Overview
- Provides important theoretical insights into the organizational underpinnings of successful coordination
- Identifies causes of supposedly irrational or dysfunctional behaviour of public organizations
- Discusses implications for institutional design, indiciating how to deal with inherent biases in organizational decision making
Part of the book series: Executive Politics and Governance (EXPOLGOV)
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Keywords
- bounded rationality
- organization theory
- coordination
- selective perception
- bureaucratic politics
- public sector organizations
- unintended consequences
- administrative limits
- executive government
- organization of bias
- attention bias
- complexity
- hybridity
- path dependency
- myths and symbols
- administrative leadership
- professional integrity
- goal attainment
- system maintenance
- european union politics
Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Blind Spots and Attention Bias
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Bureaucratic Politics: Reputation, Blame, and Turf
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Achilles’ Heels and Selective Perception
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Implications
Reviews
“This volume sheds fresh light on the shortcomings of the evergreen phantasm of synoptic rationality in and across public organizations that still inform expectations to public decision makers. The book is a valuable reminder that in times of information overload, critical awareness of the perspective through which both knowledge, action and analysis are conceived is more important than ever.” (Lotte Jensen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)
“This book is a treasure trove for those interested in getting fresh, intelligent, and thought provoking accounts of some of the most important recurrent and debilitating pathologies of public administration: attention biases, blind spots, and a chronic failure to operate in a collaborative and coordinated fashion. Leading scholars cast fresh eyes on classic and emerging frameworkssuch as bureaucratic reputation, collaborative governance and institutional leadership. These highly readable essays also offer us glimmers of hope that if we better understand these mechanisms, we can make them work for rather than against the smart and reliable government that citizens expect and deserve.” (Paul ‘t Hart, Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Kai Wegrich is Professor of Public Administration and Public Policy at the Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Blind Spots of Public Bureaucracy and the Politics of Non‐Coordination
Editors: Tobias Bach, Kai Wegrich
Series Title: Executive Politics and Governance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76672-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-76671-3Published: 13 June 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09552-9Published: 15 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-76672-0Published: 29 May 2018
Series ISSN: 2946-367X
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3688
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 269
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations
Topics: Public Policy, Political Leadership, Legislative and Executive Politics, European Union Politics, Governance and Government, Political Communication