Syllabus/achievement requirements

Articles and book chapters in compendium, which is available at Kopiutsalget at Akademika bookstore

 

Aberbach, J. D., Putnam, R. D., & Rockman, B. A. (1981) Introduction. In Aberbach, J. D., Putnam, R. D., & Rockman, B. A. Bureaucrats and politicians in western democracies. Harvard University Press.pp. 1-23. (22 pages)

Brunsson, N., & Olsen, J. P. (1993). The reforming organization. London; New York: Routledge. Chapter 1 (14 pages)

Dunleavy, P. (1991). Democracy, bureaucracy and public choice. New York; London: Harvester Wheatsheaf. Chapter 7: the bureau-shaping model (35 pages)

Egeberg, M., Gornitzka, ?., & Trondal, J. (2016). Organization Theory. In J. Torfing & C. K. Ansell (Eds.), Handbook on Theories of Governance (pp. 32-45). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. (13 pages)

Hinterleitner, M., & Sager, F. (2019). Blame, Reputation, and Organizational Responses to a Politicized Climate. In T. Bach & K. Wegrich (Eds.), The blind spots of public bureaucracy and the politics of non-coordination (pp. 133-150). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. (17 pages)

Kiewiet, D. R., & McCubbins, M. D. (1991). The logic of delegation: congressional parties and the appropriations process. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Chapter 2: Delegation and Agency Problems (16 pages)

Selznick, P. (1957). Leadership in administration: a sociological interpretation. New York: Harper & Row. Chapter 1: Introduction, 1-28. (28 pages)

 

 

Online articles and book chapters

 

Aberbach, J.D.  & Christensen, T. (2014) Why reforms so often disappoint. American Review of Public Administration. 44(1), 3-16. (15 pages)

Alford, J., Hartley, J., Yates, S., & Hughes, O. (2017). Into the purple zone: Deconstructing the politics/administration distinction. The American Review of Public Administration, 47(7), 752-763. (11 pages)

Allison, G. T. (1969). Conceptual Models and the Cuban Missile Crisis. The American Political Science Review, 63(3), 689-718. (29 pages)

Augier, M. & March, J. G. (2001). Conflict of Interest in Theories of Organization: Herbert A. Simon and Oliver E. Williamson. Journal of Management and Governance, 5(3), 223-230. (8 pages)

Christensen, T. & L?greid, P. (2012). Administrative Reforms in Western Democracies. In J. Pierre & B. G. Peters (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Public Administration (2 ed., pp. 577-589). Los Angeles: Sage. (13 pages)

Christensen, T. (2012). Global Ideas and Modern Public Sector Reforms: A Theoretical Elaboration and Empirical Discussion of a Neoinstitutional Theory. The American Review of Public Administration, 42(6), 635-653. (19 pages)

Christensen, T., & L?greid, P. (2003). Administrative Reform Policy: The Challenges of Turning Symbols into Practice. Public Organization Review, 3(1), 3-27. (24 pages)

Cohen, M. D., March, J. G., & Olsen, J. P. (1972). A garbage can model of organizational choice. Administrative Science Quarterly, 17(1), 1-25. (24 pages)

Egeberg, M. (1995). Bureaucrats as Public Policy-Makers and Their Self-Interests. Journal of Theoretical Politics, 7(2), 157-167. (10 pages)

Egeberg, M. (2012). How Bureaucratic Structure Matters: An Organizational Perspective. In J. Pierre & B. G. Peters (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Public Administration (2 ed., pp. 157-168). Los Angeles: Sage. (10 pages)

Egeberg, M., & Trondal, J. (2009). Political Leadership and Bureaucratic Autonomy: Effects of Agencification. Governance, 22(4), 673-688. (15 pages)

Finnemore, M. (1993) "International organizations as teachers of norms - the United Nations' Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization and science policy ", International Organization, 47(4) s. 565-597. (34 pages)

Frumkin, P. and J. Galaskiewicz (2004). "Institutional Isomorphism and Public Sector Organizations." Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 14(3): 283-307. (25 pages)

Hammond, T. H. (1990). In defence of Luther Gulick's notes on the theory of organization. Public Administration, 68(2), 143-173. (30 pages)

't Hart, P., & Wille, A. (2012). Bureaucratic Politics: Opening the Black Box of Executive Government. In B. G. Peters & J. Pierre (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Public Administration (pp. 369-378). Los Angeles: Sage. (9 pages)

