Public Administration’s Dyslexia: Appreciating the Strengths of its Disabilities

Public Voices ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Pamela A Gibson
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Public

To have a dis/ability opens the possibilities for seeing (understanding) something different because of difference in the disabled’s lens or worldview. Public administration is awash in self-doubt, discomfort and confusion. As it struggles with setting, moving and removing academic boundaries of the discipline, public administration reveals its own dyslexia. The disabling of public administration offers a view from the balcony (or orchestra pit) granting a greater appreciation of ‘the other’ in the public administration student, public administration theory and public administration practices. The dyslexic individual and institution can suffer and celebrate contradiction, paradox, irony, and other delimiting arenas of learning without resistance. Successful learning and understanding can come not in spite of but because of apparent disabilities.

Practitioner Envy and Construction of the Other in Public Administration

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (10) ◽  
pp. 1403-1423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad A. Nisar
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Academic Identity ◽  
Identity Crisis ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Public ◽  
Authentic Identity

This article focuses on the personal dimension of the identity crisis in public administration and its impact on academic research. Devoid of a socially recognizable secure academic identity, practitioner represents the closest to an authentic identity for the public administration researcher. This identification with the practitioner comes at a price and leads to the treatment of “public” as the Other in public administration research. Drawing insights from Said’s treatment of the concept of the Other, various dimensions of the discourses of power and knowledge in public administration which lead to categorization of the public as the Other are discussed.

Using Environmental Information Efficiently

2001 ◽  
pp. 41-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ubbo Visser ◽  
Heiner Stuckenschmidt ◽  
Holger Wache ◽  
Thomas Vogele
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Environmental Information ◽  
The Other ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
The Public ◽  
Environmental Information Systems ◽  
Environmental Information System ◽  
Weak Points ◽  
State Of The Environment

Environmental information systems have gained more importance both in the public administration and industry since the beginning of 1990. For example, in public administration, every state in the Federal Republic of Germany has developed a type of environmental information system. National and European legislation demanding far reaching transparency in the state of the environment encouraged this development. In industry on the other hand, environmental information systems are used for cost- and product-specific recording of waste flows. These are used to point out weak points within the companies’ processes.

Text operators as dialogical mechanisms in judgments of the French Court of Cassation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Dolata-Zaród
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
The Other ◽  
French Language ◽  
The Public ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The World ◽  
French Court ◽  
Present Text

Abstract The aim of this article is to present text markers as a dialogical mechanism in the French language used in a legal setting. The dialogue between the court and the public administration takes place primarily through a judgment’s justification. On the other hand, the dialogue between the authorities and the court takes place in two possible variants: as a response to the parties allegations raised in the complaint or cassation complaint or as arguments formulated in the cassation complaint. Analyzing the decisions issued by the French Cour de cassation, one may notice that this material is characterized by three aspects: intentional, conventional and institutional, as it refers to a set of established beliefs about the nature of the world of a given community.

scholarly journals Inteligencia Artificial e Innovación en la Administración Pública: (in)necesarias regulaciones para la garantía del servicio público

2019 ◽  
pp. 74-91
Author(s):  
Mª Concepción CAMPOS ACUÑA
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Service ◽  
The Other ◽  
Added Value ◽  
New Model ◽  
The Public ◽  
Legal Perspective ◽  
The Face ◽  
The One

Laburpena: Azterlan honen helburua da administrazio publikoaren eredu berriari buruzko ikuspegia ematea, bi ardatz oinarri hartuta: berrikuntza eta adimen artifiziala. Alde batetik, berrikuntza delako administrazioak bilatu behar duen balio erantsia, bere jarrera tradizionala alde batera utzita, eta, bestetik, teknologien abangoardiarekin bat egiteko premia larritik abiatuta (adimen artifiziala) kasu honetan, gainera, berrikuntzaren eragile izanik . Hori guztia, sortzen diren eztabaida etiko sakonak ikuspegi juridikotik aztertuta, eta erronkei aurre eginez, bai zerbitzu publikoa bermatzeko eta bai herritarrek beren eskubideak libreki baliatzeko eta administrazioarekin dituzten harremanetan bazterketarik ez jasateko. Resumen: En el presente estudio pretende ofrecerse un enfoque del nuevo modelo de administración pública sobre dos ejes: innovación e inteligencia artificial. Por un lado, desde la perspectiva de la innovación como valor añadido que la administración debe buscar frente a su posición tradicional y, por otro, desde la imperiosa necesidad de sumarse a la vanguardia de las tecnologías en clave de inteligencia artificial, en este caso, además, como motor de innovación. Todo ello desde un análisis en perspectiva jurídica, desde los retos que se plantean para garantizar no sólo el servicio público, sino el libre ejercicio de sus derechos por la ciudadanía y la no discriminación en su relación con la administración, ante los profundos debates éticos que aparecen. Abstract: In the present study, we intend to offer an approach to the new model of public administration on two axes: innovation and artificial intelligence. On the one hand, from the perspective of innovation as an added value that the administration must seek in the face of its traditional position and, on the other, from the imperative need to join the vanguard of technologies in the key of artificial intelligence, in this case, also as an innovation engine. All this from an analysis in legal perspective, from the challenges that are posed to guarantee not only the public service, but the free exercise of their rights by citizenship and non-discrimination in their relationship with the administration, before the profound ethical debates that appear.

