Public Administration in Transition
Theory - Practice - Methodology
Published in 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
366 pages
978-87-574-1358-8 (ISBN)
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Within the field of public administration the period from the mid-1970s until today has been turbulent. The organisational forms, the role perceptions, and the praxis of public administrations in the Western world have changed radically, and so have the theoretical questions and approaches of public administration research. These changes are analysed with a specific focus on four major research themes: (1) post-modern public administration, (2) neo-institutionalism, (3) fragmented local governance and (4) method and methodology.
"Institutional theorists from all approaches will find much to read and think about in this excellent festschrift in honor of an eminent institutional theorist and researcher - Peter Bogason. Bogason's emphasis in his productive career on identifying the structure of a problem in order to examine the governance process related to that problem is illustrated repeatedly with the outstanding chapters in this volume. The intellectual move from the study of government to the study of governance has taken several decades but Bogason and his colleagues have pushed this transition along successfully. Their successes are illustrated well in this important book."
Elinor Ostrom, Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science, Co-Director, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington.
"Institutional theorists from all approaches will find much to read and think about in this excellent festschrift in honor of an eminent institutional theorist and researcher - Peter Bogason. Bogason's emphasis in his productive career on identifying the structure of a problem in order to examine the governance process related to that problem is illustrated repeatedly with the outstanding chapters in this volume. The intellectual move from the study of government to the study of governance has taken several decades but Bogason and his colleagues have pushed this transition along successfully. Their successes are illustrated well in this important book."
Elinor Ostrom, Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science, Co-Director, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington.
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Public Administration in Transition
Theory, Practice, Methodology
af Gunnar Gjelstrup (red.) og Eva Sørensen (red.)
366 sider Hæftet
1. udgave 2007
Pris: 510,00 DKK inkl. moms
Medlemspris: 408,00 DKK inkl. moms
ISBN 978-87-574-1358-8
Publication 15 May 2007
To order this book:
In the U.S. please contact International Specialized Book Services (ISBS, www.isbs.com) on +1-800-944-6190 or e-mail:orders@isbs.com
Outside the U.S. please call us on +45 3919 5500 or e-mail:forlag@djoef.dk
1. edition 2007, 366 pages, paperback.
Price (excl. VAT, postage & handling): Approx. EURO 55, £ 49, $ 70.
Within the field of public administration the period from the mid-1970s until today has been turbulent. The organisational forms, the role perceptions, and the praxis of public administrations in the Western world have changed radically, and so have the theoretical questions and approaches of public administration research. These changes are analysed with a specific focus on four major research themes: (1) post-modern public administration, (2) neo-institutionalism, (3) fragmented local governance and (4) method and methodology.
"Institutional theorists from all approaches will find much to read and think about in this excellent festschrift in honor of an eminent institutional theorist and researcher - Peter Bogason. Bogason's emphasis in his productive career on identifying the structure of a problem in order to examine the governance process related to that problem is illustrated repeatedly with the outstanding chapters in this volume. The intellectual move from the study of government to the study of governance has taken several decades but Bogason and his colleagues have pushed this transition along successfully. Their successes are illustrated well in this important book."
Elinor Ostrom, Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science, Co-Director, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Table of contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
By Gunnar Gjelstrup and Eva Sørensen
PART I. Post modern public administration
By Gunnar Gjelstrup and Eva Sørensen
Chapter 2. Deliberative Public Administration: The Discourse Alternative to Neo-Tribalism in Multicultural Societies
By Dragan Stanisevski and Hugh T. Miller
Chapter 3. The Argumentative Turn in Public Policy: Deliberation as Postpositivist Practice
By Frank Fischer
Chapter 4. Postmodern Public Administration: liberal promise, or subtle control?
By Jacob Torfing
Chapter 5. Public administration as metagovernance
By Eva Sørensen
PART II. Neo-institutionalism
By Gunnar Gjelstrup and Eva Sørensen
Chapter 6. Institutions and Governance
By B. Guy Peters
Chapter 7. Towards a more dynamic policy analysis
By Thorsten Flugt and Gunnar Gjelstrup
Chapter 8. Public Administration Theory and Public Administration Change
By Lennart Lundquist
Chapter 9. The Bureaucratic Actor in Late Modernity: Pragmatic or Ambiguous?
