Governance as Polity: An Institutional Approach to the Evolution of the Role of the State

45 Pages Posted: 15 Nov 2009

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Niamh Hardiman

University College Dublin (UCD)

Colin Scott

University College Dublin (UCD)

Date Written: November 13, 2009

Abstract

State institutions mediate the challenges of globalization for the domestic political community: the concerns of specialists in comparative politics and in public administration are increasingly converging round an interest in the nature and functioning of state institutions. This paper draws on preliminary findings from a time-series database of national-level political institutions in Ireland to track continuity and change in state functions, through analysis of state agencies. It also identifies four modes of state action: developmental, regulatory, adjudicatory, and moral advocacy, each of which has a traditional and a modern manifestation. While the first two modes are familiar in comparative context, the latter two are likely to merit further analysis cross-nationally.

Keywords: governance, state institutions, public administration, Ireland

Suggested Citation

Hardiman, Niamh and Scott, Colin David, Governance as Polity: An Institutional Approach to the Evolution of the Role of the State (November 13, 2009). Public Administration, Online publication December 2009, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1505411

Niamh Hardiman (Contact Author)

University College Dublin (UCD) ( email )

Belfield
Belfield, Dublin 4 4
Ireland

Colin David Scott

University College Dublin (UCD) ( email )

Belfield
Dublin 4
Ireland

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