Study Of Public Administration Research Articles

An Agenda for the Study of Public Administration in Developing Countries

Developing nations demand a different scholarly approach in the field of public administration. We advance an agenda for research that stands on four pillars. First, in the absence of easily accessible data scholars of developing world public administration must assemble it for themselves. Second, building and testing theory plays a paramount role because researchers face limited information. Third, in developing countries, multi-national and non-governmental organizations are often crucial and must be considered in studying public administration. Fourth, given the novelties and ambiguities researchers face, qualitative information must be integrated throughout the research process. Our article—and the articles in this volume—constitute a call for developing country research to contribute to the study of public administration writ large, informing our understanding of both developing and developed states.

Strategi Kebijakan Lingkungan Program Citarum Harum Di Kabupaten Bandung

So great is the loss suffered due to the contamination of the Citarum River for decades. Starting from the damage in the Citarum Hulu watershed (DAS) to the pollution of industrial waste and domestic waste. Not to mention, flood disasters due to overflowing rivers and sedimentation that often occur in the Bandung Basin, especially Baleendah and Dayeuhkolot. The research method used in this study is descriptive analysis with the type of research being qualitative. The qualitative approach was chosen with the consideration that this method is expected to obtain real data and be able to examine research problems in depth so that the expected results can be obtained. The use of this qualitative research approach is felt to be very appropriate in the study of public administration. The results of the research is an appropriate step in controlling the damage and pollution of watersheds. One form of government policy strategy by issuing Presidential Decree no. 15 of 2018 concerning the Acceleration of Pollution Control and Damage to the Citarum River Basin. With the existence of the Citarum Harum Program policy, it is an environmental policy strategy by observing, controlling problematic environmental conditions and even having to immediately restore the image of the Citarum River which was once tarnished in the eyes of the world as the dirtiest river in the world. With a collaborative step that is able to cover the Siliwangi Kodam III Sector which is divided into 22 Task Forces along the banks of the Citarum River, this is a strategy in restoring the problems that occur in the Citarum River. This policy program will end in 2025, so there must be a follow-up to the next program as well as a success evaluation program so that it does not repeat itself like the previous policy programs which were considered less successful and cost a large amount.

Problems of Contemporary Public Administration: Content Analysis of Scientific Publications

The purpose of this article is to characterize the current trends in public administration research in European countries. Methodologically, the article is based on the content analysis of the leading journals in the field of research of the theory and practice of public administration in European countries. The journals, which form the basis for the analysis of the subject area of the European science of public administration, are a theoretical and methodological platform in the field of public administration, which serves as a unifying framework for scientists and practitioners interested in the public sector and public sector management. Analysis of current trends and research provides a factual basis for decision-making, presents an accessible format, and encourages discussion. Journals on public administration in European countries are an institutional whole, not the least role in the stable significance of which is played by the «hypothesis — method» bundle, which does not allow writing and further publishing articles of a proveless nature. A total of 410 articles from six top journals (1–39 place (Q1) Scimago Journal & Country Rank) for 2017–2020 were analyzed. The analysis of articles shows that most of the journals are aimed at publishing articles of an analytical, methodological, and theoretical nature on five main topics: theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of public policy and public administration; national public political events and processes; the European Union as an actor in regional and international affairs; institutions, politics, and political processes in the European Union and other countries of the world; state policy of interaction between the European Union and other states, as well as comparative studies related to multidimensional issues of public administration. The practical result of the article is the formation of a pool of hypotheses for the study of public administration in conjunction with specific methods that allow these hypotheses to be tested. The reviewed articles reflect a steady interest among scientists and practitioners in understanding projects, the effectiveness of public policy instruments, and the organizational level factors that make it possible to implement them. They reveal how public policy embodies broader trends in society in terms of new regulatory approaches, initiatives, and mechanisms.

