Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
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Editor: Ole Helby Petersen | Co-editor: Kim Sass Mikkelsen
Journal of the Public Management Research Association, publishing highest quality theoretical and empirical work in public administration.
Website: https://academic.oup.com/jpart
Journal of the Public Management Research Association, publishing highest quality theoretical and empirical work in public administration.
Website: https://academic.oup.com/jpart
Have you ever wondered how the visibility of your tax payments shapes how you feel about your local government? 🧵
This study shows that when people are less aware of their property tax payments,
This study shows that when people are less aware of their property tax payments,
October 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Have you ever wondered how the visibility of your tax payments shapes how you feel about your local government? 🧵
This study shows that when people are less aware of their property tax payments,
This study shows that when people are less aware of their property tax payments,
Have you ever thought about how the right kind of leadership can make government work better? Between 2002 and 2022, 28 U.S. states upgraded their unemployment insurance IT systems, boosting on-time benefit delivery by 5.26 percent and reducing delays by 2.90 percent, a net improvement of 8.16 🧵
October 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Have you ever thought about how the right kind of leadership can make government work better? Between 2002 and 2022, 28 U.S. states upgraded their unemployment insurance IT systems, boosting on-time benefit delivery by 5.26 percent and reducing delays by 2.90 percent, a net improvement of 8.16 🧵
Have you ever wondered why some bureaucracies respond more effectively to political demands than others? Research shows that agencies with slack resources, rather than just overall capacity, are significantly more responsive, commit to clearer timelines, and complete legislative requests faster.
October 19, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Have you ever wondered why some bureaucracies respond more effectively to political demands than others? Research shows that agencies with slack resources, rather than just overall capacity, are significantly more responsive, commit to clearer timelines, and complete legislative requests faster.
Have you ever wondered what happens when governments introduce new policies without adding the administrative capacity to support them? Recent research shows that instead of improving problem-solving, such expansions can overwhelm public agencies, forcing them to engage in “policy triage”,
October 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Have you ever wondered what happens when governments introduce new policies without adding the administrative capacity to support them? Recent research shows that instead of improving problem-solving, such expansions can overwhelm public agencies, forcing them to engage in “policy triage”,
Have you ever wondered why some government agencies manage to stay on track even when key employees leave? This study shows that when task knowledge is embedded in organizational structures, through centralized authority and standardized processes, agencies are better equipped to
October 17, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Have you ever wondered why some government agencies manage to stay on track even when key employees leave? This study shows that when task knowledge is embedded in organizational structures, through centralized authority and standardized processes, agencies are better equipped to
Have you ever wondered how street-level bureaucrats manage the pressures of working directly with clients? This study systematically reviews 165 studies using the PRISMA model to uncover both old and new coping mechanisms, including a newly identified approach called “moving with clients,”
October 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Have you ever wondered how street-level bureaucrats manage the pressures of working directly with clients? This study systematically reviews 165 studies using the PRISMA model to uncover both old and new coping mechanisms, including a newly identified approach called “moving with clients,”
🌞 Editor's Choice Article!
The study introduces the concept of administrative limbo to describe citizens’ experiences of being trapped in prolonged bureaucratic processes that shape critical life outcomes.
The study introduces the concept of administrative limbo to describe citizens’ experiences of being trapped in prolonged bureaucratic processes that shape critical life outcomes.
October 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
🌞 Editor's Choice Article!
The study introduces the concept of administrative limbo to describe citizens’ experiences of being trapped in prolonged bureaucratic processes that shape critical life outcomes.
The study introduces the concept of administrative limbo to describe citizens’ experiences of being trapped in prolonged bureaucratic processes that shape critical life outcomes.
📢 Now Available: JPART Vol. 35, No. 4
We’re pleased to announce that the latest issue of the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory is out. In the coming days, we’ll be highlighting individual articles, introducing authors, and pulling out key insights. Stay tuned!
We’re pleased to announce that the latest issue of the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory is out. In the coming days, we’ll be highlighting individual articles, introducing authors, and pulling out key insights. Stay tuned!
October 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
📢 Now Available: JPART Vol. 35, No. 4
We’re pleased to announce that the latest issue of the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory is out. In the coming days, we’ll be highlighting individual articles, introducing authors, and pulling out key insights. Stay tuned!
We’re pleased to announce that the latest issue of the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory is out. In the coming days, we’ll be highlighting individual articles, introducing authors, and pulling out key insights. Stay tuned!
