Policy Dynamics in Contemporary Public Administration Studies: A Conceptual Analysis

Authors

  • Prakoso Bhairawa Putera Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Universitas Padjadjaran; National Research and Innovation Agency Republic of Indonesia
  • Ida Widianingsih Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia
  • Sinta Ningrum Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia
  • Suryanto Suryanto Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia
  • Yan Rianto National Research and Innovation Agency Republic of Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.ppaa.22.1.31435

Keywords:

Public Administration, policy dynamics, Historical Institutionalism, policy change, Policy Evolution, viešasis administravimas, politikos dinamika, istorinis institucionalizmas, politikos keitimas, politikos raida

Abstract

This paper aims to provide an overview based on the literatures regarding the development of the study of policy dynamics research in the field of public administration. The study aims to answer the research question, „What is the theoretical and conceptual framework of „policy dynamics“ in the contemporary discourse of current public administration?“. The method used is a bibliometric analysis and semi-systematic literature review in the form of a literature review of international publications published between 1990 and 2020, sourced from the Google Scholar database. The sixty articles that are most relevant in terms of Article title, Abstract, and Keywords (journal articles: 55 papers and Conferences proceedings: 5 papers) are chosen for analysis. As a result, policy dynamics can be grouped into three categories: policy dynamics as historical institutionalism, policy dynamics as policy change, and policy dynamics as policy evolution. This study concludes that policy dynamics is the evolution of policy changes, where these changes have implications for the policies of a regime/government on institutions, actors, and systems within a certain period. This concept manifests in the five new clusters in the definition of policy dynamics, which include regime/government change, institutional change/transformation, changes in issue, direction and content of policy, actor's role and existence, and policy object inputs and outputs.

 

Author Biographies

Prakoso Bhairawa Putera, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Universitas Padjadjaran; National Research and Innovation Agency Republic of Indonesia

Prakoso Bhairawa Putera, PhD Candidate at the Administrative Science Doctoral Program, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Universitas Padjadjaran. Address: Jalan Bukit Dago Utara No. 25 Bandung 40135, Indonesia. E-mail: prakoso19001@mail.unpad.ac.id (Corresponding Author)

Ida Widianingsih, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia

Ida Widianingsih, Vice Dean for Learning, Student, and Research Affairs, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Universitas Padjadjaran. Address: Jalan Raya Bandung Sumedang KM 21, Jatinangor 45363, Indonesia. E-Mail: ida.widianingsih@unpad.ac.id

Sinta Ningrum, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia

Sinta Ningrum, Head of Master Program for Public Policy, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Universitas Padjadjaran. Address: Jalan Bukit Dago Utara No. 25 Bandung 40135, Indonesia. E-mail: sinta.ningrum@unpad.ac.id

Suryanto Suryanto, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia

Suryanto, Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Universitas Padjadjaran. Address: Jalan Raya Bandung Sumedang KM 21, Jatinangor 45363, Indonesia. E-Mail: suryanto@unpad.ac.id

Yan Rianto, National Research and Innovation Agency Republic of Indonesia

Yan Rianto, National Research and Innovation Agency Republic of Indonesia. Address: Jalan Jendral Gatot Subroto No. 10, Jakarta Selatan 12710, Indonesia. E-mail: yan.rianto@lipi.go.id

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2023-03-31

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