The Digital Government Reference Library (DGRL) and its potential formative impact on Digital Government Research (DGR)

The domain of Digital Government Research (DGR) emerged at the end of the 1990s at the intersection of several traditional academic disciplines such as information studies, information systems research, public administration studies, political science, computer science, and business administration among others. While due to their own boundary definitions none of these traditional disciplines could claim “ownership” to the emerging domain, the disciplines were jointly indispensable to provide their various perspectives. As a consequence, the study domain has evolved as a multi-disciplinary endeavor increasingly fostering interdisciplinary relationships. An important contributor to forming the Digital Government research domain in this way also appears to be attributable to the impact of the Digital Government Reference Library (DGRL), which has regularly recorded, updated, and published bibliographical references to the vast majority of peer-reviewed DG research published in the English language for over a decade and a half. Besides its original curatorial purpose of findability and ease of bibliographic organization of DGR-focused research, over the years the DGRL has increasingly also been used for the purpose of bibliometric studies of some kind and some range. This review captures and analyzes the resulting increasingly formative role of the DGRL in DGR, and it documents its increased uses.

Theoretical and Applied Aspects of Public Governance in the Field of Tourism in the Conditions of Adaptation to EU Standards

The article is devoted to the study of public administration in the field of tourism in terms of adaptation to the standards of the European Union. Emphasis placed on the fact that the state of domestic policy in the field of tourism does not meet modern world standards of industry management at the state level. In connection with the transition from a planned to a market model of state development in the last two decades, there have been clear problems that prevent the full use of the tourist and recreational potential of Ukraine. On the one hand, the underdevelopment of domestic tourism correlates with the general problems of political, social and economic nature inherent in developing countries at a certain stage of their development. On the other hand — the lack of the necessary methodological framework and lack of methodological developments for state regulation of tourism correlates with the impossibility of practical application of tourism laws, tourism development programs and the formation of tourism regulation structures at the national level, which directly and indirectly affect the adaptation of Ukrainian legislation and state-management activities in accordance with the standards of the European Union. Based on the results of doctrinal and comprehensive research, it concluded that in the context of promoting the gradual convergence of domestic and European public administration environment, strengthening economic and trade relations that will lead to Ukraine’s gradual integration into the EU internal market, expanding cooperation based on the rule of law and respect for the rule of law. Human rights and fundamental freedoms, the sphere of tourism occupies one of the key aspects not only at the national level but also at the international level. At the same time, in the context of adaptation of domestic legislation and public administration to EU standards, it is advisable to develop a methodology and action plan aimed at implementing the holistic guidelines and principles enshrined at the European level.

Exploring students' performances in implementing social strategy during online learning

Many scholars have studied the Covid 19 epidemic and online-based courses on English lectures using inventive good strategy mapping. Using two online platforms, this study investigated the social practices in learning English as a foreign language. The research method used in this study is a quantitative descriptive method with fifty students from two different study programs: 1) Department of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Mulawarman; 2) Public Administration Study Program, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of 17 Augustus 1945 Samarinda. A quantitative description was used in this study, followed by an in-depth conversation with a sample of the existing population. The study's findings provide an overview of the usage of social techniques in learning English, with the two groups of students favoring the other five tactics. This research also shows how the two groups of respondents apply various aspects of the technique. The findings of this study are expected to be valuable to teachers and curriculum creators when it comes to setting up cooperative learning online. As part of constructive learning, social strategy is one of the strategies that support our learning style. It should be treated at any English level, rather than achieving learner capacity in English through group discussion. This study should be encouraged to everyone through added study with the same previous activities.

Dynamics of agency governance: Evidence from the Nuclear safety sector

Public organizations are compound bodies characterized by competing endogenous dynamics of governance. This study makes two main contributions. First, it contributes to an organizational approach to studies of public policy and administration by conceptualizing compound agency governance. Second, by determining how variation in agency governance reflects endogenous organizational factors. Based on a study of the Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (DSA), two observations are highlighted: Firstly, DSA staff are torn between two competing behavioural logics: A governmental and a transnational logic. Moreover, portfolios of core state powers are more closely monitored by parent ministries than portfolios that relate to non-core state powers. Secondly, the study suggests that organizational factors are vital determents in balancing behavioral logics in agency governance.