And last but not least...
How do client characteristics influence the willingness of frontline professionals to break rules to help them? 🧵
How do client characteristics influence the willingness of frontline professionals to break rules to help them? 🧵
August 6, 2025 at 9:37 AM
And last but not least...
How do client characteristics influence the willingness of frontline professionals to break rules to help them? 🧵
How do client characteristics influence the willingness of frontline professionals to break rules to help them? 🧵
Following...
How do government capacities shape the burdens citizens face when accessing public services?
This study shows that administrative capacities, such as communication strategies, resource availability, and inter-agency coordination, can either reduce or intensify administrative burdens.
How do government capacities shape the burdens citizens face when accessing public services?
This study shows that administrative capacities, such as communication strategies, resource availability, and inter-agency coordination, can either reduce or intensify administrative burdens.
August 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Following...
How do government capacities shape the burdens citizens face when accessing public services?
This study shows that administrative capacities, such as communication strategies, resource availability, and inter-agency coordination, can either reduce or intensify administrative burdens.
How do government capacities shape the burdens citizens face when accessing public services?
This study shows that administrative capacities, such as communication strategies, resource availability, and inter-agency coordination, can either reduce or intensify administrative burdens.
Do right-leaning governments run state-owned enterprises (SOEs) better?
This new research from Brazil (2019–2022) finds that SOEs perform better financially under more right-leaning incumbents—but only when their political parties focus on policy over power.
This new research from Brazil (2019–2022) finds that SOEs perform better financially under more right-leaning incumbents—but only when their political parties focus on policy over power.
July 31, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Do right-leaning governments run state-owned enterprises (SOEs) better?
This new research from Brazil (2019–2022) finds that SOEs perform better financially under more right-leaning incumbents—but only when their political parties focus on policy over power.
This new research from Brazil (2019–2022) finds that SOEs perform better financially under more right-leaning incumbents—but only when their political parties focus on policy over power.
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What if the glue holding frontline governance together is invisible and gendered?
What if the glue holding frontline governance together is invisible and gendered?
July 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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What if the glue holding frontline governance together is invisible and gendered?
What if the glue holding frontline governance together is invisible and gendered?
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Have you ever wondered how frontline public workers respond when crises upend their usual ways of operating?
Have you ever wondered how frontline public workers respond when crises upend their usual ways of operating?
July 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Have you ever wondered how frontline public workers respond when crises upend their usual ways of operating?
Have you ever wondered how frontline public workers respond when crises upend their usual ways of operating?
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Have you wondered how state and federal governments ensure that local actors follow through on central policy goals?
Have you wondered how state and federal governments ensure that local actors follow through on central policy goals?
July 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Have you wondered how state and federal governments ensure that local actors follow through on central policy goals?
Have you wondered how state and federal governments ensure that local actors follow through on central policy goals?
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Have you ever wondered why it’s so hard to compare public administrations across countries?
This article tackles the confusion around Administrative Traditions
Have you ever wondered why it’s so hard to compare public administrations across countries?
This article tackles the confusion around Administrative Traditions
July 20, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Have you ever wondered why it’s so hard to compare public administrations across countries?
This article tackles the confusion around Administrative Traditions
Have you ever wondered why it’s so hard to compare public administrations across countries?
This article tackles the confusion around Administrative Traditions
Let's begin! 🧵
Have you ever wondered how AI and humans can work together, not just side by side, to make better decisions in the public sector?
Have you ever wondered how AI and humans can work together, not just side by side, to make better decisions in the public sector?
July 18, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Let's begin! 🧵
Have you ever wondered how AI and humans can work together, not just side by side, to make better decisions in the public sector?
Have you ever wondered how AI and humans can work together, not just side by side, to make better decisions in the public sector?
🚨 New Issue Alert!
Volume 35, Issue 3 (July 2025) is now live!
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We’ll be highlighting each article in the coming days.
Stay tuned!
Volume 35, Issue 3 (July 2025) is now live!
academic.oup.com/jpart/issue/...
We’ll be highlighting each article in the coming days.
Stay tuned!
July 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
🚨 New Issue Alert!
Volume 35, Issue 3 (July 2025) is now live!
academic.oup.com/jpart/issue/...
We’ll be highlighting each article in the coming days.
Stay tuned!
Volume 35, Issue 3 (July 2025) is now live!
academic.oup.com/jpart/issue/...
