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The methodology of experiments has been slow to garner a following in public administration (PA), a scientific discipline that exhibits a high degree of methodological conservatism over time (Perry 2012). Our re-view takes stock of the experimental research agenda so far. Examining all articles that appeared between 1990 and 2013 in the fifteen most cited journals in the field of ‘Public Administration’, we analyze the range of experimental PA research with regards to their coverage of ex-perimental methods and research designs applied, but also with a view to their contribution to the development of an experimental research agenda. Based on the finding that PA not only experiences a general dearth of experimental research, but also a limited scope with regard to the variety of experimental designs and research questions tackled, we assess the potential benefits from that methodological advancement and outline approaches for prospective research.
Fluchtmigration ist eine der aktuellen Herausforderungen für die Staaten der Europäischen Union (EU). Angesichts der bestehenden Disparitäten in Bezug auf Aufnahme und Unterstützung der Migrantinnen und Migranten stellt sich jedoch zunehmend die Frage nach einem Umverteilungsmechanismus innerhalb der EU. Der vorliegende Beitrag entwirft einen Mechanismus, welcher die Aufnahme von Angehörigen aus Drittstaaten an Auszahlungen aus den Europäischen Fonds knüpft und somit sowohl zu einer gerechteren Verteilung von Finanzmitteln wie auch einer passgenaueren Verteilung von Migranten führen kann, indem die Bedürfnisse beider Seiten Berücksichtigung finden.
Energiepolitik kann in allen modernen Volkswirtschaften als eines der Schlüsselpolitikfelder angesehen werden. Sie stellt inzwischen eine Querschnittsaufgabe dar, welche verschiedene andere Politikfelder berührt, insbesondere Umwelt- und Klimapolitik, Sozialpolitik, Wettbewerbspolitik und Industriepolitik, und darüber hinaus etwa sicherheits- und außenpolitische Aspekte aufweist. Der Begriff der Energiepolitik als Teil der Wirtschaftspolitik umfasst im engeren Sinne Aktivitäten von Gebietskörperschaften aller Ebenen, Parteien oder inter- bzw. supranationaler Institutionen zur Regelung des Systems der Aufbringung, Umwandlung, Verteilung und Verwendung von Energie.
Unterschieden werden müssen jedoch auch hier die prozessualen (politics) sowie inhaltlichen Aspekte (policy) der Energiepolitik. Im weiteren Sinne, als Governance des Energiesektors verstanden, können alle institu-tionellen Rahmenbedingungen, Prozesse und Aktionen, welche auf die Herstellung gesellschaftlich verbindlicher Entscheidungen über Struktur- und Prozessgestaltung in der Her- und Bereitstellung, Verteilung und sowie der Planung und Lenkung des Verbrauchs von Energie zielen unter Energiepolitik subsumiert werden. Aus diesen Rahmenbedingungen folgt in modernen Demokratien in der Regel ein System oftmals schrittweise vor-genommener Politikanpassungen (Inkrementalismus) in der Energiepolitik. Mit Blick auf Deutschland und andere Mitgliedsstaaten der Europäischen Union bedeutet dies eine weitgehende Einbettung des nationalen Politikfeldes in europäische Rahmenbedingungen sowie die Berücksichtigung entsprechender Wechselwirkungen horizontal wie auch vertikal.
Globally, there are challenges and threats that cannot be targeted by a single actor, even if it may be a national state, legitimized and willing to act. Hence, new collaboration regimes were created: international organizations, but also – formal or informal – cooperations with the private sector. Our paper discusses organization forms of these cooperations or ‘global public private partnerships’ (GPPP) theoretically and outlines framework conditions for the use of these global partnerships. Additionally, the health sector will be tackled exemplarily to delineate in how far GPPP are largely depending on the nature of the good provided.
While traditionally the provision of public services was monopolized by the gov-ernment, lately service delivery has been challenged, resulting in more coopera-tions between private enterprises and the public sector. We discuss theoretically and based on empirical evidence the role of trust in these arrangements and under which conditions information can help to overcome a “trust gap”, contributing to the success of these cooperation. Additionally, we develop and test an experimental design that allows us to show which factors influence the public opinion in favor of these service arrangements and public-private cooperations. Therewith our paper does not only contribute to the investigation of information and trust in PA, but provides some implication for policy makers and the public administration.
National innovativeness is one key driver of economic development. The relation of national innovativeness and national culture has been firmly established by research. Cultural factors, however, influence national innovativeness via different mechanisms on the macro-, meso-, and micro-level of a country. In our paper, we build on existing research on the link between cultural dimensions and national innovativeness to develop a new model that classifies different cultural dimensions in groups according to their mechanism: political, social, or individual (PSI-model). Using a newly-established data set composed of world data, we test and find support for this model using a variety of regression models. The PSI-model provides a more structured theoretical background of the impact of different cultural dimensions on national innovativeness, especially with regard to social practices and social values. It can be used to generate policy recommendations on national innovativeness and offers further applications in fields related to the various impacts of national culture.
It is an open question what impact public governance reforms have had in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region, which is challenged by domestic transformative societal developments as well as by transformational pressures from abroad. To assess their differential impact, the article first revisits the legacies that characterize the public administrative systems of the MENA region. Then, using data from the newly-developed Arab Administrative Elites Survey, it taps into the images and aspirations of public governance insiders as regards crucial public sector values. According to this data, the reforms aim to increase efficiency and to bring public administrations closer to the people. Arguably, reforms in MENA public governance converge, though from a relatively low level, with the direction of global standards of public management.
The insight that politics and administration should be treated as separated spheres is not new, as already Wilson portrayed administration as the apolitical execution of law. Consequently, even if the spheres are distinct, there is no politics thinkable without administration to execute. However, as argued by Peters (2018: 164), “this presumed separation of administration and politics allows them [bureaucrats] to engage in politics.”
While the consequences and causes of revolutions for political systems and the economy are at the forefront of debates in the respective disciplines, scholars have paid scant attention to the role of bureaucracies in revolutions. Against this background, this entry maps the efforts of public administration theory to come to grips with what is understood as revolution. As public administration is of utmost relevance in the context of revolutions, and the scope of the role of administrations in revolutions can be manifold: they may be the passive recipient of change, may influence developments actively, or be more or less unaffected by a change of the political system.
This entry conceptualizes which potential positions in revolutions can be taken by the public administration and which consequences revolutions have for the bureaucracy from a theoretical viewpoint, and provides humble empirical evidence of administrative behavior in revolutions worldwide.
The analysis of forms and effects of what is usually conceived of as globalization or internationalization has become a major topic of political speeches and academic research, especially in the social sciences. While the consequences of globalization for Western economies and societies are often at the forefront of debates, their effects on public administrations are focused on relatively sparsely yet.
This entry aims at identifying the different manifestations and effects of internationalization in the context of bureaucracies. The subsequent sections provide an introduction and delineate the main mechanisms of internationalization. The next section identifies the topics discussed in the context of globalization, internationalization and transnationalization, and distils the main characteristics of international public administrations, as well as the effects and ramifications of internationalization on domestic public administration.
Grundsätzlich stellen PPPs zunehmend eine Realität auch in Deutschland dar. Während jedoch der politisch Wille zugunsten von PPPs relativ klar erkennbar ist, u.a. in der institutionalisierten Form von „PPP-Units“ sowie programmatischer Vorgaben, fehlt es der öffentlichen Verwaltung nicht nur an Erfahrung mit dem Instrument, sondern insbesondere an Akzeptanz. Der vorliegende Beitrag liefert empirische Evidenz für Vertrauensprobleme in PPPs und diskutiert die verwaltungspraktische Sicht.