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How does representative government function when public
administration can reshape democracy? The traditional narrative of
public administration balances the accountability of managers, a
problem of control, with the need for effective administration, a
problem of capability. The discretion modern governments give to
administrators allows them to make tradeoffs among democratic
values. This book challenges the traditional view with its argument
that the democratic values of administration should complement the
democratic values of the representative government within which
they operate. Control, capability and value reinforcement can
render public administration into democracy administered. This book
offers a novel framework for empirically and normatively
understanding how democratic values have, and should be, reinforced
by public administration. Bertelli's theoretical framework provides
a guide for managers and reformers alike to chart a path toward
democracy administered.
In The Political Economy of Public Sector Governance, Anthony
Michael Bertelli introduces core ideas in positive political theory
as they apply to public management and policy. Though recent
literature that mathematically models relationships between
politicians and public managers provides insight into contemporary
public administration, the technical way these works present
information limits their appeal. This book helps readers understand
public-sector governance arrangements and the implications these
arrangements have for public management practice and policy
outcomes by presenting information in a non-technical way.
We undertake the first quantitative and broadly comparative study
of the structure and performance of partnership communities to our
knowledge. Our study addresses several important research
questions. How connected are the members of partnership
communities? How can we understand the quality of the projects a
community undertakes? How do political institutions shape their
structure and performance? After defining partnership communities
as networked communities of private firms which form the consortia
that enter into long-term contractual arrangements with
governments, we show how they are affected by government demand for
partners. We then provide an overview of those factors predicting
success in financing projects. Finally, we focus on the political
economy of partnership communities. We develop and test theoretical
predictions about how national institutions shape partnership
communities and the quality of projects. We also investigate
voters' preferences over alternative arrangements of infrastructure
delivery before drawing out implications for research and practice.
In The Political Economy of Public Sector Governance, Anthony
Michael Bertelli introduces core ideas in positive political theory
as they apply to public management and policy. Though recent
literature that mathematically models relationships between
politicians and public managers provides insight into contemporary
public administration, the technical way these works present
information limits their appeal. This book helps readers understand
public-sector governance arrangements and the implications these
arrangements have for public management practice and policy
outcomes by presenting information in a non-technical way.
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