scholarly journals The Case of the Eleven-Inch Fish: A Study in Administrative Discretion

1999 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Don Jaccard
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
The Other ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Public Administrators ◽  
Administrative Discretion ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Administrator ◽  
The One ◽  
Academic Debate ◽  
Laws And Regulations

The complex, yet vague nature, of legislation being generated by lawmakers in Washington, DC requires that public administrators be afforded administrative discretion in carrying out their respective duties. It is no longer possible for policymakers to be fully informed regarding the multitude of variables that exist in the offshore fishing environment, nor is it possible to articulate that spectrum of variables in codified laws and regulations. The academic debate between controlling the exercise of administrative discretion on the one hand and extending the leash of judgment on the other has been around as long as the profession of public administration. In the case of the eleven-inch fish (the fish is one inch shy of being a legal catch), the public administrator on the scene of the infraction has a choice to make. The administrator can choose to overlook the incident, issue a warning, or issue a $100 notice of violation and seize the fish. I know which alternative I chose. The question is, which alternative would you choose?

scholarly journals Algoritmos y algunos retos jurídico-institucionales para su aplicación en la Administración Pública.

2020 ◽  
pp. 54-63
Author(s):  
Óscar CORTÉS
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
The Other ◽  
Technological Changes ◽  
The Public ◽  
Administrative Procedure ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The One ◽  
Secure Implementation

Laburpena: Adimen artifiziala da gaur egungo teknologien artean bultzadarik handiena duenetako bat. Azterlan honen xedea da horren erronka batzuen hausnarketa bat eskaintzea Administrazio Publikoan aplikatzeko. Alde batetik, abiadura-palanka gisa duen gaitasunaren ikuspuntutik, sektore publikoa den bezalako ekosistema juridikoan; beste alde batetik, administrazio-sistemetan bere garapena bideragarri egiteko suertatzen diren galderei erantzuteko beharretik. Horretarako, aztertuko da nola aldaketa teknologiko berriek lege-moldaketekin batera etorri diren maila publikoan bideragarritasuna emateko; aurkeztuko dira algoritmoen aukera eta ziurgabetasun batzuk Administrazioaren teknologia eraldatzaile bezala; azkenik, deskribatuko dira aspektu juridiko batzuk beharrezkoak direnak Administrazioan bere ezapen ziurra eta etikoa lortzeko eta aztertuko dira administrazio-prozedura automatizatu posible baten elementurik aipagarrienak. Resumen: La inteligencia artificial es ya hoy una de las tecnologías con mayor potencial. El presente estudio tiene por objeto ofrecer una reflexión sobre algunos de los retos para su aplicación en la Administración pública. Por un lado, desde el punto de vista de su capacidad como palanca de cambio en un ecosistema jurídico como el sector público; por otro, desde la necesidad de abordar algunos de los interrogantes que surgen para hacer viable su desarrollo en los sistemas administrativos. Para ello, se analizará cómo los recientes cambios tecnológicos han venido acompañados de modificaciones legales para dotarles de viabilidad en el ámbito público, se mostrarán algunas de las oportunidades e incertidumbres de los algoritmos como tecnologías transformadoras en la Administración, se describirán algunos de los aspectos jurídicos que es necesario abordar para su segura implantación ética y jurídica en la Administración y se analizarán algunos de los elementos más destacados de un posible procedimiento administrativo automatizado. Abstract: Artificial intelligence is already today one of the technologies with greatest potential. The purpose of this study is to offer a reflection on some of the challenges for its implementation in public administration. On the one hand, from the standpoint of its capacity as a lever of change and transformation in a legal ecosystem such as the public sector; on the other, from the need to address some of the questions that arise to make viable its development in administrative systems. For that purpose, it will be analyzed how recent technological changes have been accompanied by legal modifications to make them viable in the public sphere, some of the opportunities and uncertainties of algorithms as transformative technologies in administration will be shown, some of the legal aspects that need to be addressed for its legal and ethical secure implementation in the Administration will be described, and some of the most outstanding elements of a possible automated administrative procedure will be analyzed.

