14. Executives, Bureaucracies, Policy Studies, and Governance

Politics ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Ferdinand ◽  
Robert Garner ◽  
Stephanie Lawson

This chapter examines how executives, bureaucracies, and policy studies influence governance. It first provides an overview of the relations between the legislature and the executive, with emphasis on the competing claims of presidentialism versus parliamentarianism, before discussing the civil service and its traditional role in building up the effective power of the state. Using examples from economic policy-making, it argues that embedded autonomy is an appropriate way of characterizing the civil service's relationship with the rest of society. The chapter goes on to consider theories of bureaucratic policy-making, focusing in particular on policy innovation, public administration, and New Public Management, the more recent proliferation of agencies in government, and the concept of good governance. Issue networks, the notion of iron triangles, and policy communities are also explored. The chapter concludes with an analysis of the ‘network state’ and its implications for civil servants.

Author(s):  
Peter Ferdinand

This chapter explores the relations between the executive and legislative branches of government, along with their role in formulating government policy. It first describes the general framework of legislature–executive relations before discussing the civil service and its embedded autonomy. It then examines theories of bureaucratic policy-making, with particular emphasis on the problem of facilitating policy innovation, as well as the more recent proliferation of government agencies and the concepts of governance and good governance. It also considers the spread of the domain of policy-making beyond state officials or civil servants to issue networks and policy communities and concludes by analysing the emergence of a ‘network state’ and its implications for civil servants.


2020 ◽  
pp. 287-310
Author(s):  
Peter Ferdinand

This chapter explores the relations between the executive and legislative branches of government, along with their role in formulating government policy. It first describes the general framework of legislature–executive relations before discussing the civil service and its embedded autonomy. It then examines theories of bureaucratic policy-making, with particular emphasis on the problem of facilitating policy innovation, as well as the more recent proliferation of government agencies and the concepts of governance and good governance. It also considers the spread of the domain of policy-making beyond state officials or civil servants to issue networks and policy communities and concludes by analysing the emergence of a ‘network state’ and its implications for civil servants.


Author(s):  
R. A. W. Rhodes

The chapter reviews the several definitions of governance: the minimal state; corporate governance; the new public management, ‘good’ governance; a socio-cybernetic system. It then stipulates a definition of governance as self-organizing, inter-organizational networks. It argues there is a trend from government to governance in British government because of the hollowing-out pressures and the tools for intergovernmental management are integral to effective steering. Policy networks are already widespread. This trend is not widely recognized and has important implications not only for the practice of British government but also for democratic accountability. Governance as self-organizing networks is a challenge to governability because the networks can become autonomous and resist central guidance. They are set fair to become the prime example of governing without government.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benedetto Lepori

Abstract This article presents the conceptual and methodological design of a register of public-sector organizations, as well as a preliminary delineation of such organizations in Europe. Conceptual and methodological issues are discussed, as well as the potential usage of the register for interlining datasets and analysis. The significance of the register for research policy and evaluation studies is also discussed, as related with changes associated with New Public Management reforms.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hafiez Sofyani

ABSTRAK Direvisinya Undang-Undang Desa No. 6/2014 menjadi harapan banyak warga desa, khususnya untuk menjadi institusi mandiri dalam mengelola sumber daya milik desa. Namun banyak kalangan yang meragukan sumber daya manusia desa mampu untuk memenuhi amanat undang-undang tersebut. Menariknya, dari sekian banyak permasalahan implementasi UU Desa, juga tidak sedikit desa yang berhasil berkat otonomi yang diberikan peraturan baru tersebut. Dalam studi fenomenologi ini, peneliti mencoba menggali keberhasilan Desa Dlingo, Bantul, Daerah Isitimea Yogyakarta yang dulunya menjadi desa terpuruk dan kini menjadi desa percontohan dalam pengelolaan dan tata kelola desa. Gagasan ideologi dan pandangan Lurah Dlingo tentang pembangunan desa kemudian dapat digali oleh peneliti. Dalam Pembangunan organisasi, termasuk pemerintahan desa, memahami konsep modern seperti New Public Management atau Good government Governance saja tidak cukup. Bagi beliau tidak hanya soal sistem dan strukturyang perlu dibenahi, tetapi upaya membangikitkan jiwa dan semangat masayarakat desa untuk berdikari (berdiri di atas kaki sendiri) dan saling bergotong-royong adalah yang paling fundamental. Beliau menambahkan, membangun desa adalah membangkitkan kesadaran dan semangat warga desa bahwa mereka ada untuk “benar-benar ada” di tanahnya sendiri, bukan menjadi obyek pembangunan, yang kadang tidak mampu menghadirkan keadilan. Kata kunci: Undang-Undang Desa; Pengelolaan; Tata Kelola; Fenomenologis; Berdikari ABSTRACT The revision of Village Government Law no. 6/2014 is the hope of many villagers, especially to become an independent institution in managing the village's resources. However, many people doubting that human resources in village are able to fulfill the mandate of the law. Interestingly, from the many problems of implementation of the Village Law, there are several villages are successful due to the autonomy given. In this phenomenology study, researcher tried to explore the success of Dlingo Village, Bantul, Daerah Isitimea Yogyakarta which used to be a slumped village where now become role model village in village management and governance. The idea of Dlingo Village ideology and views on village development can then be explored by researcher. In the development of organizations, including village administrations, understanding modern concepts such as New Public Management or Good Governance is not enough. For him it is not just about systems and structures that need to be addressed, but the effort to inculcate the spirit of the village community to be “berdikari” (autonomous) is the most fundamental. He explains that build the village is raising awareness and spirit of the villagers to understand that they exist have to be "really exist" in their own land, rather than being the object of development, which sometimes could not bring justice. Keywords: Village Law; Management; Governance; Phenomenological; Autonomous


