Public Administration

03/09/2026

Are you interested in completing a book review for Public Administration? We are looking for a reviewer for "Trust at the Ground Level of Government: Its Role in the Work of Street-Level Bureaucrats". If interested, email Honey Minkowitz ([email protected])

Trust at the Ground Level of Government Its Role in the Work of Street-Level Bureaucrats By Maayan Davidovitz By Nissim Cohen Subjects: Political Science, Management, Public Administration, Public Policy, Sociology Hardcover : 9798855807455, 226 pages, June 2026 Paperback : 9798855807462, 226 pages,...

01/09/2026

Join me in congratulating James Norcross on receiving the Outstanding Reviewer Award from Public Administration! We are incredibly grateful for Jim’s thoughtful and dedicated service to the journal. Congratulations, Jim, on this well-deserved recognition!

01/09/2026

Congratulations are extended to Henry Midgley on winning the 2025 Outstanding Reviewer Award for Public Administration! Henry provided high-quality reviews to authors and strengthened the journal's scholarship! Congrats, Henry!

01/09/2026

First, join me in congratulating Lingyi Zhou on receiving the Outstanding Reviewer Award for Public Administration! We are thankful for Lingyi's service!

01/09/2026

Happy Reviewer Appreciation Day! Today is the day that we celebrate all of the scholars who volunteer their time to review manuscripts for Public Administration! We couldn't think of a better way to celebrate than announcing the winners of the 2025 Outstanding Reviewer Award!

31/08/2026

"Rethinking Top Public Management Through Relational Dynamics: A Systems-Informed Study of Senior Executives" by Ximena Pizarro-Bore, Javier Fuenzalida, Norma Riccucci, & Constanza Faune finds that effective senior public management is shaped less by individual attributes alone and more by relationships within agencies and external environments, which influence executives’ strategies, motivation-building, and technical expertise.

https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fpadm.70087

28/08/2026

This week's takes us to 2007 and 85(2). "Public Management and Politics: Senior Bureaucrats in France" by Luc Rouban finds that New Public Management reforms in France face resistance because the growing politicization and specialization of the senior civil service, combined with bureaucrats’ political culture, creates tensions between reform goals and established administrative institutions.

Why is new public management reform so difficult to implement in France? In order to answer this question, this article examines the changes that have affected the higher civil service since the late...

27/08/2026

"Negotiating Presence: The Dynamics of Passive Representation Among Ultra-Orthodox Women in Public Organizations" by Maayan Davidovitz & Rachel Gali Cinamon finds that passive representation is a dynamic organizational process in which underrepresented women build legitimacy, navigate gendered barriers, and create opportunities for others, gradually expanding representation even without formal policy changes.

https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fpadm.70086

26/08/2026

"Does Gender Budgeting Improve Women's Well-Being, Equality, and Empowerment?" by Marjorie De la Cruz, Milena Neshkova, & Yoon-Jung Choi finds that gender budgeting produces measurable improvements in women’s well-being and empowerment, including reductions in maternal mortality and adolescent birth rates and increases in women’s political empowerment.

https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.70077

25/08/2026

"Face-to-Face With Administrative Burdens: Design Simplification, Emotional Costs, and Procedural Outcomes in Digital Welfare Applications" by Fabian Hattke, Judith Hattke, David Hensel, Pamela Herd, Janne Kalucza, Donald Moynihan, & Rick Vogel finds that bureaucratic encounters increase negative emotions, with frustration contributing to applicant errors, while simplified procedures improve satisfaction and particularly benefit vulnerable citizens even when they do not reduce emotional burdens.

https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.70085