the dialectical method the trends of public administration development in the field of military security are researched and their ambivalence is argued. The global context of the new consolidated view on the protection of the common future of humanity is noted. The axiological method has provided an opportunity to characterize the processes of securitization of socio-political life and to determine the prospects for reducing its conflictogenity. It is consistently held that the most effective and efficient is the combination of three levels of identity in integrated European societies: maintaining strong positions of the customary national level of self-identification, transnational level of common European values and ethnic level of identity - preservation of historical memory.

The Big Questions of Chinese Public Management Research

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 775-797 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew S. Mingus ◽  
Zhu Jing
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Chinese Literature ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Physical Sciences ◽  
Public Administration Review ◽  
Lively Debate ◽  
Chinese Public

In 1995, Robert Behn introduced American public administration to the need for common “big questions” to become a significant academic discipline, similar to the physical sciences. Chinese civil service laws were just being promulgated then, and so the discussion that ensued in Public Administration Review and elsewhere was not particularly salient for China. The largely U.S. literature did not take an international or comparative turn, yet it later became an active conversation in the Chinese literature, which is struggling to deal with its own identity crisis and the value of its research. Developing the big questions of Chinese public management research is extremely relevant in today’s environment because China is the world’s second largest economy, and their civil service has had significant time to mature. Chinese researchers have recently called for the development of domestically embedded (i.e., Sinicized) big questions. This article discusses the relevance of Behn’s questions on micromanagement, motivation, and measurement in the Chinese context and proposes alternate wordings of Behn’s questions to make them meaningful within the Chinese cultural and institutional context (while avoiding suggestions of replacing the basic Chinese political structure). Our hope is this discussion will spark a lively debate among the relevant Chinese research community.

scholarly journals Chinese Public Administration Review: Relaunching a Necessary Dialogue

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Holzer ◽  
Yi Lu
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Administration Review ◽  
Core Concepts ◽  
Chinese Public

Since being launched in 2002, twenty issues of the journal have conducted a peer-reviewed dialogue on core concepts relevant to and emanating from the public sector that serves the globe’s most populated nation. Prominent academics from China and other countries have continually participated in that dialogue.

scholarly journals Inspiration from the Development of Public Administration in the West for Studies of Public Administration in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-51
Author(s):  
Lisheng Dong
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
The West ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
Government Role ◽  
Research Programmes ◽  
Chinese Scholars ◽  
Chinese Public ◽  
Theoretical Developments

Many Western-based theories of public administration have had some traction in the Chinese setting. However, they also point to the importance of context and the need to ensure that the theory is relevant to the setting. In this regard, theory needs to be both clearly developed and there are various routes that can be taken. In this article, I share with readers some of my thoughts emanating from my teaching and research over the past two decades, namely, inspiration from the development of public administration in the West for studies of public administration in China. The two analytical lenses that I use for this article are the five essential attributes of public administration and the instrumental and value rationalities as the fundamental nature of the various schools of thought in the development of public administration in the West. The five essential attributes refer to core value, assumptions about human nature, methodology, government role, and disciplinary positioning. They serve as references for my review of the field of public administration in China. Over the last four decades, public administration research in China has resulted in the restoration of the discipline, the flourishing of teaching and research programmes, and active exchanges with colleagues around the world. However, Chinese public administration is facing an “identity crisis”. Chinese scholars have become used to playing the role of consumers of imported concepts, theories, and methods. At this stage it is urgent that they develop their own unique paradigm, including concepts, theories, and methodologies, and contribute to the progress of the whole discipline. The goal of forming their own theoretical framework is urging our Chinese colleagues to challenge themselves to consciously engage in independent theoretical thought. More specifically, they should try to keep abreast of the theoretical developments in the West and lay emphasis on cutting-edge research, avoid not seeing the forest for the trees, and practise timely adoption of dominant theories.

GENESIS OF STATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN UKRAINE AND THE WORLD: FROM PRIVATIZATION TO INTERNATIONALIZATION

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1/2017) ◽  
pp. 86-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alla Melnyk ◽  
Inna Tynska
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
The State ◽  
State System ◽  
Institutional Framework ◽  
Economic Governance ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
The World ◽  
Current Stage

The study considers how the phenomenon of state entrepreneurship has been examined in theoretical works by world-famous researchers. It has been brought to light that a comparison of the performance of state-owned enterprises is rather difficult due to divergent views on their socio-economic and institutional framework in different countries. The characteristics of privatization processes that have taken place since the 1990s as well as their current trends are identified. The contribution of an entrepreneurial state in financing and stimulating innovations is analyzed. Bearing in mind the ever-growing role of state entrepreneurship in building business processes, it is noted that the current stage of the development of state entrepreneurship needs significant changes in the state system of economic governance. Taking into account shortcomings over the analyzed period, suggestions have been put forward on how to improve the effectiveness of state entrepreneurship seen as a tool of public administration.

Chinese public administration developments and prospects:

2021 ◽  
pp. 263-288
Author(s):  
Andrew Podger ◽  
Hon Chan
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Chinese Public
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