From neo-Weberian to hybrid governance models in public administration

differences between state and local self-government

Aleksander Aristovnik (Author), Eva Murko (Author), Dejan Ravšelj (Author)

Abstract

Public administration and public governance play a crucial role in society today by ensuring that social needs are met. Due to the constantly changing environment, public governance models have transformed many times, creating differences in public governance practices among public administration institutions, with combinations of contradictory structures and principles that coexist. Accordingly, this paper aims to provide an overview of different public governance models, extract quantifiable elements based on models’ principles and examine the extent of layering of different governance models at different levels of public administration in the specific case of the Slovenian administration. Thus, the main focus is on identifying the differences in characteristics of public governance practices between state administration and local self-government. The results show state administration institutions are more strongly characterised by the Neo-Weberian model’s principles. In contrast, local self-government institutions are more oriented to managerial public governance and Digital-Era Governance practices. Public managers may regard the results as additional resources for democratic and efficient governing. At the same time, they may provide policymakers with in-depth insights to consider while determining the trajectories of future public administration reforms.

Keywords

public governance models;Weberian public administration;new public management;good governance;hybrid models;state administration;local self-government;comparative analysis;Slovenia;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2022
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UL FU - Faculty of Administration
Publisher:	MDPI
UDC:	35
COBISS:	96782339
ISSN:	2076-3387
Views:	190
Downloads:	73
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Other data

Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary keywords:	modeli javnega upravljanja;Weberjanski model javne uprave;novi javni menedžment;dobro upravljanje;hibridni modeli;državna uprava;lokalna samouprava;primerjalna analiza;Slovenija;
Type (COBISS):	Article
Pages:	str. 1-19
Volume:	ǂVol. ǂ12
Issue:	ǂiss. ǂ1
Chronology:	2022
DOI:	10.3390/admsci12010026
ID:	14536733