Behavioral Public Administration: Past, Present, and Future

• 成果类型: Editorial Material
• 署名作者: Bhanot, Syon P.; Linos, Elizabeth
• 署名单位: Swarthmore College; University of California System; University of California Berkeley; University of California System; University of California Berkeley
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/puar.13129
• 发表日期: 2020
• 页码: 168-171
• 关键词: representative bureaucracy; service

摘要

The last decade has seen remarkable growth in the field of behavioral public administration, both in practice and in academia. In both domains, applications of behavioral science to policy problems have moved forward at breakneck speed; researchers are increasingly pursuing randomized behavioral interventions in public administration contexts, editors of peer-reviewed academic journals are showing greater interest in publishing this work, and policy makers at all levels are creating new initiatives to bring behavioral science into the public sector. However, because the expansion of the field has been so rapid, there has been relatively little time to step back and reflect on the work that has been done and to assess where the field is going in the future. It is high time for such reflection: where is the field currently on track, and where might it need course correction?