Kristin K. Smith, Erica A. Goto, Simone J. Domingue, Scott E. Kalafatis, Meridith L. Bartley, Tara L. Preston, Patricia G. Hernandez
Local government capacity gaps are primary barriers to implementing climate adaptation and disaster resilience projects. While over 85% of US municipalities have fewer than 10,000 people, the extent to which capacity restricts adaptation in rural governments is not understood. This research addresses that gap by developing a national Rural Capacity Index using indicators that highlight challenges disproportionately faced by rural places. When results are mapped, the Midwest stands out for lacking capacity at the county, county subdivision, and community scales. The index is then shown to have a positive relationship with success in securing competitive federal grants. There is an estimated 4% increase in the amount of funding awarded for every 1% increase in the index's percentile rank. The Rural Capacity Index provides scholars, practitioners, and policymakers a practical tool to identify and respond to disparities in local government capacity that constrain rural disaster resilience efforts.
{"title":"Mapping Rural Local Government Capacity for Climate Resilience Projects in the United States","authors":"Kristin K. Smith, Erica A. Goto, Simone J. Domingue, Scott E. Kalafatis, Meridith L. Bartley, Tara L. Preston, Patricia G. Hernandez","doi":"10.1111/puar.70025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.70025","url":null,"abstract":"Local government capacity gaps are primary barriers to implementing climate adaptation and disaster resilience projects. While over 85% of US municipalities have fewer than 10,000 people, the extent to which capacity restricts adaptation in rural governments is not understood. This research addresses that gap by developing a national Rural Capacity Index using indicators that highlight challenges disproportionately faced by rural places. When results are mapped, the Midwest stands out for lacking capacity at the county, county subdivision, and community scales. The index is then shown to have a positive relationship with success in securing competitive federal grants. There is an estimated 4% increase in the amount of funding awarded for every 1% increase in the index's percentile rank. The Rural Capacity Index provides scholars, practitioners, and policymakers a practical tool to identify and respond to disparities in local government capacity that constrain rural disaster resilience efforts.","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144919323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study investigates how dissent and guerrilla government research shape theory and practice in public administration. The research takes a metasynthetic approach to a traditional systematic review by incorporating ethnographic methods to synthesize the state of the dissent and guerrilla government research. The findings suggest that dissent plays a critical role in the public sector, such as promoting transparency and accountability and fostering a learning culture through feedback. However, the situation and the context surrounding rationales for transgressive behaviors matter. The study finds that dissent and disobedience may be useful tools for dealing with organizational failures and dysfunctions, but these methods should only be used when necessary. Practitioners should be aware of the range of consequences that arise from actions relating to dissent and disobedience. Several gaps are identified and demonstrate a clear need to continue research on dissent and transgressive leadership in public administration, leadership, and public policy.
{"title":"Systematic Review and Metasynthesis: Dissent and Guerrilla Government in Public Administration Research","authors":"Collin D. Cox","doi":"10.1111/puar.70024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.70024","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates how dissent and guerrilla government research shape theory and practice in public administration. The research takes a metasynthetic approach to a traditional systematic review by incorporating ethnographic methods to synthesize the state of the dissent and guerrilla government research. The findings suggest that dissent plays a critical role in the public sector, such as promoting transparency and accountability and fostering a learning culture through feedback. However, the situation and the context surrounding rationales for transgressive behaviors matter. The study finds that dissent and disobedience may be useful tools for dealing with organizational failures and dysfunctions, but these methods should only be used when necessary. Practitioners should be aware of the range of consequences that arise from actions relating to dissent and disobedience. Several gaps are identified and demonstrate a clear need to continue research on dissent and transgressive leadership in public administration, leadership, and public policy.","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"116 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144910892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/puar.70022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.70022","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144910685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This research investigates the configurations of openness and policy conditions influencing the implementation of environmental justice (EJ) open government data (OGD) dashboards across U.S. states. EJ dashboards represent a shift from a civic‐tech approach to OGD, which emphasizes the public release of vast amounts of data, to a problem‐centered approach where government agencies release and curate selected data to address a policy‐specific issue. Because of their differences, problem‐centered OGD initiatives require distinct organizational structures and processes to facilitate both data release (openness conditions) and the representation of the problem of interest (policy conditions). Using fuzzy‐set qualitative comparative analysis, this research shows that the implementation of EJ‐OGD dashboards responds to either a supply–demand model or a government‐driven model. Lack of implementation results from low institutionalization of problem solving or complacency toward EJ issues. Overall, EJ‐OGD implementation is supported by an operationalizable problem definition and/or a dedicated administrative structure leading and informing policy‐specific data provision.
