Challenges, the Strategic State, and Agility in European Public Governance

IF 1 4区管理学 Q3 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences Pub Date : 2022-12-17 DOI:10.24193/tras.si2022.11

P. Joyce

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Abstract

"Abstract This paper is concerned with leadership capacity at national level to mobilise society to take up challenges. It uses empirical analysis to explain how, in a European context, this capacity covaries with the development of strategic state capabilities. The evidence is used to explore the conditions in which strategic state capabilities have a positive effect on the capacity of leadership to mobilise society. These conditions include factors related to the public: social capital, average subjective wellbeing (happiness), and political attitudes relating to government and democracy (having a voice that was listened to, public trust in the government, and the public’s satisfaction with the working of democracy). It is suggested that strategically led governments with high levels of coordination in the civil service, with practices and abilities consistent with learning and agility, and with good engagement with, and good support from, the public and the organisations of civil society, tend to have national leadership elites that have a strong capacity for mobilization of society to take up challenges. In the conclusions it is stated that the democratic cultures of Europe may require more ‘open government’ and more inclusiveness so that their embryonic strategic states can better leverage information and resources of society, so that governments can offer more powerful societal leadership."

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欧洲公共治理的挑战、战略状态和灵活性

摘要:本文关注的是国家层面的领导能力，动员社会接受挑战。它使用实证分析来解释，在欧洲背景下，这种能力如何与战略国家能力的发展协同变化。这些证据被用来探索战略国家能力对领导动员社会的能力产生积极影响的条件。这些条件包括与公众相关的因素:社会资本，平均主观幸福感(幸福感)，以及与政府和民主有关的政治态度(拥有被倾听的声音，公众对政府的信任，以及公众对民主运作的满意度)。本文认为，具有战略领导能力的政府，其行政部门具有高度的协调能力，其实践和能力与学习和敏捷性相一致，并且与公众和民间社会组织有良好的接触和良好的支持，往往具有动员社会应对挑战的强大能力的国家领导精英。在结论中指出，欧洲的民主文化可能需要更多的“开放政府”和更多的包容性，这样他们的萌芽战略国家才能更好地利用社会的信息和资源，这样政府才能提供更强大的社会领导力。

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Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION-

CiteScore

2.10

自引率

10.00%

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审稿时长

25 weeks

期刊介绍： TRAS represents a collective effort initiated by an international group aimed at boosting the research in the field of public administration in a country where during the communist regime there was no tradition in this sense. TRAS represents a unique source of specialized analysis of the ex-communist space, of the transition processes to democracy, of the reform of public administration, and of comparative analysis of administrative systems. The general topic covered by the articles in the Review is administrative sciences. As a result of an interdisciplinary, modern approach, the articles cover the following specific themes: Public management, public policy, administrative law, public policy analysis, regional development, community development, public finances, urban planning, program evaluation in public administration, ethics, comparative administrative systems, etc. TRAS encourages the authors to submit articles that are based on empirical research. From the standpoint of the topic covered, TRAS is lined up with the trends followed by other international journals in the field of public administration. All articles submitted to the Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences have to present a clear connection to the field of administrative sciences and the research (both theoretical and empirical) should be conducted from this perspective. Interdisciplinary topics related to organizational theory, sustainable development and CSR, international relations, etc. can be considered for publication, however the research needs to address relevant issues from the perspective of the public sector. Articles which use highly specialized econometrics models as well as studies addressing macro-economic topics will not be considered for evaluation. The decision on whether a certain topic falls within the interest of TRAS belongs to the editors and it is not connected with the overall quality of the work submitted.