We’ll be highlighting each article in the coming days.
Stay tuned!
📢 New Team Member Alert!
We’re excited to also welcome Dr. Thad Calabrese as an Associate Editor on the JPART team! 🧵
Thad Calabrese is a Professor at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University where he is the Director of the finance specialization.
We’re excited to also welcome Dr. Thad Calabrese as an Associate Editor on the JPART team! 🧵
Thad Calabrese is a Professor at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University where he is the Director of the finance specialization.
June 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
📢 New Team Member Alert!
We’re excited to also welcome Dr. Thad Calabrese as an Associate Editor on the JPART team! 🧵
Thad Calabrese is a Professor at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University where he is the Director of the finance specialization.
We’re excited to also welcome Dr. Thad Calabrese as an Associate Editor on the JPART team! 🧵
Thad Calabrese is a Professor at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University where he is the Director of the finance specialization.
📢 New Team Member Alert!
We're thrilled to welcome Dr. Rick Vogel as a new Associate Editor on the JPART team. 🧵
We're thrilled to welcome Dr. Rick Vogel as a new Associate Editor on the JPART team. 🧵
June 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
📢 New Team Member Alert!
We're thrilled to welcome Dr. Rick Vogel as a new Associate Editor on the JPART team. 🧵
We're thrilled to welcome Dr. Rick Vogel as a new Associate Editor on the JPART team. 🧵
Last but not least...
Have you ever wondered how crises like the COVID-19 pandemic affect the way public organizations pursue their goals?
Have you ever wondered how crises like the COVID-19 pandemic affect the way public organizations pursue their goals?
June 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Last but not least...
Have you ever wondered how crises like the COVID-19 pandemic affect the way public organizations pursue their goals?
Have you ever wondered how crises like the COVID-19 pandemic affect the way public organizations pursue their goals?
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Have you ever wondered how governments design structures, coordination, and leadership to stay resilient in turbulent times?
Have you ever wondered how governments design structures, coordination, and leadership to stay resilient in turbulent times?
June 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Have you ever wondered how governments design structures, coordination, and leadership to stay resilient in turbulent times?
Have you ever wondered how governments design structures, coordination, and leadership to stay resilient in turbulent times?
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Have you ever wondered how the design of performance-based accountability systems shapes organizational outcomes?
Have you ever wondered how the design of performance-based accountability systems shapes organizational outcomes?
June 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Have you ever wondered how the design of performance-based accountability systems shapes organizational outcomes?
Have you ever wondered how the design of performance-based accountability systems shapes organizational outcomes?
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Have you wondered how collaborations survive when participants lack the resources to meet ongoing demands?
This study introduces the concept of capacity tensions—the strain between collaboration needs and available resources
Have you wondered how collaborations survive when participants lack the resources to meet ongoing demands?
This study introduces the concept of capacity tensions—the strain between collaboration needs and available resources
June 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Have you wondered how collaborations survive when participants lack the resources to meet ongoing demands?
This study introduces the concept of capacity tensions—the strain between collaboration needs and available resources
Have you wondered how collaborations survive when participants lack the resources to meet ongoing demands?
This study introduces the concept of capacity tensions—the strain between collaboration needs and available resources
How much relationship-building is enough before a disaster strikes?
While conventional wisdom says more social capital always improves disaster response, new research challenges this belief.
While conventional wisdom says more social capital always improves disaster response, new research challenges this belief.
June 1, 2025 at 11:38 AM
How much relationship-building is enough before a disaster strikes?
While conventional wisdom says more social capital always improves disaster response, new research challenges this belief.
While conventional wisdom says more social capital always improves disaster response, new research challenges this belief.
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Why does distrust persist even in networks built for collaboration?
This study finds that distrust in governance networks stems from clashing beliefs, competition, and relational dynamics like negative reciprocity and Simmelian ties,
Why does distrust persist even in networks built for collaboration?
This study finds that distrust in governance networks stems from clashing beliefs, competition, and relational dynamics like negative reciprocity and Simmelian ties,
May 30, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Why does distrust persist even in networks built for collaboration?
This study finds that distrust in governance networks stems from clashing beliefs, competition, and relational dynamics like negative reciprocity and Simmelian ties,
Why does distrust persist even in networks built for collaboration?
This study finds that distrust in governance networks stems from clashing beliefs, competition, and relational dynamics like negative reciprocity and Simmelian ties,