Author(s):  
Tarek Rana

This chapter explores and explains recent modernisation changes in the Australian Public Sector and provides insights on implications of new public management style reform for public sector accounting, auditing and accountability systems and practices. By adopting a narrative analysis approach, this chapter reconnoitres the change by dissecting the public-sector governance, performance and accountability reform and identifies significant modernisation changes in public sector management which has switched focus from a “rules-based” to “principles-based” accountability framework. Moreover, this chapter highlights the changes, challenges and opportunities that arises with the implementation of the new framework which can be seen as an innovative determination of modernisation. The modernisation change in Australia has produced new ideas of good governance and requirements for meaningful accountability systems and practices by mobilising various accountability mechanisms such as accountable authority, corporate plan, program evaluation, performance measurement, and risk management.


Author(s):  
Tolga Demirbas

Fiscal transparency today is considered as an essential element of both good governance and e-governance. Therefore, in the new public management and budgeting reforms made by governments, it is clearly observed that fiscal transparency is one of the key elements. E-government technologies, and especially the internet, are supportive to the efforts on the part of governments offering unprecedented opportunities to public administrations enabling the dissemination of fiscal information and improving the e-governance system. In Turkey, where there is the tradition of Continental Europe, the reforms made through new laws in early 2000 contain various legal and institutional regulations to improve fiscal transparency and encourage the public administrators to use websites in an attempt to enhance fiscal transparency. This chapter, within the context of evaluating the endeavors in question, examines the websites of municipalities in Turkey in terms of fiscal transparency and eventually presents some suggestions for the improvement of the e-governance system.


2021 ◽  
Vol 101 ◽  
pp. 02017
Author(s):  
Yuri Denisov ◽  
Natalia Nemtsova

The research is devoted to the identification and analysis of the vectors of the evolution of the modern system of ethics of public authority. The first of them arose within the framework of the Weber paradigm, which consists in the codification of the norms of ethics of public authorities, which is largely anti-corruption. The second vector is associated with the introduction of the New Public Management paradigm and consists in reorienting the ethics of public authority and the personality of a civil servant to the service-management concept of public administration. The third vector emerged in line with the "Good Governance" paradigm. It focuses the ethical system of public authority on cooperation with all participants of the socio-political field and inclusiveness. In the context of the digitalization of the socio-political space, the Good Governance paradigm has begun a rapid evolution into the Digital Era Governance paradigm. Under these conditions, the public authorities faced an urgent need to modernize their ethical system, the need for its dynamic adaptation to rapidly changing technological realities and faced the challenges of a new ethics.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-84
Author(s):  
Sri Hartati

