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A Meta-Analysis of Smart City Research and Its Future Research Implications
Full text linkThe aspired potentials of the "Smart City" (SC) and its deficits in practice are essential reasons why the subject is assigned to a rapidly growing body of literature. This situation requires a specific review of the literature summarizing the research efforts to date into research branches and topics, unifying essential basic concepts and thus forming a solid basis for futher research. The present study first derives a basic structure of research by an analysis of the available literature reviews. Subsequently, a systematic examination of SC literature by means of an EBSCO data query identifies the current research topics and compiles a comprehensive view of the research topics. The present study is therefore not only of interest for scientific use, but also offers practitioners an overview of the various sub-areas of a SC, as well as of the currently available findings and experiences in relation to the implementation of SC (sub-)projects
CONSTRAINING DICTATORSHIP: FROM PERSONALIZED RULE TO INSTITUTIONALIZED REGIMES, BY ANNE MENG, CAMBRIDGE, UK: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2020
Full text linkUNRAVELING CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT BY STUDYING MUNICIPAL PRACTICES
Full text linkCitizen engagement can take various forms and is receiving a great deal of interest, especially in municipalities, which are embracing citizen engagement and searching for ways to integrate it in their day to day work. In theory development, the concept of citizen engagement is captured with various terms covering numerous aspects. This leads to inconsistency and ambiguity and can lead to unproductive debates among those who organize it. Empirical research on how municipalities develop citizen engagement is still limited. This article aims at a deeper understanding of the phenomenon by exploring dominant patterns in the way municipalities organize citizen engagement, the role of those involved and practices that emerge. This article builds on empirical research in 4 Dutch municipalities, 1 Danish municipality and 1 South African municipality. It appears that in practice, citizen engagement comes with a complex dynamic. Organizing citizen engagement affects the entire municipality and can be seen as an intervention in the municipal organization and those involved. Key words: citizen engagement, municipalities, local practices
Does Leadership Matter In Collaborative Governance? Cases In Banyuwangi And Kulon Progo Regency, Indonesia
Full text linkIn nearly all of the framework models of collaborative governance (CG), leadership is always shown as having a major and strategic role. However, specific studies that discuss leadership tend to be limited. Most of the studies on CG are more concerned with the implementation of CG as carried out through several examples of cases. This study intends to perform a precise analysis of the leadership typologies exhibited by the regents of Kulon Progo and Banyuwangi in mobilizing CG, as well as to discover similarities in the indicators that they display in serving their leadership role. This research uses the quantitative approach by referring to the theory of leadership and leadership typologies as developed by Ricard et al. (2017). Ricard distinguished between 5 leadership typologies in the public sector, encompassing transactional, interpersonal, transformational, entrepreneurial, and network governance typologies as arranged into 23 indicators. Data was obtained through a survey of 39 respondents who are Heads of Agencies who have intensive interaction with the Head of the Region. The results of this survey show that the leadership of the two Regents have a tendency to display similarities in typologies, dominated by the entrepreneurial, network governance, and transformational typologies. In the case of the two leaders, the transactional and interpersonal typologies have the lowest average value. Meanwhile, the predominant characteristics of the leadership of these two heads of the region include indicators such as taking initiative, being visionaries, showing commitment to colleagues and organizations, and lastly, being problem oriented. The results of this research may serve as a reference for other Heads of the Region in exercising leadership for collaborative governance
Continuation of public service by other means: the post-military careers of Singapore’s military elites
Full text linkThis article is an intrinsic case study of the bureaucratic elites in Singapore, specifically on the military elites’ post-retirement career patterns. Using original data, this article empirically illustrates that around half of the military elites transitioned to the public sector (and even more if government-linked corporations and entities are included). Through interviews with retired military elites, the transition process is detailed. Drawing upon publicly available sources, this article suggests that this phenomenon can be attributed broadly into two categories: historical institutionalism and sociological reasons. There is a lack of notional distinction between Singapore’s civilian leadership and military leadership, with the military seen as just another avenue to nurture public leaders. Moreover, the notions of ‘scarcity of talent’ and the ‘universal applicability of talent’ are prevalent. It is under such an environment that many military elites continue their public service by other means after retirement
Emerging governances, different perspectives
Full text linkLinking with the debate around new public management (NPM) and new public governance (NPG), the article studies different conceptual approaches for explaining dynamically changing systems that locally deliver integrated health and social care. To make our case, we analyse three health and social care ecosystems: London in England, Tampere in Finland, and West Lothian in Scotland. We argue (a) that network analysis is suited to NPM striving for efficiency, rather than NPGs seeking service effectiveness and innovation; (b) that classifying service systems as networks or ecosystem has important strategic and management implications; and (c) from examining three self-classified local public service ecosystems, that these distinctions are misunderstood in practice.
GOVERNMENT BUDGETING AND EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT: PRINCIPLES AND INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE, BY SALVATORE SCHIAVO-CAMPO, NEW YORK, NY: ROUTLEDGE. 2017.
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Special Issue Editorial;
No full textThis is a special issue which draws on selected papers from the IPMN Conference held in Paris in 2019Professor Masou was the convenor of this conference and is the editor for this special issu
Coordinating for Analytical and Punitive Capacity: The Case of Work-related Crime in Norway
No full textCoordination and collaboration is a perennial theme within public administration and management. This paper studies coordination and collaboration in the public sector by examining a specific case and policy field: The Norwegian joint, multi-agency effort to prevent and combat work-related crime. The main research questions are: How has the Norwegian government organized their work against work-related crime over the last decade? What specific coordination instruments have been introduced, and how do practitioners in the field assess these instruments? What characterizes coordination and collaboration, and what facilitates and constrains it? We find that the coordination efforts are seen as largely successful. The development represents a larger societal push towards joint intelligence efforts at the national level for the purpose of more analytical capacity and more effective use of punitive sanctions. At the same time, sector-based priorities, regulations and performance targets clearly constrain coordination and collaboration between the main actors in the field