This article compares agencification in developing and OECD countries, illustrated by the case of Suriname. Findings show that developing countries prefer statutory bodies and SOEs. Motives for establishment are economic development and the provision of collective goods; typical motives from OECD countries are not present. Patronage plays a major role, and governance and accountability relations are generally weak. Based on these findings, existing agencification theory should include motives that are specific to developing countries, such as pressure from international organizations; pay attention to colonial legacies and acknowledge that agencification in developing countries is much less driven by NPM. Uitvoeringsorganisaties zijn veel onderzocht in OECD landen maar we weten weinig van dit onderwerp in ontwikkelingslanden. Dit artikel vergelijkt uitvoeringsorganisaties in ontwikkelingslanden en OECD landen, aan de hand van de casus van Suriname. De resultaten laten zien dat ontwikkelingslanden een voorkeur hebben voor type 2 (stichtingen) en type 3 (staatsdeelnemingen) uitvoeringsorganisaties. Motieven voor oprichting gaan vooral over economische ontwikkeling en de levering van collectieve goederen; gangbare motieven in OECD landen blijken niet aanwezig. Patronage speelt een voorname rol, en de sturingsrelaties en verantwoordingslijnen zijn zwak ontwikkeld. Op basis van deze resultaten wordt voorgesteld om bestaande theorie & euml;n over verzelfstandiging op drie punten aan te passen: er moet meer aandacht komen voor de invloed van het kolonialisme; motieven die specifiek voor ontwikkelingslanden gelden moeten worden erkend, zoals de druk vanuit internationale organisaties; en het feit dat oprichting van uitvoeringsorganisaties in ontwikkelingslanden vaak weinig met NPM te maken heeft, moet worden erkend.
This article makes the argument that design can serve the purpose of transforming power relations in societal transitions. The article discusses diverse theories of power and their relationship to design, whereby it considers aspects of agency, relationality and scale. Using a design anthropology approach, a theoretical framework is defined for the empirical study of power. The framework is operationalized in a local energy transition project in Amsterdam Southeast. In this empirical study, we describe three power relations that were encountered, the design interventions performed, and their transformative outcomes. Finally, the broader implications for design in societal transitions are discussed.
Preventive reforms typically emphasize individual responsibility or the mobilization of community assets, but an enduring implementation gap exists. The ongoing stalemate calls for a fundamental shift in the way public services are understood and delivered. Central to this shift is understanding the complex interplay between roles, responsbility and multi-layered contexts shaping service delivery and outcomes. Drawing on qualitative research on health and social care, we explore how roles, responsibilities and service delivery approaches are framed. Through our analysis, we propose three broad approaches to service delivery, contributing to the nascent literature on value co-creation in complex public service settings.
This theoretical article develops a micro-foundational perspective on how and under what conditions collaborative governance groups generate transformative outcomes. It integrates literature on collaboration, transformation, and paradox to advance three core propositions. First, collaborating for transformative outcomes constitutes a distinctive paradoxical context, in which the tensions of collaboration and the tensions of transformation are nested, reinforcing, and constitutive of the process itself. Second, diversity in collaborators' cognitive-emotional capacity to perceive and navigate tensions (i.e. paradox mindset) shapes collaborative outcomes, with diversity in paradox mindset enhancing the likelihood of transformative outcomes. Third, the paradoxical leadership behaviours of designated leaders further increase the likelihood of transformative outcomes. By highlighting the dual challenge of transformation-oriented collaborations of eliciting tensions to stimulate change while containing them to sustain collaboration, the article links individual-level cognitive-emotional predisposition to group dynamics and system-level outcomes, offering a broader theorizing of collaborations in public administration.
Public and political debate increasingly problematizes the relationship between second-generation migrants and public authorities, yet little is known about how they evaluate local government. This study examines behavioural intentions towards municipalities - exit, voice, loyalty and neglect - and assesses how trust, local identification and discrimination shape these responses. Using survey data from second-generation migrants in Dutch municipalities, we find loyalty predominates, while trust, local identification and discrimination shape these orientations towards local government. These findings highlight the central role of trust and inclusion in shaping citizen-state relations and demonstrate the value of integrating migrant-centred perspectives into public administration research.
