A Research Agenda for Public Administration

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2019
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78811-724-1 (ISBN)

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Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.

In order to be successful, public administration (PA) research has to be methodologically promiscuous. Attempting either quantitative or qualitative purity is no way to reflect the complex realities of public administration in the real world. Looking to the future of the subject, this Research Handbook seeks to suggest the future of PA research, and the directions which it may - or should - take.

With chapters from leading researchers, A Research Agenda for Public Administration offers observations, analysis, and concerns from researchers. With thematically linked chapters, this book focuses and clarifies the current research agenda for public administration while endorsing the need for relevant research in the field, and advocating for theory which fits the reality and practice of public administration, for example, in the areas of climate change, disease control, and migration and inequality.

This Research Agenda will assist students of PA as well as of public sector management, especially postgraduates, but it is also a useful resource for more established researchers seeking to understand the major emerging issues.

Contributors include: T. Brandsen, G. Brewer, W. Dreschsler, P. Dunleavy, C.A. Dunlop, M. Evans, M. Halupka, S. Kuhlman, T.R. Liiv, A. Massey, C. McGregor, K. Pan-Suk, C. Pollitt, C.M. Radaelli, T. Randma-Liiv, R. Rhodes, K. Sarapuu, T. Steen, B. Verschuere, D. Walker, L. Zhiyong

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

Contents:

1. A Research Agenda for Public Administration and Public Sector Management
Andrew Massey

2. Public Administration: the interpretive turn, and storytelling
R.A.W Rhodes

3. Shadowland: the poorly-mapped, under-discussed yet vital interface between public administration research and practice
Christopher Pollitt

4. To what extent can we frame questions that deliver useful answers for policymakers and practitioners?
David Walker

5. 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

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Erscheinungsdatum	01.04.2019
Reihe/Serie	Elgar Research Agendas
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Theorie / Studium
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-78811-724-7 / 1788117247
ISBN-13	978-1-78811-724-1 / 9781788117241
Zustand	Neuware