Who Runs Public Administration? A Longitudinal Study of Technocratic Ministerial Appointments in Post-Communist Romania (1991–2021)

IF 1 4区管理学 Q3 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences Pub Date : 2023-10-31 DOI:10.24193/tras.70e.6

Cătălin RAIU, Laura MINA-RAIU

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Abstract

Starting from the traditional public administration dichotomy ‘power versus knowledge’, concerned with the cleavage between politicians and bureaucrats, this paper’s main purpose is to reframe a classic theoretical model, by placing the spotlight on a new, under-conceptualized public sector actor: the technocrat. Second, the paper performs empirical research starting from an own-build comprehensive database that includes all the ministers appointed in the Romanian Government during a 30-year timeframe (October 1991-November 2021). In spite of being a rather young democracy with a communist public sector legacy, research findings indicate that in Romania we can clearly identify patterns similar to other European countries (primarily Italy), consisting of appointing technocrats to the cabinet. Such nominations are discussed in correlation with the advancements of new theories of democracy and public administration, imprinted with Neoliberalism, New Public Management, and Good Governance paradigms.

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谁管理公共行政?后共产主义罗马尼亚技术官僚部长任命的纵向研究(1991-2021)

从传统的公共行政“权力与知识”的二分法出发，关注政治家和官僚之间的分裂，本文的主要目的是通过将焦点放在一个新的、概念化不足的公共部门行动者上:技术官僚，来重新构建一个经典的理论模型。其次，本文从一个自己建立的综合数据库开始进行实证研究，该数据库包括罗马尼亚政府在30年时间框架(1991年10月至2021年11月)内任命的所有部长。尽管罗马尼亚是一个相当年轻的民主国家，拥有共产主义公共部门的遗产，但研究结果表明，在罗马尼亚，我们可以清楚地识别出与其他欧洲国家(主要是意大利)相似的模式，包括任命技术官僚进入内阁。这些提名将与新自由主义、新公共管理和善治范式的民主和公共管理新理论的进步联系起来讨论。

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Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION-

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2.10

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10.00%

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审稿时长

25 weeks

期刊介绍： TRAS represents a collective effort initiated by an international group aimed at boosting the research in the field of public administration in a country where during the communist regime there was no tradition in this sense. TRAS represents a unique source of specialized analysis of the ex-communist space, of the transition processes to democracy, of the reform of public administration, and of comparative analysis of administrative systems. The general topic covered by the articles in the Review is administrative sciences. As a result of an interdisciplinary, modern approach, the articles cover the following specific themes: Public management, public policy, administrative law, public policy analysis, regional development, community development, public finances, urban planning, program evaluation in public administration, ethics, comparative administrative systems, etc. TRAS encourages the authors to submit articles that are based on empirical research. From the standpoint of the topic covered, TRAS is lined up with the trends followed by other international journals in the field of public administration. All articles submitted to the Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences have to present a clear connection to the field of administrative sciences and the research (both theoretical and empirical) should be conducted from this perspective. Interdisciplinary topics related to organizational theory, sustainable development and CSR, international relations, etc. can be considered for publication, however the research needs to address relevant issues from the perspective of the public sector. Articles which use highly specialized econometrics models as well as studies addressing macro-economic topics will not be considered for evaluation. The decision on whether a certain topic falls within the interest of TRAS belongs to the editors and it is not connected with the overall quality of the work submitted.