This book examines the transformation of the administrative state, since it was first coined by Dwight Waldo seventy years ago. Empirically, the book assesses how the administrative state is facing endogenous reforms through administrative devolution, as well as exogenous shifts by the rise of multilevel administrative systems and international bureaucracy. Facing dual shifts, the book offers a comprehensive analysis of how the administrative state handles three interconnected challenges: first, a need for innovation and reform, as well as stability and robustness; second, administrative autonomy among regulatory bodies, as well as political leadership and democratic accountability; and third, nation-state sovereignty and international collaboration. It also highlights the robust character of the administrative state by demonstrating profound stability in public governance even during times of profound turbulence. It will appeal to scholars and students of public policy, public administration and global governance, as well as practitioners interested in new developments in public governance.
Author(s): Jarle Trondal
Series: European Administrative Governance
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 349
City: Cham
Acknowledgement
Contents
About the Author
List of Figures
List of Tables
Part I: Introducing and Theorizing the Administrative State
Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Administrative State
Twin Shifts in the Administrative State
Endogenous Shifts
What Is Agencification?
What Explains Agencification?
Implications of Agencification
Exogenous Shifts
Theorizing the Administrative State
Turbulence and the Administrative State
Turbulence and the Challenge of Continuity
An Organization Theory Approach to the Administrative State
Outline of the Volume
Part I: Theorizing the Administrative State
Part II: Outlooks on the Domestic Administrative State
Part III: Outlooks on the Multilevel and International Administrative State
References
Chapter 2: Theorizing the Administrative State
An Organizational Approach
How Organizational Structures Shape Governance
Implications for the Policymaking Cycle
Implications for Turbulence
Organizations Channel Turbulence
Organizations Manage, Absorb, and Amplify Turbulence
Organizations Make Sense of and Respond to Governance Surprises and Uncertainty
Organizations Manage Turbulence by Creating New Organizations
Conclusion
References
Part II: Outlooks on the Domestic Administrative State
Chapter 3: Evolving Tensions in Public Governance
Theorizing Governance Robustness
The Argument in Brief
Interorganizational Vertical Specialization
Intraorganizational Vertical Specialization
Organizational (Re)socialization
Empirical Strategy
Empirical Demonstration
Long-Term Contact Patterns
Long-Term International Contacts
Continuity and Change of Secondary Structures
Conclusions
References
Chapter 4: Public Administration Sustainability and Its Organizational Basis
Theorizing Organizational Sustainability
Empirical Strategy
Public Governance Across Time
Institutional Importance
Power and Influence
Coordination and Fragmentation
Conclusions
References
Chapter 5: Agency Governance in Integrated Administrative Systems
A Two-Step Theoretical Strategy
Step I: Competing Images on Agency Governance
A Dyadic Image I
A Compound Image II
Step II: Interaction Effects
Empirical Strategy
Empirical Demonstration
Conclusions
Annex
References
Chapter 6: Restructuring Public Governance in Integrated Administrative Systems
Theorizing Image II Governance in Two Steps
Theorizing Compound Governance
Vertical Specialization
Organizational Affiliation
Interaction Effects
Empirical Strategy
Empirical Demonstration
Conclusions
Appendix: Moderating Variables
References
Chapter 7: Designing the Administrative State
Theorizing Meta-governance
Long-Term Reform-Pessimism
Short-Term Reform Optimism
Organizational Specialization
Vertical Specialization and Duplication
Horizontal Specialization
Organizational Capacity
Organizational Ecology
Organizational Temporality
Public Sector Innovation
Organizational Routinization
Organizational Loose Coupling
Organized Complexity
Temporal Sorting
Conclusions
References
Part III: Outlooks on the Multilevel and International Administrative State
Chapter 8: Administrative Sciences and the Multilevel Administrative State
A Review of Literature
The Administrative Dimension of Political Order
Structural Elements of Administrative Integration
Independence
Influence
Integration
Toward an Organization Theory Approach of Administrative Integration
Units of Analysis
Organizational Differentiation
Causal Mechanisms
Conclusions
References
Chapter 9: European Integration and the Administrative State
An Organizational Approach to Administrative Integration
Horizontal Specialization
Vertical Specialization
Organizational Affiliation
Empirical Strategy
Administrative Integration Without Membership?
Conclusions
Appendix
List of Ministries in Survey (2016)
References
Chapter 10: Incomplete Contracting and Policy Influence
What Makes Government Institutions Influential?
Organizational Affiliations
Administrative Capacity
Empirical Strategy
Empirical Demonstration
Incomplete and Dynamic Contracting
Results from the Study
Conclusions
References
Chapter 11: The Autonomy of International Public Administration
Theorizing Bureaucratic Autonomy
Organizational Rule-Following
‘In-House’ Organizational Socialization
Empirical Strategy
Comparative Observations from International Bureaucracies
Organizational Rule-Following
‘In-House’ Organizational Socialization
Conclusions
References
Chapter 12: The Organizational Dimension of Global Governance
Theorizing the Autonomy of International Bureaucracies
Vertical Organizational Specialization
Organizational Affiliation
Empirical Strategy
Data and Measurements
Research Context
Empirical Findings
Conclusions
References
Chapter 13: Conclusion
Overall Contribution and Findings
The Value of the Theoretical Approach
Avenues for Future Studies
References
Index
