PMR — pp. 1-27 2026-05-30 Original Leading in a time of turmoil: Political fragmentation, political conflict, and managerial turnover
Dag Ingvar Jacobsen
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中文 动荡时期的领导：政治碎片化、政治冲突与管理层更替
Dag Ingvar Jacobsen
PSJ — 2026-05-29
Original When Reforms Becomes Symbolic: Decabinetisation in Portugal and Beyond
Arthur Meert, Patricia Silva
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ABSTRACT Decabinetisation—policies that reduce or restrict ministerial cabinets—presents a paradox in contemporary executive politics. Despite growing reliance on these structures for political coordination and policy steering, governments occasionally move to limit their reliance on these political staff structures, either by reducing staff numbers or by imposing stricter rules on appointments, recruitment, and remuneration. While several such reforms have been documented, we still lack a clear understanding of why governments would deliberately limit the resources and authority of the very actors that support their political and policy work. Using the 2012 Passos Coelho reform in Portugal as an in‐depth case study, this article demonstrates that decabinetisation often functions as a symbolic response to mounting political and societal demands for restraint. Although Prime Minister Passos Coelho initially aimed to implement an ambitious overhaul, internal governmental dynamics during the design and implementation stages enabled continuity actors to dilute the reform's most transformative elements. The findings highlight decabinetisation as a strategic response to a policy trap: governments must be seen to act but lack the capacity or incentive to alter institutional dependence on MCs. These dynamics extend beyond Portugal, helping to explain similar initiatives in other systems with cabinetised executives.
GOV 39/3 2026-05-29
Original Do Medical Health Ministers Make Different Health System Choices?
Marcello Antonini, Joan Costa‐Font, Nicolas Marchi, Debra Winberg
PA — 2026-05-28
Original When Coproduction Meets Professionalism: Toward a Conceptual Framework for Understanding Challenges of Lay Input
Rikke Kolding
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ABSTRACT Coproduction is an established element in public service provision, linked to positive outcomes such as increased service quality and quantity. Realizing these outcomes requires skills and motivation from street‐level professionals and lay actors alike. Nevertheless, research has long questioned professionals' willingness to engage in coproduction because lay input challenges their professionalism. However, existing research often treats lay input as a uniform, challenging factor, overlooking the possibility that professionals may perceive it differently depending on the interaction. To respond to these challenges more effectively, the article develops a conceptual framework addressing the research question: When do street‐level professionals perceive lay input as a challenge to their professionalism? The article studies coproduction in the design phase, particularly the active input of clients in interactions with street‐level professionals. It identifies three key aspects of interactions that influence the extent to which lay input challenges professionalism: the type of, need for, and communication of lay input. Contrary to the existing literature, the findings highlight that different forms of input exist within interactions that vary in how much they challenge professionalism. These findings are based on an interpretive ethnographic study conducted in two Danish daycare centers, comprising 58 semi‐structured interviews with childcare professionals and parents and 42 days of participant observation. The case serves as an informative case due to the extensive coproduction related to core pedagogical matters. The article informs targeted professional training, managerial practices, and flexible policy frameworks that help professionals anticipate, interpret, and integrate lay input more effectively.
PAR — 2026-05-28
Original How Democratic Backsliding Shapes the Entry, Non‐Entry, and Waiting of Potential Civil Servants
PMR — pp. 1-30 2026-05-28 Original Explore and integrate: how digital innovation units enable local government digital transformation
Friso Selten
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The politics and administration of institutional change
PMR — pp. 1-31 2026-05-28 Original Cultural humility in agile work practices
Ines Mergel
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中文 敏捷工作实践中的文化谦逊
Ines Mergel
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关键词
文化谦逊、敏捷工作实践、公共管理、组织文化
DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2026.2676775
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PAR — 2026-05-26
Original Context, Mechanism, and Outcome: Explaining Gendered Administrative Burdens on Abortion Access in Italy
Debra Lanfranconi, Markus Hinterleitner
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ABSTRACT Abortion access in Italy provides a case to examine how gendered administrative burdens emerge through the interplay of legal provisions, informal frontline practices, and contextual influences. Drawing on the Context–Mechanism–Outcome framework from realist evaluation, the analysis shows how legal access to abortion is constrained by procedural requirements, widespread conscientious objection among healthcare providers, and the institutional presence of anti‐abortion actors. Using qualitative data from Obiezione Respinta— a user‐generated platform mapping abortion access barriers across Italy—we demonstrate how everyday bureaucratic processes (re)produce gender inequalities. Three contributions follow. First, the analysis extends the gendered administrative burden literature by highlighting how informal policy design and contextual factors contribute to gender inequality. Second, it introduces the C‐M‐O framework to administrative burden research as a structured yet parsimonious approach to studying how burdens emerge. Third, it centers on women's experiences to offer a qualitative account of how burdens are perceived and navigated.
PMR — pp. 1-30 2026-05-25 Original Limits to New Public Governance in Türkiye: the case of the 6 February 2023 earthquakes
PMR — pp. 1-33 2026-05-25 Original Debunking the myth of creativity as a typical bottleneck to public sector innovation: a multidimensional comparison of creativity between the public and private sectors and robustness comparisons within the public sector