By conceptualizing street-level bureaucrats (SLBs) as the ultimate policy makers, Michael
focused attention on the interaction between citizens and the state at the organizational front …

What happens to democratic administration when populists come to power? This article
depicts the contours of the debate within the discipline of Public Administration (PA) about …

The article discusses three versions of context. First, UK Government legislation, the British
Cattle Tracing System (CTS), as a context that frames and guides good farming practices to …

Foreign aid organizations collectively spend hundreds of billions of dollars annually, with
mixed results. Part of the problem in these endeavors lies in their execution. In Navigation by …

A thorough update to this well-regarded political history of American public administration. In
this new edition of his provocative book Bureaucracy and Self-Government, Brian J. Cook …

Public service motivation (PSM) theory suggests that the alignment of values may explain
sorting into public service work. Evidence suggests that people with high PSM cluster in …

Populist, illiberal, or outright autocratic movements threaten democracies worldwide,
particularly when such extreme political forces gain control of executive power. For public …

Despite the fact that we currently witness an increasing interest in the study of the role of
agency in policy dynamics, it remains in many respects a puzzle how policy change can be …

The principle that public administrators act in a responsible manner has been fundamental
to the development of the field of public administration as a profession and scholarly …

Purpose–This paper aims to examine accountability arrangements in Bangladesh and to
identify strengths and weaknesses, as well as potentials for improvement …