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Unpacking Welfare Deservingness Theory: Evidence From the Perceived Deservingness of Gig Workers

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Polihot 公共政策 政治行为 Welfare Deservingness Gig Workers Survey Experiment Public Opinion Immigration
PSJ 54/2 2026-03-09 Original Unpacking Welfare Deservingness Theory: Evidence From the Perceived Deservingness of Gig Workers Juhyun Bae Abstract ABSTRACT The theory of welfare deservingness provides valuable insights into the social legitimacy of welfare programs and the principles underlying policy design. In examining the question of who deserves what and why, established deservingness criteria emphasize that individuals demonstrating motivation to work (“reciprocity”) are typically perceived as more deserving. However, little is known about how the nature of work might affect perceived deservingness. This study addresses this gap by investigating the perceived deservingness of gig workers, a rapidly growing segment of the labor force characterized by distinctive work arrangements. The flexibility and autonomy inherent in gig jobs are argued to amplify perceptions of personal responsibility and control, thereby reducing public support for benefits for gig workers. Through preregistered survey experiments conducted as part of the 2022 Cooperative Election Study, this research identifies a significant “gig work deservingness penalty,” where gig workers are perceived as less deserving of welfare benefits compared to traditional workers, even when demonstrating motivation to work. This penalty is especially pronounced for immigrant gig workers. These findings uncover the established criterion of “job searching” is not homogeneous, offering critical insights into the challenges of building consensus for policy reforms aimed at creating security systems for emerging precarious groups.

Practice Without Theory? The Wonder of Bethpage Black

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Polihot 公共行政 Administrative Capacity Great Depression Bethpage Black Historical Case Study Public Administration Practice
PAR 86/3 pp. 581-594 2026-03-09 Original Practice Without Theory? The Wonder of Bethpage Black Odd J. Stalebrink Abstract ABSTRACT Bethpage State Park's Black Course offers a rare historical case of administrative capacity emerging under conditions of uncertainty, fiscal constraint, and urgent public purpose during the Great Depression. Built with relief labor and without the benefit of fully developed public administration or budgeting doctrines, the project required administrators to invent workable practices as construction unfolded. Drawing on extensive archival records, this article reconstructs Bethpage as a historical case of administrative capacity emerging through practice rather than formal design. The analysis identifies four interrelated mechanisms through which capacity developed: alignment of ambition and necessity, coordination through routine budgeting and reporting, discipline embedded in oversight, and endurance through institutional memory. Together, these mechanisms show how effective governance can arise from improvisation, constraint, and learning under pressure. The case demonstrates that administrative discipline and creativity need not be opposites and offers practical insights for contemporary public managers facing complex, uncertain, and time‐sensitive challenges.

Possibilities for Social Equity Budgeting: Critical Insights From Bentham?

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Polihot 公共行政 政治理论 Social Equity Budgeting Bentham Public Budgeting Democracy Transparency
PA — 2026-03-09 Original Possibilities for Social Equity Budgeting: Critical Insights From Bentham? Laurence Ferry, Jim Haslam, Henry Midgley Abstract ABSTRACT Considering prior ways of seeing and practical mobilisations of Social Equity Budgeting (SEB), we suggest that prior conceptualisation, research and practice can be advanced by reflecting on insights from the philosophical and political literature on equity and justice. Here, we pursue such an approach and specifically contribute by considering how the writings of the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832) provide critical insights informing possibilities for SEB. Our critical historical perspective, focused on the history of ideas in context, helps reinforce dimensions of today's prescriptive envisioning of SEB and indicate new insights and emphases in this regard around democracy and transparency (or publicity, to use Bentham's term). We here analyze progressive dimensions and possibilities in Bentham but also acknowledge and articulate the need to balance this with appreciation of critique of Bentham and more negative possibilities. Both dimensions have policy implications. Our analysis is facilitated by the notable (relatively) recent work of the Bentham Project at University College London (UCL) in seeking to publish the many previously unpublished writings of Bentham held in the UCL archive. Here, Gallhofer and Haslam's (2003) text, informed in part by detailed archival research into Bentham's then unpublished handwritten manuscripts, was a key starting point.

Connected Yet Distinct: The Evolution and Role of Korean Public Administration in Bridging Theory and Practice

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Polihot 公共行政 比较政治 Korean Public Administration Public Administration Ecosystem Theory-Practice Gap Research-Education-Government Nexus South Korea
PAR 86/4 pp. 1141-1159 2026-03-08 Original Connected Yet Distinct: The Evolution and Role of Korean Public Administration in Bridging Theory and Practice Jinsol Park, Hyungjo Hur, Sangmook Kim, Keon‐Hyung Lee, Donwe Choi