Equity in Public Services: A Systematic Literature Review

AbstractSince the New Administration perspective was introduced by Dwight Waldo, equity has played a key role in public administration and public policy studies. Much research has focused on employment, politics, jurisprudence, voting and many other issues, while neglecting the role of public services. As gross societal inequities in the world still abound, this article aims at mapping the structure of the knowledge on equity in public services as well as the main conceptualizations and determinants of equity. Quantitative (bibliometrix) and qualitative (narrative) analyses are combined in the analysis of 145 articles from 69 journals. The greatest concentration areas and main drivers of equity (i.e., representative bureaucracy, administrative burden, horizontal and vertical decentralization, privatization, co‐production and performance management) are identified. The review contributes to the advancement of social equity in public administration scholarship and practice by improving the conceptual clarity of the term and by mapping the various literature streams.

Transparency of Village Fund Management

Transparency of Village Fund Management in Sunggumanai Village, Gowa Regency. Thesis. Public Administration Study Program. Postgraduate Program. Makassar State University. This study aims to find out and describe the Transparency of Village Fund Management in Sunggumanai Village, Gowa Regency. This research method uses a Qualitative approach with data collection techniques using interactive models, namely data collection, data condensation, data presentation, and conclusion verification. The results showed that 1). The availability of adequate information about village funds is considered effective. 2). The knowledge and insights of the community about village funds are considered to have been carried out effectively. 3). Increasing public trust in the management of village funds is considered to have been running effectively. 4). Increasing community participation in village fund activities is considered effective. Overall, it can be understood that the Transparency of Village Fund Management in Sunggumanai Village, Gowa Regency, has been effectively achieved by openness in the preparation of village fund programs, availability of information access through village forums, billboards, and the inscription making of every completed project development. So that the response of Sunggumanai villagers to the implementation of village government is going well, allocating in the performance of village funding programs has increased public confidence in the village government, the result of village development is increasingly advanced. Creating a good relationship between the community and the government through community empowerment with a labor-intensive model of the local village community is allowed to implement village funding programs both in physical and non-physical development.

BIOPOLITICS AS AN ASPECT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN NON-LIBERAL POLITICAL REGIMES (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE PRC)

The article focuses on the potential applicability of biopolitics to modern elements of public administration in non-liberal political regimes on the example of China. M. Foucault's biopolitics is a rather difficult concept to use for the analysis of modern countries of the East due to the initial connection of the concept to the Western intellectual tradition. Based on analysis of the various researches in biopolitics, we propose to look further into strategies for expanding the concept to determine the most suitable for the study of public administration in non-liberal political regimes on the example of the PRC. It is noted that modern China, being an example of a non-liberal political regime, has signs of biopolitical state governance. It is concluded that biopolitics as a technology of power over the population is not an exclusive part of liberal governance.

Previous knowledge and difficulties in the study of public administration among undergraduates in African universities

Previous knowledge and difficulties in the study of public administration among undergraduates in African universities

Comparative Studies in Public Administration: Intellectual Challenges and Alternative Perspectives

AbstractIn the current age of globalization, there is a greater need for comparative studies in public administration to explore cross‐national variations in adopting new global models. Many of the major challenges impeding the intellectual promises of earlier waves of comparative administration continue to affect the contemporary state of the field. As a part of the PAR Symposium on Comparative Public Administration, this short article explores the ideational, epistemological, structural, and institutional challenges to comparative administration and briefly suggests some remedial alternatives.

Revisiting Fred W. Riggs’ Model in the Context of ‘Prismatic’ Societies Today

F. W. Riggs initiated seminal areas of enquiry and research right from the beginning of his journey as an author and a theorist in public administration. His lifetime publications testify to a search for an ‘authentic’ model for analysing the administrative structures and behaviour of developing countries since the 1960s. Riggs pursued what is known as the ‘ecological’ study of public administration which presumes that public administration, functioning in different environments, influences and is influenced by the environment in which it functions. Scholars of comparative public administration have long been familiar with the ‘fused– prismatic–diffracted model’, which was later reformulated by Riggs to exert enormous influence on the understanding of public administration and organisational behaviour in different parts of the world. In the wake of the tremendous transformation with diverse developmental strategies in the Third World and South Asia in particular, in the last fifty years, it becomes important to re-examine Riggs’ models both in the Indian and other developing country contexts today.

