Public Administration

"The Disconnection of Advocacy and Analysis in Public Administration: A Critique of Robust Governance" by Gerry Stoker, Brenton Prosser, and B. Guy Peters challenges robust governance by arguing that public administration's advocacy for reform often fails to recognize the enduring influence of politics, limiting the feasibility of proposed institutional changes.

https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fpadm.70074

"AI Public Value Creation: Data Encoding, Aggregation, and Algorithmic Computation" by Antonio Cordella & Francesco Gualdi finds that AI systems can lock public values into technical infrastructures, making policy priorities more resistant to democratic debate, political negotiation, and future revision.

Analizzando dati e algoritmi impiegati nella distribuzione del welfare in Peru, questo paper mostra una trasformazione della creazione di valore pubblico basata sull’Intelligenza Artificiale e non sugli strumenti tradizionali della PA quali legittimità e confronto politico.

https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.70071

"Unraveling Bureaucratic Procrastination: Probabilistically Sufficient Factors and Necessary Conditions" by Xiaomin Zhang, Bo Yan, Bin Chen, Long Wu, & Yao Liu finds that bureaucratic procrastination is most effectively reduced when employees have a strong sense of identification with their organization, while self-efficacy and lower emotional exhaustion also play important roles in helping frontline public servants manage demanding workloads and avoid delaying tasks.

https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fpadm.70073

"Balancing Neutral and Responsive Competences in the Context of Functional Politicization" by Niels Opstrup, Heidi Houlberg Salomonsen, Caroline Howard Grøn, & Anders Ryom Villadsen finds that senior civil servants who perform more politically oriented tasks are more likely to adjust or withhold professional advice under political pressure, but they remain willing to raise concerns with superiors, suggesting that core norms of candid advice persist despite functional politicization.

https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fpadm.70072

Excited to announce the publication of issue 104(2) of Public Administration! Take some time to review the original research found within the issue! https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679299/current

"A Replication of 'Emotional Responses to Bureaucratic Red Tape'" by Huaxing Liu, Cheng Huo, Ben Ma, Qing Huang, & Ziyuan Zhang finds that administrative burden is a robust antecedent of negative emotions, confirming findings of Hattke et al. (2020). https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fpadm.70068

Scopus journal rankings and CiteScores are out for 2025, and Public Administration is continuing its rise to the top! The 2025 CiteScore was 11.9, continuing the trend that Public Administration is the place to publish if you want your research cited!

This week's takes us to 2010 and 88(1). "From the Europeanization of Lawmaking to the Europeanization of National Legal Orders: The Case of Austria" by Marcelo Jenny and Wolfgang C. Müller explains how EU integration reshaped Austrian law.

FROM THE EUROPEANIZATION OF LAWMAKING TO THE EUROPEANIZATION OF NATIONAL LEGAL ORDERS: THE CASE OF AUSTRIA This article addresses the scope of legal Europeanization with regard to Austria, a 1995 accession country. Depending on the choice among several plausible indicators of legal Europeanization, the re...

"When Coproduction Meets Professionalism: Toward a Conceptual Framework for Understanding Challenges of Lay Input" by Rikke Kolding shows that lay input in coproduction is not uniformly challenging to professionalism. Instead, the type, need, and communication of lay input shape how professionals perceive and experience these challenges, offering a more nuanced understanding of professionalism in coproduction.

https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fpadm.70070

"Cultural Competence in Community-Level Initiatives to Advance Racial Equity in Homeless Services" by Saerim Kim, Andrew Sullivan, Kotomi Yokokura, Hyokyung Kwak, & Emily Nwakpuda finds that most U.S. homelessness collaboratives demonstrate strong cultural competence in addressing racial inequality. But many still miss opportunities to deepen equity-focused practices and advance more effective, socially just service delivery.

https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.70063