The Social Construction of Public Administration

The Social Construction of Public Administration
Author: Jong S. Jun
Publsiher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780791481899

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Challenges the limitations of modern public administration theories.

The Social Construction of Rationality

The Social Construction of Rationality
Author: Onno Bouwmeester
Publsiher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2017-03-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781317530763

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There are many different forms of rationality. In current economic discourse the main focus is on instrumental rationality and optimizing, while organization scholars, behavioural economists and policy scientists focus more on bounded rationality and satisficing. The interplay with value rationality or expressive rationality is mainly discussed in philosophy and sociology, but never in an empirical way. This book shows that not one, but three different forms of rationality (subjective, social and instrumental) determine the final outcomes of strategic decisions executed by major organizations. Based on an argumentation analysis of six high-profile public debates, this book adds nuance to the concept of bounded rationality. The chapters show how it is socially constructed, and thus dependent on shared beliefs or knowledge, institutional context and personal interests. Three double case studies investigating the three rationalities illustrate how decision makers and stakeholders discuss the appropriateness of these rationalities for making decisions in different practice contexts. The first touches more on personal concerns, like wearing a niqab or looking at obscene art exposed in a public environment; the second investigates debates on improving the rights and position of specific minorities; and the third is based on the agreement on instrumental reasons for two kinds of investments, but the cost arguments are regarded less relevant when social norms or personal interests are violated. The Social Construction of Rationality is for those who study political economy, economic psychology and public policy, as well as economic theory and philosophy.

The Social Construction of Reality

The Social Construction of Reality
Author: Peter L. Berger,Thomas Luckmann
Publsiher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2011-04-26
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781453215463

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A watershed event in the field of sociology, this text introduced “a major breakthrough in the sociology of knowledge and sociological theory generally” (George Simpson, American Sociological Review). In this seminal book, Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann examine how knowledge forms and how it is preserved and altered within a society. Unlike earlier theorists and philosophers, Berger and Luckmann go beyond intellectual history and focus on commonsense, everyday knowledge—the proverbs, morals, values, and beliefs shared among ordinary people. When first published in 1966, this systematic, theoretical treatise introduced the term social construction,effectively creating a new thought and transforming Western philosophy.

The Social Construction of Corruption in Europe

The Social Construction of Corruption in Europe
Author: Dirk Tänzler,Konstadinos Maras
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2016-02-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781317015826

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The volume demonstrates the suitability of the theory of social constructivism in portraying and analyzing the diversity of the phenomenon of corruption. The approach of social constructivism taken in this volume is able to reconstruct the 'construction of corruption' both from a societal perspective, by assessing it as generally accepted or tolerated behaviour in more or less standardized rule-governed social situations, and from the perspective of actors who perceive corrupt behaviour as problem solving in everyday life. The volume proves the usefulness of a social construction perspective for empirical research. It contains case studies of social definitions of corruption in eleven European countries that contribute in different ways to establishing a grounded theory of the phenomenon of corruption.

The Social Construction of Crime Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide

The Social Construction of Crime  Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide
Author: Richard Rosenfeld
Publsiher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 22
Release: 2010-05
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 9780199805884

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This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of criminology find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data sets, and blogs. Written by a leading international authority on the subject, the ebook provides bibliographic information supported by direct recommendations about which sources to consult and editorial commentary to make it clear how the cited sources are interrelated related. A reader will discover, for instance, the most reliable introductions and overviews to the topic, and the most important publications on various areas of scholarly interest within this topic. In criminology, as in other disciplines, researchers at all levels are drowning in potentially useful scholarly information, and this guide has been created as a tool for cutting through that material to find the exact source you need. This ebook is a static version of an article from Oxford Bibliographies Online: Criminology, a dynamic, continuously updated, online resource designed to provide authoritative guidance through scholarship and other materials relevant to the study and practice of criminology. Oxford Bibliographies Online covers most subject disciplines within the social science and humanities, for more information visit www.aboutobo.com.

Administrative Law and Public Administration in the Global Social System

Administrative Law and Public Administration in the Global Social System
Author: Julien Cazala,Velimir Zivkovic
Publsiher: ADJURIS – International Academic Publisher
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2021-01-15
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9786069497869

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This volume contains the scientific papers presented at the 3rd International Conference “Contemporary Challenges in Administrative Law from an Interdisciplinary Perspective” that was held on 9 October 2020 online on Zoom. The conference is organized every year by the Society of Juridical and Administrative Sciences together with the Faculty of Law of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies. More information about the conference can be found on the official website: www.alpaconference.ro. The scientific studies included in this volume are grouped into two chapters: Administrative Law in the Global Social Systemand Public Administration in the Global Social System. This volume is aimed at practitioners, researchers, students and PhD candidates in juridical and administrative sciences, who are interested in recent developments and prospects for development in the field of administrative law and public administration at international and national level.

Social Equity and Public Administration Origins Developments and Applications

Social Equity and Public Administration  Origins  Developments  and Applications
Author: H George Frederickson
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2015-02-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781317459774

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This book is designed to be the definitive statement on social equity theory and practice in public administration. Social equity is often referred to as the "third pillar" in PA, after efficiency and economy. It concerns itself with the fairness of the organization, its management, and its delivery of public services. H. George Frederickson is widely recognized as the originator of the concept and the person most associated with its development and application. The book's introduction and chapters 1-4 offer general descriptions of social equity in terms of its arguments and claims in changing political, economic, and social circumstances, and trace the development of the concept over the past forty years. Chapters 5-9 provide applications of social equity theory to particular policy arenas such as education, or to specific public administration issues such as the range of administrative discretion, the legal context, the research challenges, and social equity in the context of time and generations. Chapters 10 and 11 describe the current state of social equity and look towards the future.

Postmodern Public Administration

Postmodern Public Administration
Author: Hugh T Miller,Hugh T. Miller,Charles J Fox
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2015-03-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781317478423

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This widely acclaimed work provides a lively counterbalance to the standard assessment-measurement-accountability prescriptions that have made showing you did your job more important than actually doing it. Now extensively revised, it articulates a postmodern theory of public administration that challenges the field to redirect its attention away from narrow, technique-oriented scientism, and toward democratic openness and ethics. The authors incorporate insights from thinkers like Rorty, Giddens, Derrida, and Foucault to recast public administration as an arena of decentered practices. In their framework, ideographic collisions and everyday impasses bring about political events that challenge the status quo, creating possibilities for social change. "Postmodern Public Administration" is an outstanding intellectual achievement that has rewritten the political theory of public administration. This new edition will encourage everyone who reads it to think quite differently about democratic governance.