A shift in paradigm? Collaborative public administration in the context of national digitalization strategies

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Hammerschmid, Gerhard; Palaric, Enora; Rackwitz, Maike; Wegrich, Kai
• 署名单位: Hertie School
• 刊物名称: GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICY ADMINISTRATION AND INSTITUTIONS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0952-1895
• DOI: 10.1111/gove.12778
• 发表日期: 2024
• 关键词: governance networks; e-government; management; INNOVATION; sector

摘要

Despite claims of a paradigmatic shift toward the increased role of networks and partnerships as a form of governance-driven and enabled by digital technologies-the relation of Networked Governance with the pre-existing paradigms of Traditional Weberian Public Administration and New Public Management remains relatively unexplored. This research aims at collecting systematic evidence on the dominant paradigms in digitalization reforms in Europe by comparing the doctrines employed in the initial and most recent digitalization strategies across eight European countries: Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and the United Kingdom. We challenge the claim that Networked Governance is emerging as the dominant paradigm in the context of the digitalization of the public sector. The findings confirm earlier studies indicating that information and communication technologies tend to reinforce some traditional features of administration and the recentralization of power. Furthermore, we find evidence of the continued importance of key features of New Public Management in the digital era.