scholarly journals Υγεία και ασφάλεια των εργαζομένων στην Ελλάδα, το ευρωπαϊκό ρυθμιστικό πλαίσιο και η εθνική εφαρμογή του

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Κωνσταντίνος Μέκος
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
The Other ◽  
European Origin ◽  
The Public ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government ◽  
Enforcement Mechanisms

<p>This article examines the institutional framework<br />regulating health and safety at work in Greece.<br />The analysis reveals that the regulations concerning<br />occupational health and safety are mainly<br />of European origin, since national legislation is<br />harmonized with the Community Directives. On<br />the other hand, the enforcement mechanisms of<br />the legislation between member-states hardly<br />converge, since the public administration of each<br />country still operates with its own functions and<br />procedures. The organizational structure and<br />history of each enforcement mechanism are of<br />great importance, while its independence from<br />the government is essential for its impartiality.<br />The European Social Charter is also mentioned in<br />the article, though its significance is deemed to<br />be limited up to now.</p>

PRINCÍPIOS BÁSICOS DA ADMINISTRAÇÃO PÚBLICA NO BRASIL

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (208) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Beatriz Pereira de Souza Rosa ◽  
Antonio José Domingos Dantas ◽  
Carolina Bonance dos Santos ◽  
Thayane dos Santos Dias
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
The State ◽  
The Other ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Activity ◽  
Administrative Control ◽  
Technical Requirements ◽  
History Of

Brazil is a country characterized by a long history of conflict between the public and the private, the patrimonialist practice rooted in politics, and consequently the state and municipal institutions, is extremely harmful to the socioeconomic development of the country. Administrative influence is everything that the executive and the administrative bodies of the other powers exert on their own activities, aiming to keep them within the law, according to the needs of the service and the technical requirements of its realization, so it is a control of legality, convenience and efficiency. The methodology used proposes that, in order to add the proposed objective of analyzing and describing basic principles of public administration in Brazil; under these three aspects, administrative control can and must be operated, so that public activity achieves its purpose efficiently, which is the complete fulfillment of collective interests by the administration in general.

Woodrow Wilson and the Tradition of Dualism in Public Administration

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Svara
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
The Other ◽  
Elected Officials ◽  
Woodrow Wilson ◽  
The Public ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Clear Support ◽  
The Ideal

Woodrow Wilson’s early writings contributed to the emerging effort in the 1880s to redefine and reform the field of public administration and to clarify its relationship to elected officials. Wilson envisioned an active and independent administration that was accountable to elected officials for carrying out the policies they established. Administrators should display expertise and operate efficiently, yet they should be attuned to the views of the public and not seek to determine the content of public policy. Elected officials should stop intervening in determining the detailed decisions made by administrators. The central interpretation of Wilson’s views is that politics and policy, on the one hand, and administration, on the other, were not strictly divided in a dichotomous relationship. They were two distinct but interconnected parts of a duality. There was clear support for the view espoused by Wilson in the next half century and a recognition that administrators assisted elected officials in the formulation of policy. The view that the ideal relationship between elected officials and administrators was a dichotomy took hold, and some claimed that Wilson advocated this strict separation. Subsequent theorizing and empirical research by public administration scholars have clearly supported a dualistic view of the relationship and have recognized Wilson’s contribution to establishing a model for the field that would stress complementarity between elected officials and administrators, rather than dichotomy.

Demographic and Occupational Correlates of Workaholism

2012 ◽  
Vol 110 (2) ◽  
pp. 547-554 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toon W. Taris ◽  
Ilona Van Beek ◽  
Wilmar B. Schaufeli
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
The Other ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
The Public ◽  
Occupational Characteristics ◽  
Services Industry ◽  
Industry Sectors

Drawing on a convenience sample of 9,160 Dutch employees, the present study examined whether commonly held ideas about the associations between demographic, professional, and occupational characteristics and workaholism would be observed. For example, it is sometimes assumed that managers are more likely to display workaholic tendencies than others. Analysis of variance was used to relate workaholism scores (measured as the combination of working excessively and working compulsively) to participant age, sex, employment status (self-employed or not), profession, and occupational sector. Relatively high average scores on workaholism were obtained by workers in the agriculture, construction, communication, consultancy, and commerce/trade sectors, as well as managers and higher professionals. Low scores were found for those in the public administration and services industry sectors, and for nurses, social workers, and paramedics. The other characteristics were not or only weakly related to workaholism.

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