{"title":"From a Civic‐Tech to a Problem‐Centered Approach to Open Government Data: Implementation of Environmental Justice Dashboards","authors":"Federica Fusi, Fengxiu Zhang, Jiaqi Liang","doi":"10.1111/puar.70000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.70000","url":null,"abstract":"This research investigates the configurations of openness and policy conditions influencing the implementation of environmental justice (EJ) open government data (OGD) dashboards across U.S. states. EJ dashboards represent a shift from a civic‐tech approach to OGD, which emphasizes the public release of vast amounts of data, to a problem‐centered approach where government agencies release and curate selected data to address a policy‐specific issue. Because of their differences, problem‐centered OGD initiatives require distinct organizational structures and processes to facilitate both data release (openness conditions) and the representation of the problem of interest (policy conditions). Using fuzzy‐set qualitative comparative analysis, this research shows that the implementation of EJ‐OGD dashboards responds to either a supply–demand model or a government‐driven model. Lack of implementation results from low institutionalization of problem solving or complacency toward EJ issues. Overall, EJ‐OGD implementation is supported by an operationalizable problem definition and/or a dedicated administrative structure leading and informing policy‐specific data provision.","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144898333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A new set of political corruption concepts is introduced, impervious corruption foremost among them. Impervious corruption occurs when a corrupt political actor is unchecked by institutional guardians, giving the corrupt individual a sense of invulnerability. The resultant relationship between impervious corruption and deformation of democracy is then explained. The focus turns to President Donald Trump's political corruption and shows how the current United States political ecology has suborned his corrupt behavior. It is suggested that President Trump is an innovator in political corruption, engaging in acts heretofore not evident in the political history of the United States. The concluding section provides a set of prescriptions for addressing corruption and attendant deformation of democracy. These prescriptions do not require direct action from government institutions, reasoning that some official guardian institutions have been systematically diminished by the Trump administration and some political leaders have put partisan loyalty over their Constitutional duties.
{"title":"Impervious Corruption: President Trump and the Deformation of Democracy","authors":"Barry Bozeman","doi":"10.1111/puar.70027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.70027","url":null,"abstract":"A new set of political corruption concepts is introduced, impervious corruption foremost among them. Impervious corruption occurs when a corrupt political actor is unchecked by institutional guardians, giving the corrupt individual a sense of invulnerability. The resultant relationship between impervious corruption and deformation of democracy is then explained. The focus turns to President Donald Trump's political corruption and shows how the current United States political ecology has suborned his corrupt behavior. It is suggested that President Trump is an innovator in political corruption, engaging in acts heretofore not evident in the political history of the United States. The concluding section provides a set of prescriptions for addressing corruption and attendant deformation of democracy. These prescriptions do not require direct action from government institutions, reasoning that some official guardian institutions have been systematically diminished by the Trump administration and some political leaders have put partisan loyalty over their Constitutional duties.","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144898330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Do populist politicians increase the number of political appointments when they assume power? While the existing literature identifies politicization and political appointments as leading populist strategies, empirical evidence remains limited. Given the elusive nature of political appointments, it is challenging to assess their true extent in various contexts. Our research highlights how exemptions from a merit‐based process are a major indicator of politicization. Through a systematic analysis of all exemptions from competition or a merit‐based selection process in the Israeli civil service from January 1, 2000, to April 30, 2024, we provide empirical evidence linking populism and political appointments, suggesting deep and widespread politicization within the Israeli civil service. Our empirical evidence implies that Israel is probably among the leaders in this regard among developed democratic countries. In discussing our findings, we argue that, given the current global populist trend, public administration scholars should adopt a more critical stance toward political appointments.