Comparative Public Administration in a Globalized World: Moving Beyond Standard Assumptions Toward Increased Understanding

AbstractToday's globalized world calls for a deeper understanding of how and why administrative practices differ across regions and what that means for theory and practice. However, empirical comparative studies in public administration incorporating local and regional particularities in their design, constructs, and interpretation of results are scarce, with the exception of studies on specific constructs such as public service motivation, professional values, and emerging approaches to non‐Western public administration. Consistently, scholars engaged in comparative studies highlight theoretical, methodological, and empirical difficulties in comparing public agencies, employees, and practices as the research instruments and assumptions used often originate from Western countries. Thus, there is a serious need today for adopting more context‐sensitive and balanced approaches to advance our scholarly understanding of systems and practices in different regions. This symposium aims to advance comparative public administration by bringing together novel empirical comparative contributions from scholars from different parts of the world.

Supervision of Telework: A Key to Organizational Performance

Many employers, including the federal government, have introduced or extended their telework arrangements because of the associated advantages, which include cost-efficiency, personnel pool enlargement, and employee well-being and motivation. Despite the continued interest from both academics and practitioners, little understanding has emerged about this work arrangement, with scant studies in public administration and organization literature. Among those studies, consensus has not been formed as to the organizational benefits, especially on performance or employee motivation. Previous studies have also overlooked the heterogeneous characteristics of teleworkers, the dynamics between teleworkers and nonteleworkers, and especially, the role of supervisors in managing telework to achieve proposed benefits. This study adds to previous literature by empirically examining the role of supervisors in managing/motivating teleworkers toward improving organizational performance, using data from the 2011 Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) Telework study. Findings suggest that supervision which includes results-based management and trust-building efforts improves performance of organizations that have telework arrangements.

Social innovation & governance: a scoping review

Findings from a large and growing body of transdisciplinary research offer useful insights for a deeper understanding of the relationships between social innovation and governance. In this article, social innovation (SI) is defined as practices that aim to satisfy neglected human needs, based on collective actions and tighter social relations, potentially generating socio-political transformations. Governance is defined as ‘new ways of governing’, including participatory and collective decision-making, along with conventional forms of government. The authors discuss commonalities and differences in the understanding of both concepts. Both social innovation and governance often involve collaborative practices between civil society organizations and public actors to develop alternative solutions to meet social needs, and often face comparable socio-political challenges. The authors review five academic areas (political science and public administration, urban and territorial studies, sociology, sustainability and ecology, and culture and creativity studies) to identify the most relevant dimensions linking social innovation and governance.

Policy capacity matters for capacity development: comparing teacher in-service training and career advancement in basic education systems of India and China

Capacity development is central to the study and practice of public policy and administration, but ensuring its effectiveness requires a substantial amount of policy capacity from government agencies tasked to design and implement it. Identifying the right mix of policy capacity that governments should possess has been made difficult due to conceptual and operational problems. This article addresses the gap by developing a framework that conceptualizes policy capacity as the ability of governments to perform analytical, operational, and political functions. Drawing on the results of an original teacher survey and complementary sources, the article shows that variations on different dimensions of policy capacity have led to significant differences in the effectiveness of capacity development initiatives, especially as perceived by teachers. Therefore, without understanding and catering to the needs of the targets whose capacity is supposedly being developed, capacity development initiatives meant to be supportive are likely to be dissatisfying and disappointing instead.Points for practitionersThis article highlights the importance of policy capacity and further unpacks how its analytical, operational, and political dimensions are essential to the successful delivery of capacity development. Through a rich account of the comparative case of India and China, it illustrates that all these dimensions are important, without any one being a stand-alone panacea. Above all, it is important to pay attention to the recipients of capacity development programs; without doing so, top-down program delivery ignorant of their needs is likely to be poorly received despite the original intention of developing capacity.

