Although there is consensus among scholars that red tape has negative consequences,
there is a lack of synthesis on these negative effects. We conduct a meta‐analysis and meta …

Abstract Since 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 …

This article develops the concept of racialized burdens as a means of examining the role of
race in administrative practice. Racialized burdens are the experience of learning …

Administrative burden research has highlighted the multiple costs imposed by public
policies and their impact on citizens. However, the empirical understanding of citizens' …

Scholars have examined how administrative burden creates barriers to accessing public
benefits but have primarily focused on the challenges of claiming benefits. Less is known …

Recent studies have demonstrated that administrative burdens often reinforce existing social
inequalities. However, less attention has been paid to explaining which factors cause …

Administrative burdens in citizen-state interactions are increasingly gaining attention in both
research and practice. However, being a relatively young research field, there is still …

Administrative literacy is the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic information
and services from public organizations needed to make appropriate decisions. Citizens' …

Although red tape has a long history in public administration research, the emotional
consequences of bureaucratic procedures for citizens have received little attention in the …

Existing research finds that increases in administrative burden reduce client access, political
efficacy, and equity. However, extant literature has yet to investigate how administrative …