【摘要】Public administration is an irredeemably multidisciplinary field, which draws on theories, models, and methods from a wide range of disciplines. Much work in public administration on leadership is derivative, drawn mainly from political science and organization theory. I do not co
【摘要】 What lessons about public sector reform can be learnt from using political anthropology to study governance reform? What are the strengths and weaknesses of such an approach? I contrast the everyday working experience reported in Rhodes (2011) with the core themes of civil servic
【摘要】The phrase ‘executive governance’ refers to the merger of two discrete bodies of work, the study of executive government in political science and the study of governance in public administration. We focus on their intersection; on common ground and shared puzzles. We start with a
[摘要] What intellectual influence, if any, have British public administration scholars had on their American counterparts since World War II? In this article, the author briefl y reviews the major areas of theory and research in the British study of publication administration, further
【摘要】Over the last generation, American government has undergone a steady, but often unnoticed, transformation. Its traditional processes and institutions have become more marginal to the fundamental debates. Meanwhile, new processes and institutions-often nongovernmental ones-have bec
【摘要】More than a decade has passed since the publication of Christopher Hood’s influential piece that codified the nature of the New Public Management (NPM) (Hood 1991). At that time it seemed likely, certainly within the Anglo-American research community, that the NPM was a new paradi
【摘要】The term ’governance‘ is popular but imprecise. It has at least six uses, referring to: theminimal state; corporate governance: the new public management; ‘good governance’:socio-cybernetic systems: and self-organizing networks. I stipulate that governance refers to ’self-organizi
[摘要]:英美两个国家( Cou nt ry ) 的政治理论,都以“ 政府” ( g o v e r n m e n t ) 这个术语指国家( S t a t e ) 的正式机构及其对合法的强制性权力的垄断; 而政府的特色则在于有能力作出决定并且付诸实施。“ g o v e r n m e n t ” 一词同时也指“ 统治” ,即在民族国家层次上运作以维系公共秩序、便利集体行动的正式而制度化的过程。 附件:作为理论的治理: 五个论点