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Public Administration and the Illiberal Challenge
Häftad, 2026
282 kr
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This Element addresses the illiberal challenge facing public administration amidst the rise of authoritarian populism and democratic backsliding. It investigates how populist governments seek to reshape state bureaucracies, often undermining liberal democratic principles such as pluralism, …
Leadership Standpoints
A Practical Framework for the Next Generation of Nonprofit Leaders
Av Don Waisanen
Häftad, 2021
317 kr
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This project offers a new leadership framework for the next generation of nonprofit professionals. Based on five years of data collected from the New York Community Trust Leadership Fellowship - designed to address leadership development gaps in the nonprofit sector - it constructs three dimensions …
Organizing and Institutionalizing Local Sustainability
A Design Approach
Häftad, 2022
308 kr
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This Element explores the role of public managers as designers. Drawing from systems-thinking and strategic management, a process-tracing methodology is used to examine three design processes whereby public managers develop strategies for adapting to climate change, build the requisite capabilities …
The Hidden Tier of Social Services
Frontline Workers' Provision of Informal Resources in the Public, Nonprofit, and Private Sectors
Av Einat Lavee
Häftad, 2022
317 kr
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What do frontline social service providers do during client interactions when they lack adequate formal organizational resources to respond to clients' needs? To answer this question, this Element presents two large-scale qualitative studies of Israeli frontline providers of social services. …
When Governments Lobby Governments
The Institutional Origins of Intergovernmental Persuasion in America
Häftad, 2022
308 kr
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Why are some subnational governments more likely to lobby the national government than others? Extant research in social sciences has widely discussed lobbying dynamics in the private sector. However, governments lobby governments, too. In the United States, lobbying is a popular strategy for state …
Networks in the Public Sector
A Multilevel Framework and Systematic Review
Av Michael D. Siciliano, Weijie Wang m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
317 kr
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Networks contain complex patterns of dependency and require multiple levels of analysis to explain their formation, structure, and outcomes. In this Element, the authors develop the Multilevel Network Framework. The framework serves as (i) a conceptual tool to think more deeply about network …
Country Size and Public Administration
Av Marlene Jugl
Häftad, 2022
311 kr
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Although countries differ tremendously in population size, comparative public administration has not considered this context factor systematically. This Element provides the most comprehensive theoretical and empirical account to date of the effects that country size has on the functioning of …
Critical Race Theory
Exploring Its Application to Public Administration
Häftad, 2022
291 kr
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This Element explores Critical Race Theory (CRT) and its potential application to the field of public administration. It proposes specific areas within the field where a CRT framework would help to uncover and rectify structural and institutional racism. This is paramount given the high priority …
Contingent Collaboration
When to Use Which Models for Joined-up Government
Av Rodney J. Scott, Eleanor R. K. Merton
Häftad, 2022
302 kr
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The question of how agencies can work together has been central to the field of public administration for several decades. Despite significant research, the process of collaboration can still be a fraught endeavour for practitioners. Nevertheless, agencies keep trying to work together because it is …
Managing Public Sector Contracts
Market Frictions and Human Resources Solutions
Av Matthew Potoski, Ole Helby Petersen m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
284 kr
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This Element presents a framework for analyzing the complexities of contracting, how these vary across circumstances, the ways contract managers can address challenges, and the skills of contract managers. The framework is grounded on central concepts. Market frictions are underlying imperfections …
Public Administration and Democracy
The Complementarity Principle
Av Anthony M. Bertelli, Lindsey J. Schwartz
Häftad, 2023
308 kr
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This Element argues for a complementarity principle - governance values should complement political values - as a guide for designing the structures and procedures of public administration. It argues that the value-congruity inherent in the complementarity principle is indispensable to …
Experts in Government
The Deep State from Caligula to Trump and Beyond
Häftad, 2024
308 kr
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From Caligula and the time of ancient Rome to the present, governments have relied on experts to manage public programs. But with that expertise has come power, and that power has long proven difficult to hold accountable. The tension between experts in the bureaucracy and the policy goals of …
The Courts and the President
Judicial Review of Presidential Directed Action
Av Charles Wise
Häftad, 2024
284 kr
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Despite voters' distaste for corruption, corrupt politicians frequently get reelected. This Element provides a framework for understanding the conditions under which corrupt politicians are reelected. One unexplored source of electoral accountability is court rulings on candidate malfeasance, which …
Does Court-Ordered Community Service Work?
