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Edoardo Ongaro is Professor of Public Management at The Open University, UK. Over the period 2013 to 2019 he has served as the President of EGPA, the European Group for Public Administration, and since 2015 he is an editor of Public Policy and Administration. He is a Member of the Council of Administration of IIAS and Vice President (International) of the UK Association for Public Administration (UKAPA).
His latest works include: Religion and Public Administration: An Introduction (Elgar, 2023 – co-authored with Michele Tantardini); Strategic Management in Public Services Organizations: Concepts, Schools and Contemporary Issues (2022, 2nd edition, Routledge, co-authored with Ewan Ferlie); and Philosophy and Public Administration: An Introduction (Elgar, 2020 – 2nd edition – also translated into Chinese, Italian and Spanish).
Professor Ongaro is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences. He holds a PhD from King’s College London and an MPhil from the LSE.
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Public Policy and Administration, Apr 10, 2019
Public Policy and Administration, Sep 27, 2018
Public Policy and Administration, Jul 14, 2017
Governance of Public Sector Organizations, 2010
Explaining the form of public sector organizations, and ultimately the decision-making behaviour ... more Explaining the form of public sector organizations, and ultimately the decision-making behaviour of public sector organizations as the key dependent variable, is a major contribution that organizational theory has to offer to the study of the public sector. In this chapter, we investigate the characteristics of the relationships between agencies and their parent administration in the Italian central government. The study, rooted in organizational theory, adopts different theoretical angles, at first a ‘cultural-normative’ approach mainly embedded in a logic of appropriateness perspective (March and Olsen 1996, 1994, 1989), then an approach focused on instrumental rationality mainly embedded in a logic of consequences perspective (for an overview of different streams in organization theory for the study of the public sector, see Christensen et al. 2007).
Italy entered a phase of continuing political and policy change since the biennium 1991–2, when t... more Italy entered a phase of continuing political and policy change since the biennium 1991–2, when the party system started to collapse (Bull and Rhodes 1997; Radaelli and Franchino 2004; Ongaro 2009 and 2011). The dynamics of the political system determined over the 1990s and the 2000s
Government Agencies
This chapter discusses similarities and differences in agencification processes in the so-called ... more This chapter discusses similarities and differences in agencification processes in the so-called Latin countries: Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal and Spain. This suggests that there is a homogeneous phenomenon of agencification with shared meaning among scholars and that a group of countries can be grouped under the ‘Latin’ label in an unproblematic way.
Public Policy and Administration, Apr 10, 2019
Public Policy and Administration, Sep 27, 2018
Public Policy and Administration, Jul 14, 2017
Governance of Public Sector Organizations, 2010
Explaining the form of public sector organizations, and ultimately the decision-making behaviour ... more Explaining the form of public sector organizations, and ultimately the decision-making behaviour of public sector organizations as the key dependent variable, is a major contribution that organizational theory has to offer to the study of the public sector. In this chapter, we investigate the characteristics of the relationships between agencies and their parent administration in the Italian central government. The study, rooted in organizational theory, adopts different theoretical angles, at first a ‘cultural-normative’ approach mainly embedded in a logic of appropriateness perspective (March and Olsen 1996, 1994, 1989), then an approach focused on instrumental rationality mainly embedded in a logic of consequences perspective (for an overview of different streams in organization theory for the study of the public sector, see Christensen et al. 2007).
Italy entered a phase of continuing political and policy change since the biennium 1991–2, when t... more Italy entered a phase of continuing political and policy change since the biennium 1991–2, when the party system started to collapse (Bull and Rhodes 1997; Radaelli and Franchino 2004; Ongaro 2009 and 2011). The dynamics of the political system determined over the 1990s and the 2000s
Government Agencies
This chapter discusses similarities and differences in agencification processes in the so-called ... more This chapter discusses similarities and differences in agencification processes in the so-called Latin countries: Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal and Spain. This suggests that there is a homogeneous phenomenon of agencification with shared meaning among scholars and that a group of countries can be grouped under the ‘Latin’ label in an unproblematic way.