The difficulty of finding a core or boundary to public administration is no surprise to researchers. This paper argues that a principlist approach, taking as its model the development of the field of biomedical ethics, can make a virtue out of this apparent vice. This paper will argue that four...

The study analyses the financing of NGOs from the EU budget with a focus on effectiveness and transparency. The main findings and recommendations are as follows: - The European Commission (EC) co-finances more than 3000 NGOs with an overall amount of more than EUR 1.4 billion in 2009; - EC should...

What is “the state,” and what is its relevance, if any, to public administration? The concept of the state goes back for centuries but has become an increasingly more widely discussed topic within the last 30 years. This review of five important works on the subject will present the major...

Do web-based crowdfunding platforms expand the possibilities for new forms of long-distance and transnational association? This paper explores the relationship between a proliferation of web-based platforms in the last decade with the development of new forms of philanthropic, fraternal and...

Public management, policy implementation scholars, and political economists have continued to make progress on understanding the ways in which public ownership and funding of an organization influences its behavior and performance. Higher education presents an attractive area of study due to the...