Qualitative Insider Research in a Government Institution: Reflections on a Study of Policy Capacity

Embarking on a qualitative Ph.D. research project in public administration is often daunting for novice researchers. For those students who consider adopting an emic or insider approach for their research, the ethical, methodological, and analytical challenges that lay ahead may seem insurmountable at times. In this article, I reflect on my experience as a Ph.D. student completing qualitative research with my colleagues to study policy capacity in a provincial government in Canada. I review how I constructed an ethical framework by integrating policy from Research Ethics Boards and government. Throughout the article, I deal primarily with ethical considerations and the personal and professional tensions associated with insider research. In addition to providing an overview of the literature on insider and emic research, I present ethical protocols that student-practitioners in other settings should consider when completing academic research with their colleagues in government institutions. Overall, the risks one must mitigate and minimize when completing insider research in government institutions are not substantially different from insider research in private institutions. While insider approaches in the study of public administration are not without their unique challenges, they do offer great potential in broadening and deepening emic knowledge of public administration practice.

МОДЕЛЬ УПРАВЛІННЯ НАЦІОНАЛЬНОЮ ЕКОНОМІКОЮ У КОНТЕКСТІ СВІТОВОГО ДОСВІДУ

The study of public administration of national economy on the basis of benchmarking in the XXI century provides an opportunity to analyze the algorithm of solution of various problems of economic management in a particular country, to identify the level of their solution in comparison with other countries, to analyze the level of perception and implementation of their experience in Ukraine. The experience of other countries should be interpreted on the basis of its thoughtful consideration, taking into account the national interests of Ukraine, the peculiarities of its development. The article briefly systematizes the features of liberal, dirigiste, Japanese, social-democratic, centralized and decentralized models of economic management. The article reveals in more detail the model of economic dirigisme by the example of France, the Chinese model based on economic nationalism, the model of centralized economic management by the example of South Korea and the model of decentralized economic management by the example of Canada. As a result of the study, it is substantiated that the choice of the dirigiste model of economic management in France is due to the high share of the public sector in the country. The institutions of public sector management are extremely important components of the systems of state regulation of the economy. The main regulators of state management of the economy in France are: prices, the tax system, state support for small business and accelerated depreciation. The article also focuses our attention on the experience of economic management in China. Based on the national interest of the country, over 30 years China has created a model of development combining the advantages of planning, private initiative and competitive market, and has become a leading global economy and political force. Innovations in social management corresponded to the national and socio-economic specificity, the implementation was carried out as a smooth transition from outdated traditional ways of management to new ones. China has taught the world a brilliant lesson in innovation strategy. In the economic development of South Korea, the centralized management based on five-year political plans, which transformed the country from a backward agrarian country into a modern economy, competitive both in the domestic and in the world market, plays the main role. The generalization of the experience of relations between the center and the regions is considered on the example of Canada.

THE MEDICAL REFORM: REALITIES AND PROSPECTS FOR UKRAINE

The aim: is to analyze the realities and to determine prospects of the medical reform in Ukraine as a method of public administration of healthcare. Materials and methods: The given paper uses an integrated approach, which consists in the study of public administration of healthcare as a single whole with the coordinated functioning of all its constituents; besides this, the methods, which were used at the empirical and theoretical levels, such as, an abstract logical method, a method of analyses and synthesis, and a method of comparison were applied in the given research. Conclusions: The medical reform is not a goal in itself, but when implementing the reform, it is necessary to consider other related processes, such as globalization, technological progress, urbanization, demographic crisis, macro-economic situation, unfinished distribution of the rights of property in business, specialization. Now, there is «The Strategy of the Reformation of Healthcare of Ukraine». And the proper use of the complex of methods of public administration, directed both at balanced growth of the national health field, and prevention of negative influence of related sectors and fields of national economy guarantees its successful realization.