Thinking On: A Career in Public Administration

Abstract

This article provides a brief intellectual history of my journey from traditional public administration through modernist‐empiricism to an interpretive approach and its associated research themes; a story of how I got to where I am. I do so to provide the context for a statement of where I stand now and key themes in my research; a story of where I go from here. I have a vaulting ambition: to establish an interpretive approach and narrative explanations in political science, so redefining public policy analysis.

Mekanisme Kebijakan Standard Ketahanan Gempa Baru pada Bangunan Publik

“…Peran pemerintah haruslah dominan karena pada hakekatnya dampak sosial selalu terbentur pada kultur dan kebiasaan yang terbatas, kompleks dan kadang tidak karuan dan terfragmentasi (Rhodes, 2011).…”

“…Namun bukti empiris dari studi kasus pada penelitian ini telah menggambarkan bahwa keberhasilan suatu penerapan standar gedung kesuksesnya ditentukan oleh interaksi pro-aktif antar pihak. Peran dominan pemerintah lokal masih diperlukan sebagaimana pernyataan Rhodes (2011). Otoritas lokal harus mengadaptasi kultur setempat dan kebiasaan pada praktik gedung public yang sarat masih rendah tingkat awareness-nya terhadap kepatuhan pada prosedur teknis.…”

Governança e estratégia de cursos de graduação em administração na perspectiva da teoria ator-rede

“…Contudo, apesar das críticas à abordagem, observa-se que alguns autores nacionais estão respondendo a essas críticas por meio de avanços teóricos e empíricos que buscam fortalecer a teoria e livrá-la de críticas inconsistentes , 2011Tureta & Araújo, 2013;Tureta, Tonelli, & Alcadipani, 2011).…”

Being Strategic in Partnership – Interpreting Local Knowledge of Modern Local Government

“…While community partnerships were to be used to improve service delivery, they also aimed to develop community capacity and increase the "bridging" social capital of communities otherwise seen as deficient (Kearns, 2003). This gap between the academic theorising, policy rhetoric and the reality of a community that is signally not engaged in civic life has led to something of a mea culpa by Rhodes on networked governance (Rhodes, 2011). As Stoker suggests in the same journal issue:…”

“…(Stoker, 2011: 28) While policy-makers have been keen to bring communities into partnership working, communities want services delivered by institutions they are comfortable working with and engagement on their terms . Policy-makers within bureaucracies still recreate hierarchies in their practices and the degree of devolution to networks can be easily overemphasised (Bevir & Rhodes, 2006;Rhodes, 2011).…”