{"title":"Populism and Political Appointments","authors":"Nissim Cohen, Ron Duhl","doi":"10.1111/puar.70023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.70023","url":null,"abstract":"Do populist politicians increase the number of political appointments when they assume power? While the existing literature identifies politicization and political appointments as leading populist strategies, empirical evidence remains limited. Given the elusive nature of political appointments, it is challenging to assess their true extent in various contexts. Our research highlights how exemptions from a merit‐based process are a major indicator of politicization. Through a systematic analysis of all exemptions from competition or a merit‐based selection process in the Israeli civil service from January 1, 2000, to April 30, 2024, we provide empirical evidence linking populism and political appointments, suggesting deep and widespread politicization within the Israeli civil service. Our empirical evidence implies that Israel is probably among the leaders in this regard among developed democratic countries. In discussing our findings, we argue that, given the current global populist trend, public administration scholars should adopt a more critical stance toward political appointments.","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144898419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A new mayor's transition period is widely regarded as important to their overall success, yet mayoral transitions have received little research attention. This exploratory, mixed‐method study of 15 newly elected U.S. mayors combines primary survey data of time use with two waves of mayoral interviews to illuminate the nature and purposes of mayoral activities during the transition period. Analyses of the survey data suggest that mayors' activities vary significantly and are associated with a range of city and mayor characteristics. Comparison of these data with mayors' ex ante forecast time use finds that mayors‐elect underestimate demands for certain types of mayoral work during their first 100 days, such as short‐term policy work and being physically present in city hall, while overestimating the time they will spend on strategic work and community presence. Drawing on interview data, the paper conceptualizes mayoral transition work as a strategic investment in personal, relational, and organizational resources.
{"title":"An Exploratory Study of Mayoral Transition Work","authors":"Matthew Lee, Quinton Mayne, Jorrit de Jong","doi":"10.1111/puar.70016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.70016","url":null,"abstract":"A new mayor's transition period is widely regarded as important to their overall success, yet mayoral transitions have received little research attention. This exploratory, mixed‐method study of 15 newly elected U.S. mayors combines primary survey data of time use with two waves of mayoral interviews to illuminate the nature and purposes of mayoral activities during the transition period. Analyses of the survey data suggest that mayors' activities vary significantly and are associated with a range of city and mayor characteristics. Comparison of these data with mayors' <jats:italic>ex ante</jats:italic> forecast time use finds that mayors‐elect underestimate demands for certain types of mayoral work during their first 100 days, such as short‐term policy work and being physically present in city hall, while overestimating the time they will spend on strategic work and community presence. Drawing on interview data, the paper conceptualizes mayoral transition work as a strategic investment in personal, relational, and organizational resources.","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"164 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144792285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Education and Training of Public Servants: Systems and Practices From the Nineteenth Century to the Present. By ToonKerkhoff and DenisMoschopoulos (eds.), Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XVIII, 395 pp. £ 119.99. ISBN: 978‐3‐03‐137647‐4","authors":"Ian Cawood","doi":"10.1111/puar.70018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.70018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144748215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Illegitimate tasks are duties that violate established role expectations, such as assigning urban planning officers to manage traffic hotlines. In the public sector, bureaucratic structures, resource constraints, and leadership limitations often contribute to the proliferation of such tasks, yet their impact on public servants' behaviors remains unclear. This study examines how and when illegitimate tasks inhibit public servants' innovative work behavior through the mediating role of cognitive flexibility and the moderating roles of different forms of trust in leaders. Hierarchical model analyses using multi‐wave data from public servants and their managers in Vietnam reveal that illegitimate tasks indirectly reduce innovative work behavior via cognitive flexibility. Additionally, relationship‐based trust amplifies the negative effect of illegitimate tasks on cognitive flexibility, whereas character‐based trust does not. These findings highlight the need to minimize illegitimate task assignments and reveal the potential drawbacks of relationship‐based trust in such adverse work conditions.
{"title":"How Illegitimate Tasks Inhibit Public Sector Employees' Innovative Work Behavior: The Roles of Cognitive Flexibility and Trust in Leaders","authors":"Nhung Nguyen, Luu Trong Tuan, Dinh Cong Khai","doi":"10.1111/puar.70015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.70015","url":null,"abstract":"Illegitimate tasks are duties that violate established role expectations, such as assigning urban planning officers to manage traffic hotlines. In the public sector, bureaucratic structures, resource constraints, and leadership limitations often contribute to the proliferation of such tasks, yet their impact on public servants' behaviors remains unclear. This study examines how and when illegitimate tasks inhibit public servants' innovative work behavior through the mediating role of cognitive flexibility and the moderating roles of different forms of trust in leaders. Hierarchical model analyses using multi‐wave data from public servants and their managers in Vietnam reveal that illegitimate tasks indirectly reduce innovative work behavior via cognitive flexibility. Additionally, relationship‐based trust amplifies the negative effect of illegitimate tasks on cognitive flexibility, whereas character‐based trust does not. These findings highlight the need to minimize illegitimate task assignments and reveal the potential drawbacks of relationship‐based trust in such adverse work conditions.","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"52 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144737173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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