Academic Articles & Research Papers

Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance

Public policy: an introduction to the theory and practice of policy analysis

Contents: PART I 1.1 Introduction 1.2 'Public and 'Policy' as Concepts 1.3 The Development of the Policy Approach 1.4 Kinds of Policy Analysts and Policy Analysis 1.5 Varieties of Analytical Frameworks 1.6 Philosophical Frameworks 1.7 Analy...

Trust and Public Policy

Understanding Public Policy: Theories and Issues

Preface.- 1. Introduction to Policy and Policymaking.- 2. What is Policy and Policymaking?.- 3. Power and Public Policy.- 4. Bounded Rationality and the Psychology of Policymaking.- 5. Institutions and New Institutionalism.- 6. Structures, ...

Public Policy and Program Evaluation

Evaluation is a controversial and little-understood strategy of public governance, control, and decision making. As early as classical antiquity, scholars were summoned to court to counsel kings. Public policy and program evaluation is a re...

Reframing Public Policy

Abstract In recent years a set of new ‘postempiricist’ approaches to public policy, drawing on discursive analysis and participatory deliberative practices, have come to challenge the dominant technocratic, empiricist models in policy analy...

Public Finance and Public Policy

The second edition of Public Finance and Public Policy retains the first edition's themes of investigation of responsibilities and limitations of government. The present edition has been rewritten and restructured. Public choice and politic...

Public Policy

A comprehensive introduction to public policy and the policy cycle, the fully revised second edition of this popular textbook offers a practical guide to the topic while remaining underpinned by cutting-edge research. Bringing together anal...

Urban Fear, Criminality and the Erosion of Intangible Cultural Access in Machala: A Critical Qualitative Content Analysis of Ecuadorian National Digital Press

This article examines how the Ecuadorian national digital press has represented the relationship between criminal violence, declining mobility, tourism contraction, and the erosion of intangible cultural access in Machala, Puerto Bolívar, a...

Thinking Geographically: Space, Theory and Contemporary Human Geography

History of geographic thought new geographies geographies of the body geographies of text geographies of money geographies of governance geographies of globalization....

Sustainable Administrative Reform Movements Policy in Joko Widodo's Administration

Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is a leader that is widely expected to transform Indonesia into a better country. Hopes and wishes were rising when he was elected as the president of Indonesia. This paper will describe various innovations undertaken b...

Redressing COVID-19 vaccine inequity amidst booster doses: charting a bold path for global health solidarity, together

Abstract Background With large swathes of the world’s population—majority clustered in low- and middle-income countries—still yet to receive the minimum of two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine; The need to address the failures of international...

Multi-level governance readiness and regional policy capacity in supporting Indonesia’s new capital development

IntroductionThe establishment of Nusantara Capital City (IKN) as Indonesia’s new capital requires effective multi-level governance in which supporting provinces play a decisive role in ensuring administrative, infrastructural, and economic ...

Lockdown and Breakdown in Italians' Reactions on Twitter during the First Phase of Covid-19

The article focuses on Italians' reactions to the pandemic on Twitter. During the first phase of the 2020 lockdown (from the beginning of March 2020 - to the beginning of May 2020), a real-time dataset was built, linking data scratching to ...

Interpretive Political Science

This collection of essays is Volume II in a retrospective of previous publications. It looks forward and explores the ‘interpretive turn’ and its implications for the craft of political science, especially public administration. It draws to...

Strategic decoupling through legitimacy: the sustainability-innovation gap in the food processing sector and its health implications

Abstract Background Environmental and public health impacts are critical in the food processing industry. To demonstrate responsiveness to stakeholder expectations, firms foreground sustainability reporting through frameworks such as Enviro...

Fiscal & tax incentives, ESG responsibility fulfillments, and corporate green innovation performance

Carrying out green technological innovation is a necessary way for enterprises to realize high-quality development, and government fiscal and tax incentive policy is an important initiative to promote enterprises' green technological innova...

Cryptocurrencies Transit to a Carbon Neutral Environment: From Fintech to Greentech Through Clean Energy and Eco-Efficiency Policies

Fintech prioritizes the progression of issues related to environmental conservation and the consequences of climate change. This study is among the first investigations exploring the relationship between fintech and sustainable energy. It p...

The Impact of Employee Stock Ownership Plan on the Cost of Equity Capital: Evidence from China

Due to the immaturity of bond market and the defects of internal governance structure, Chinese-listed companies have a strong preference for equity financing. How to reduce the cost of equity capital is particularly important for Chinese-li...

Irrational Factors in Business Administration

In present-day business administration,rationality predominates and even spreads unchecked,giving rise to various problems and finding itself in a difficult position.By rethinking management pattern in modern times from the perspective of t...