Research Agenda for Public Administration

Edited by Andrew Massey, Professor of Government, King's College London, UK

‘Graduate students would find inspiration in this book, as well as senior researchers interested in the topics and/or grappling with the relationship between academic public administration and the practice of governance and public management.’

• Contents:1. A Research Agenda for Public Administration and Public Sector ManagementAndrew Massey2. Public Administration: the interpretive turn, and storytelling R.A.W Rhodes3. Shadowland: the poorly-mapped, under-discussed yet vital interface between public administration research and practice Christopher Pollitt4. To what extent can we frame questions that deliver useful answers for policymakers and practitioners? David Walker5. Public Administration into the wild: grappling with co-production and social innovation Trui Steen, Taco Brandsen and Bram Verschure 6. Bracing for impact: is public administration ready to be relevant? Claire A. Dunlop 7. Regulation and Corruption: claims, evidence and explanations Claire A. Dunlop and Claudio M. Radaelli 8.Developments of modern public administration in East Asia: similarities and dissimilarities among China, Japan and South Korea Kim Pan-Suk 9. A research agenda for public administration in China in the ‘Xi New Era’ Lan Zhiyong 10. Towards digital era governance: lessons from the Australian experience Mark Evans, Patrick Dunleavy, Carmel McGregor and Max Halupka 11. Public governance in small states: from paradoxes to research agenda Tiina Randma-Liiv and Külli Sarape 12. Comparative public administration and administrative reforms Sabine Kuhlman 13. Public service motivation: overcoming major obstacles to research progress Gene A. Brewer 14. After public administration scholarship Wolfgang Drechsler Index