By Lotte Jensen
PART III. Fragmented Local Governance
By Gunnar Gjelstrup and Eva Sørensen
Chapter 10. Role diversity in the management of local service institutions
By Karina Sehested
Chapter 11. Framing Network Style Interactions in Local Governance: Three Narratives
By Gary S. Marshall, with Eric Buske
Chapter 12. Community Networks and Power in Los Angeles: Implementation of Neighbourhood Governance Reform
By Juliet Ann Musso
Chapter 13. Governance as Vital Interaction Dealing With Ambiguity in Interactive Decision-Making
By Pieter Tops and Frank Hendriks
PART IV. Method and methodology: pragmatism, interactive research and narratives
By Gunnar Gjelstrup and Eva Sørensen
Chapter 14. Pragmatist Philosophy and Interactive Research
By Chris Ansell
Chapter 15. Interaction Research
By Sandra Kensen
Chapter 16. Constructing narrative health policies
By Anne Reff Pedersen
Chapter 17. Conclusion: Public administration theory and practice in transition
By Gunnar Gjelstrup
Theory, Practice, Methodology
af Gunnar Gjelstrup (red.) og Eva Sørensen (red.)
366 sider Hæftet
1. udgave 2007
Pris: 510,00 DKK inkl. moms
Medlemspris: 408,00 DKK inkl. moms
ISBN 978-87-574-1358-8
Publication 15 May 2007
To order this book:
In the U.S. please contact International Specialized Book Services (ISBS, www.isbs.com) on +1-800-944-6190 or e-mail:orders@isbs.com
Outside the U.S. please call us on +45 3919 5500 or e-mail:forlag@djoef.dk
1. edition 2007, 366 pages, paperback.
Price (excl. VAT, postage & handling): Approx. EURO 55, £ 49, $ 70.
Within the field of public administration the period from the mid-1970s until today has been turbulent. The organisational forms, the role perceptions, and the praxis of public administrations in the Western world have changed radically, and so have the theoretical questions and approaches of public administration research. These changes are analysed with a specific focus on four major research themes: (1) post-modern public administration, (2) neo-institutionalism, (3) fragmented local governance and (4) method and methodology.
"Institutional theorists from all approaches will find much to read and think about in this excellent festschrift in honor of an eminent institutional theorist and researcher - Peter Bogason. Bogason's emphasis in his productive career on identifying the structure of a problem in order to examine the governance process related to that problem is illustrated repeatedly with the outstanding chapters in this volume. The intellectual move from the study of government to the study of governance has taken several decades but Bogason and his colleagues have pushed this transition along successfully. Their successes are illustrated well in this important book."
Elinor Ostrom, Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science, Co-Director, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Table of contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
By Gunnar Gjelstrup and Eva Sørensen
PART I. Post modern public administration
By Gunnar Gjelstrup and Eva Sørensen
Chapter 2. Deliberative Public Administration: The Discourse Alternative to Neo-Tribalism in Multicultural Societies
By Dragan Stanisevski and Hugh T. Miller
Chapter 3. The Argumentative Turn in Public Policy: Deliberation as Postpositivist Practice
By Frank Fischer
Chapter 4. Postmodern Public Administration: liberal promise, or subtle control?
By Jacob Torfing
Chapter 5. Public administration as metagovernance
By Eva Sørensen
PART II. Neo-institutionalism
By Gunnar Gjelstrup and Eva Sørensen
Chapter 6. Institutions and Governance
By B. Guy Peters
Chapter 7. Towards a more dynamic policy analysis
By Thorsten Flugt and Gunnar Gjelstrup
Chapter 8. Public Administration Theory and Public Administration Change
By Lennart Lundquist
Chapter 9. The Bureaucratic Actor in Late Modernity: Pragmatic or Ambiguous?
By Lotte Jensen
PART III. Fragmented Local Governance
By Gunnar Gjelstrup and Eva Sørensen
Chapter 10. Role diversity in the management of local service institutions
By Karina Sehested
Chapter 11. Framing Network Style Interactions in Local Governance: Three Narratives
By Gary S. Marshall, with Eric Buske
Chapter 12. Community Networks and Power in Los Angeles: Implementation of Neighbourhood Governance Reform
By Juliet Ann Musso
Chapter 13. Governance as Vital Interaction Dealing With Ambiguity in Interactive Decision-Making
By Pieter Tops and Frank Hendriks
PART IV. Method and methodology: pragmatism, interactive research and narratives
By Gunnar Gjelstrup and Eva Sørensen
Chapter 14. Pragmatist Philosophy and Interactive Research
By Chris Ansell
Chapter 15. Interaction Research
By Sandra Kensen
Chapter 16. Constructing narrative health policies
By Anne Reff Pedersen
Chapter 17. Conclusion: Public administration theory and practice in transition
By Gunnar Gjelstrup