Hood, C. (1991). A Public Management for All Seasons? Public Administration, 69(1), 3–19. (17 pages)

Hood, C., & Dixon, R. (2016). Not What It Said on the Tin? Reflections on Three Decades of UK Public Management Reform. Financial Accountability & Management, 32(4), 409-428. (19 pages)

Jann, W. (2015). Michael D. Cohen, James G. March, and Johan P. Olsen, “A Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice”. In M. Lodge, E. C. Page, & S. J. Balla (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Classics in Public Policy and Administration (pp. 300-316). Oxford: Oxford University Press. (17 pages)

Lee, K.-H., & Raadschelders, J. (2008). Political-Administrative Relations: Impact of and Puzzles in Aberbach, Putnam, and Rockman, 1981. Governance, 21(3), 419– 438. (19 pages)

Lewis, D. E. (2019). Deconstructing the Administrative State. Journal of Politics, 81 (3): 767-789. (22 pages)

Lindblom, C. E. (1959). The Science of "Muddling Through". Public Administration Review, 19(2), 79-88. (9 pages)

March, J. G. & Olsen, J.P. (1984). The New Institutionalism: Organizational Factors in Political Life. The American Political Science Review, 78(3), 734-749. (15 pages)

March, J. G. (1982). Theories of choice and making decisions. Society, 20(1): 29-39. (11 pages)

Meyer, J. W. & Bromley, P. (2013). The Worldwide Expansion of “Organization”. Sociological Theory, 31(4), 366-389. (24 pages)

Meyer, J. W. and B. Rowan (1977). "Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony." American Journal of Sociology 83(2): 340-363. (25 pages)

Migone, A. & Howlett, M. (2015). Charles E. Lindblom, “The Science of Muddling Through”. In M. Lodge, E. C. Page, & S. J. Balla (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Classics in Public Policy and Administration. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (18 pages)

Mintrom, M. (2015). Herbert A. Simon, Administrative Behavior: A study of Decision-Making Processes in Administrative Organization. In M. Lodge, E. C. Page, & S. J. Balla (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Classics in Public Policy and Administration (pp. 12-21). Oxford: Oxford University Press. (11 pages)

Moe, T. M. (2012). Delegation, Control, and the Study of Public Bureaucracy. In R. Gibbons & J. Roberts (Eds.), The Handbook of Organizational Economics (pp. 1148-1182). New Jersey: Princeton University Press.  (34 pages)

Overeem, P. (2005). The value of the dichotomy: Politics, administration, and the political neutrality of administrators. Administrative Theory & Praxis, 27(2), 311-329. (18 pages)

Patrick Overeem (2006) Forum: In Defense of the Dichotomy: A Response to James H. Svara, Administrative Theory & Praxis, 28:1, 140-147. (7 pages)

Peters, B. G. (2012). Introduction: The Role of Public Administration in Governing. In J. Pierre & B. G. Peters (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Public Administration (2 ed., pp. 1-11). Los Angeles: Sage. (10 pages)

Peters, B. G. and J. Pierre (1998). "Institutions and Time: Problems of Conceptualization and Explanation." Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 8(4): 565-584. (20 pages)

Pfeffer, J. & Salancik, G. R.  (1974). Organizational Decision Making as a Political Process: The Case of a University Budget. Administrative Science Quarterly, 19(2), 135-151. (18 pages)

Pierre, J., & Peters, B. G. (2017). The shirking bureaucrat: a theory in search of evidence? Policy & Politics, 45(2), 157-172. (15 pages)

Pollitt, C., & Hupe, P. (2011). Talking about government: The role of magic concepts. Public Management Review, 13(5), 641-658. (17 pages)

Pollitt, Christopher. 2001. "Convergence: The Useful Myth."  Public Administration 79 (4):933–947. (15 pages)

Svara, J. H. (2006). Complexity in political-administrative relations and the limits of the dichotomy concept. Administrative Theory & Praxis, 28(1), 121-139. (18 pages)

Thoenig, J.-C. (2012). Institutional Theories and Public Institutions: New Agendas and Appropriateness. In J. Pierre & B. G. Peters (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Public Administration (2 ed., pp. 169-179). Los Angeles: Sage. (11 pages)

 

 

Total number of pages: 811

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