ABSTRAK   Reformasi politik dan pemerintahan tahun 1998 yang diharapkan sejalan  dengan reformasi birokrasi pemerintahan belum terwujud, diindikasikan dengan pelayanan publik (public service) belum optimal, kinerja ASN masih rendah, kasus Korupsi, Kolusi dan Nepotisme (KKN) masih menjadi penyakit kronis baik dikalangan eksekutif maupun legislatif bahkan sudah merambah sampai ke level pemerintahan terdepan yakni desa. Berdasarkan data Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK) tahun 2020, Indeks Persepsi Korupsi Indonesia menempati posisi 85 dari 180 Negara, Sementara di tingkat ASEAN, posisi Indonesia  menempati posisi keempat, masih dibawah Singapura, Brunei Darussalam dan Malaysia. Kondisi ini menunjukkan  birokrasi  di Indonesia belum dapat menciptakan tata kelola pemerintahan yang baik. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan paradigma birokrasi, pelaksanaan reformasi birokrasi dan bagaimana upaya penerapan New Public Management (NPM) dalam reformasi birokrasi di Indonesia. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif dengan pendekatan fenomenologi. Penelitian ini menganalisis bagaimana paradigama birokrasi, pelaksanaan agenda Reformasi Birokrasi dan penerapan  NPM di di Indonesia.   Data penelitian  dikumpulkan dengan menggunakan teknik studi dokumentasi dan observasi.Teknik analisis data dilakukan dengan reduksi data, penyajian data dan penarikan kesimpulan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dari perjalanan sejarah birokrasi di Indonesia mulai zaman kerajaan, masa kolonial, “Orde Lama dan Orde Baru, tidak dirancang untuk memberikan pelayanan kepada masyarakat,akan tetapi sepenuhnya mengabdi pada kepentingan kekuasaan” pada masanya. Meskipun berbagai regulasi Reformasi Birokrasi diterbitkan, akan tetapi samapi fase ketiga good governance belum terwujud. Penerapan konsep NPM  di Indonesia belum dapat diterapkan oleh seluruh lembaga/Instansi Pemerintah. Berbagai kendala yang dihadapi antara lain: perekonomian didominasi perusahaan asing,privatisasi terkendala kondisi market yang belum cukup stabil, korupsi meningkat, sistem kontrak memicu korupsi dan politisasi dan struktur kelembagaan pemerintah yang miskin fungsi kaya struktur.   Kata Kunci :New Public Management,  Birokrasi, Reformasi Birokrasi   ABSTRACT                              Political and government reforms in 1998 which are expected to be in line with government bureaucratic reforms have not yet been realized, it is indicated that public service is not optimal, ASN performance is still low, cases of corruption, collusion and nepotism (KKN) are still a chronic disease both among the executive and legislative branches. it has even penetrated to the foremost level of government, namely the village. Based on data from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in 2020, Indonesia's Corruption Perception Index ranks 85 out of 180 countries, while at the ASEAN level, Indonesia's position is in fourth position, still below Singapore, Brunei Darussalam and Malaysia. This condition shows that the bureaucracy in Indonesia has not been able to create good governance. This study aims to describe the bureaucratic paradigm, the implementation of bureaucratic reform and how the efforts to implement New Public Management (NPM) in bureaucratic reform in Indonesia.               This study used a qualitative descriptive method with a phenomenological approach. This research analyzes how the bureaucratic paradigm, the implementation of the Bureaucratic Reform agenda and the application of NPM in Indonesia. The research data were collected using documentation and observation study techniques. Data analysis techniques were carried out by data reduction, data presentation and drawing conclusions.               The results show that from the history of the bureaucracy in Indonesia, starting from the kingdom era, colonial period, the Old Order and the New Order, it was never designed to provide services to the community, but the bureaucracy fully served the interests of power in its time. Even though various regulations on Bureaucratic Reform were issued, but until the third phase of good governance has not been realized. The application of the NPM concept in Indonesia has not been implemented by all government agencies / agencies. Various obstacles faced include: the economy is dominated by foreign companies, privatization is constrained by unstable market conditions, increased corruption, the contract system has triggered corruption and politicization and the government institutional structure is poor in structure-rich functions.         Keywords: New Public Management, Bureaucracy, Bureaucracy Reform


Author(s):  
Pham Thi Hong Diep

The term “Governance” has been used since 1990s in the process of public sector reform and implementation of new public management models in many countries. The model “Good Governance” has eight basic characteristics namely: Participatory, consensus oriented, accountable, transparent, responsive, equitable and inclusive, effective and efficient, rule of law followed. In the process of international economic integration and development, the application of the above-mentioned characteristics on the governance in Vietnam is an important complement to the development and modernization of public management. This paper analyzes the context of implementing “Good Governance” in Vietnam, evaluates achievements and challenges in several aspects such as building the rule of law, enhancing transparency and anti-corruption, strengthening the participation of the people, strengthening accountability, consensus, and proposes recommendations to promote public management reform in the time to come.  


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