Original
Tracing the Trends of Governance in Governance From 1988 to 2023: Achievements and Future Prospects
Abstract
ABSTRACT This study employs both quantitative topic modeling using BERTopic and qualitative thematic analysis to investigate how themes in Governance evolved between 1990 and 2023. During that time Governance has become a leading journal in public administration and public governance, and understanding how those fields of scholarship appear in the journal can say a good deal about the development of those fields. Governance has both reflected and influenced changes in public administration by theoretically and empirically exploring executive politics along with administrative reforms and regulatory governance as well as democratic mechanisms. The analysis reveals four main conceptual dimensions, which are Structure, Mechanisms, Process, and Democracy, as each dimension represents separate yet interconnected academic discourses. These developments together demonstrate a larger intellectual movement in public administration which moves away from structural determinism to embrace detailed analyses of governance procedures and democratic practices while responding to global issues like populism and democratic decline. This research delivers a historical and intellectual evaluation of governance studies as it appears in a major journal, while delineating trajectories that will guide future research agendas in governance, public administration and policy.
中文
追踪《Governance》中治理研究的趋势（1988—2023）：成就与未来展望
摘要
本研究同时采用基于BERTopic的量化主题建模与质性主题分析，考察《Governance》中的主题在1990年至2023年间如何演变。在此期间，《Governance》已成为公共行政与公共治理领域的领军期刊，理解这些学术领域如何在该刊中呈现，能够很好地说明这些领域的发展。通过从理论与实证层面探讨行政政治、行政改革、监管治理以及民主机制，《Governance》既反映了公共行政的变化，也影响了这些变化。分析揭示出四个主要的概念维度，即结构、机制、过程与民主，每个维度都代表着彼此独立又相互关联的学术话语。这些发展共同表明，公共行政领域发生了一场更大的智识运动：它从结构决定论转向对治理过程与民主实践进行细致分析，同时回应民粹主义和民主衰退等全球性问题。本研究对一份重要期刊中所呈现的治理研究进行了历史性与智识性评估，并勾勒出将引领治理、公共行政与政策领域未来研究议程的轨迹。
关键词
治理、公共行政、公共治理、主题建模、BERTopic、质性主题分析、民主、研究趋势