scholarly journals Andrew MASSEY (Ed.), A Research Agenda for Public Administration

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Petra Svensson
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Research Agenda

The Organizational Consequences of Politics: A Research Agenda for the Study of Bureaucratic Politics in Latin America

2016 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 56-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Polga-Hecimovich ◽  
Alejandro Trelles
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
The State ◽  
Bureaucratic Politics ◽  
Comprehensive Survey ◽  
Organizational Consequences ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Methodological Approaches

AbstractThe study of the bureaucracy in Latin America, within the study of politics, has long been little more than an afterthought. It is assumed to lie in the realm of public administration, distinct from other regional subfields that have increasingly gained the attention of political scientists. As a result, scholars' understanding of Latin American bureaucratic politics is limited. Here, we conduct a comprehensive survey of peer-reviewed articles to evaluate the state of this subfield. We find a thematically, analytically, and methodologically splintered discipline, but a prime one for exploitation and new avenues of research. This article summarizes salient trends in the literature, describes advances in the study of bureaucracy in Latin America, and discusses limitations in this scholarship. It suggests a roadmap for scholars by proposing a series of research questions and recommends a series of analytical and methodological approaches to address those questions.

scholarly journals Understanding the Meaning of Concepts Across Domains Through Collocation Analysis: An Application to the Study of Red Tape

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wesley Kaufmann ◽  
Richard F J Haans
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Knowledge Generation ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Red Tape ◽  
The Media ◽  
Societal Problems

Abstract Public administration scholarship is facing a crisis of legitimacy, as academic research is viewed as both increasingly irrelevant for practice and methodologically underdeveloped. In this study, we put forward a so-called collocation analysis approach, which is a useful tool for studying the meaning of key concepts in public administration and (re)focusing academic research agendas to salient societal problems by identifying how concepts are talked about in different domains. To illustrate our approach, we assess the meaning of red tape in academia, policy-making, and the media. Our dataset consists of 255 academic articles, 2,179 US Congressional Records, and 37,207 US newspaper articles mentioning red tape. We find that red tape has specific connotations in each domain, which limits the extent to which these domains are being bridged. Using the insights from our analysis, we develop a red tape research agenda that aims for more relevant and rigorous knowledge generation and conclude by setting out implications and ways forward for public administration research at large.

Disciplinary rationale and public administration field development

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Zhiyong Lan
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Profound Impact ◽  
Field Development ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Future Viability

Public Administration as a field o study is relatively new in the People's Republic of China. Nonetheless, it is quickly gaining popularity on China's university campuses, due largely to China's urgent need for managerial capacity building and reform guidance. Properly defining the mission of the discipline of public administration will have a profound impact on the future viability of the field, as well as on the process of social transformation in China. This paper looks into some of the basic questions related to public administration field development in China. Hopefully, it can contribute to discussions among interested scholars, and serve as a reference for public administration curriculum design and research agenda setting.

An Information Technology Research Agenda for Public Administration

2011 ◽  
pp. 365-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. David Garson
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Distribution Of Power ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Centralization And Decentralization

Research questions are outlined, forming the dimensions of a research agenda for the study of information technology in public administration. The dimensions selected as being the most theoretically important include the issues of the impact of information technology on governmental accountability, the impact of information technology on the distribution of power, the global governance of information technology, the issue of information resource equity and the “digital divide,” the implications of privatization as an IT business model, the issue of the impact of IT on organizational culture, the issue of the impact of IT on discretion, the issue of centralization and decentralization, the issue of restructuring the role of remote work, the issue of implementation success factors, the issue of the regulation of social vices mediated by IT and other regulatory issues.

scholarly journals Connecting International Relations and Public Administration: Toward A Joint Research Agenda for the Study of International Bureaucracy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Fleischer ◽  
Nina Reiners
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Joint Research ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Recent Debate ◽  
International Bureaucracy ◽  
Analytical Frameworks ◽  
Advance Knowledge ◽  
International Bureaucracies

Abstract The recent debate on administrative bodies in international organizations has brought forward multiple theoretical perspectives, analytical frameworks, and methodological approaches. Despite these efforts to advance knowledge on these actors, the research program on international public administrations (IPAs) has missed out on two important opportunities: reflection on scholarship in international relations (IR) and public administration and synergies between these disciplinary perspectives. Against this backdrop, the essay is a discussion of the literature on IPAs in IR and public administration. We found influence, authority, and autonomy of international bureaucracies have been widely addressed and helped to better understand the agency of such non-state actors in global policy-making. Less attention has been given to the crucial macro-level context of politics for administrative bodies, despite the importance in IR and public administration scholarship. We propose a focus on agency and politics as future avenues for a comprehensive, joint research agenda for international bureaucracies.

scholarly journals A research agenda for public administration

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 64-68
Author(s):  
Shauna Kearney
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Research Agenda
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