Evidence from a Case Study
Av Rebecca Nesbit, Su Young Choi m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
284 kr
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Based on interviews with thirty-one managers in community organizations and thirty-four court-ordered community service workers (CSWs) in Georgia, this Element asks whether community service programs are likely to achieve their stated goals of restitution, cost savings, and rehabilitation and what …
Public Service Explained
The Role of Citizens in Value Creation
Av Greta Nasi, Stephen Osborne m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
308 kr
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This Cambridge Element aims to advance theory by investigating the nature of participation in public service delivery. It situates itself under the theory of Public Service Logic to advocate for a strategic orientation to participation as an element of value creation in public services. It …
Topics in Public Administration
Perspectives from Computational Social Sciences and Corpus Linguistics
Av Richard M. Walker, Jiasheng Zhang m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
302 kr
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This inductive examination of the topics in the public administration literature using computational social science and corpus linguistics (17 journals, N=12,760 articles, 1991-2019) reveals a new landscape of public administration topics, changes in topics over time and their distribution: • Topic …
Redefining Development
Resolving Complex Challenges in a Global Context
Häftad, 2023
406 kr
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In 2015, Old Fadama, the largest informal community in Accra, was a government 'no-go zone.' Armed guards accompanied a participatory action research team and stakeholders as they began an empirical research project. Their goals: resolve wicked problems, advance collaboration theory, and provide …
Standing Up for Nonprofits
Advocacy on Federal, Sector-wide Issues
Av Alan J. Abramson, Benjamin Soskis
Häftad, 2024
308 kr
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This Element examines the recent history of nonprofit sector-wide advocacy at the federal level, focusing on work done by national nonprofit infrastructure organizations and national charities, to advocate on issues, such as tax incentives for charitable giving, that affect a broad range of …
New Public Governance as a Hybrid
A Critical Interpretation
Häftad, 2024
308 kr
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This Element focuses on New Public Governance as one of the major administrative narratives of our times. It offers a critical interpretation of NPG as a hybrid tool for management, governance, and reform, arguing that NPG coexists with and is likely to gradually merge into New Public Management. …
Bureaucratic Resistance in Times of Democratic Backsliding
Av João V. Guedes-Neto, B. Guy Peters
Häftad, 2025
302 kr
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This Element investigates how public employees react to illiberal policies proposed by authoritarian leaders during democratic backsliding. Using survey experiments employed with 942 bureaucrats from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Brazil, the research explores their willingness to …
Can Governance be Intelligent?
An Interdisciplinary Approach and Evolutionary Modelling for Intelligent Governance in the Digital Age
Häftad, 2024
308 kr
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Intelligence is a concept that occurs in multiple contexts and has various meanings. It refers to the ability of human beings and other entities to think and understand the world around us. It represents a set of skills directed at problem-solving and targeted at producing effective results. Thus, …
Design Strategies in Public Services
Av Maria Cucciniello, Greta Nasi m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
260 kr
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This Element explores the transformative impact of integrating service design principles into public management and administration, championing a user-centred approach and co-design methodology. By reviewing existing literature, the authors define the scope and applications of service design within …
Design Strategies in Public Services
Av Maria Cucciniello, Greta Nasi m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
820 kr
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This Element explores the transformative impact of integrating service design principles into public management and administration, championing a user-centred approach and co-design methodology. By reviewing existing literature, the authors define the scope and applications of service design within …
New Public Governance as a Hybrid
A Critical Interpretation
Inbunden, 2024
892 kr
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This Element focuses on New Public Governance as one of the major administrative narratives of our times. It offers a critical interpretation of NPG as a hybrid tool for management, governance, and reform, arguing that NPG coexists with and is likely to gradually merge into New Public Management. …
Can Governance be Intelligent?
An Interdisciplinary Approach and Evolutionary Modelling for Intelligent Governance in the Digital Age
Inbunden, 2024
911 kr
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Intelligence is a concept that occurs in multiple contexts and has various meanings. It refers to the ability of human beings and other entities to think and understand the world around us. It represents a set of skills directed at problem-solving and targeted at producing effective results. Thus, …
Standing Up for Nonprofits
Advocacy on Federal, Sector-wide Issues
Av Alan J. Abramson, Benjamin Soskis
Inbunden, 2024
911 kr
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This Element examines the recent history of nonprofit sector-wide advocacy at the federal level, focusing on work done by national nonprofit infrastructure organizations and national charities, to advocate on issues, such as tax incentives for charitable giving, that affect a broad range of …
Experts in Government
The Deep State from Caligula to Trump and Beyond
Inbunden, 2024
911 kr
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From Caligula and the time of ancient Rome to the present, governments have relied on experts to manage public programs. But with that expertise has come power, and that power has long proven difficult to hold accountable. The tension between experts in the bureaucracy and the policy goals of …
The Courts and the President
Judicial Review of Presidential Directed Action
Av Charles Wise
Inbunden, 2024
838 kr
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Despite voters' distaste for corruption, corrupt politicians frequently get reelected. This Element provides a framework for understanding the conditions under which corrupt politicians are reelected. One unexplored source of electoral accountability is court rulings on candidate malfeasance, which …
Public Service Explained
The Role of Citizens in Value Creation
Av Greta Nasi, Stephen Osborne m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
911 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This Cambridge Element aims to advance theory by investigating the nature of participation in public service delivery. It situates itself under the theory of Public Service Logic to advocate for a strategic orientation to participation as an element of value creation in public services. It …
Bureaucratic Resistance in Times of Democratic Backsliding
Av João V. Guedes-Neto, B. Guy Peters
Inbunden, 2025
911 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This Element investigates how public employees react to illiberal policies proposed by authoritarian leaders during democratic backsliding. Using survey experiments employed with 942 bureaucrats from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Brazil, the research explores their willingness to …
