The reform of the Italian public administration has been a priority for at least two decades, with several major initiatives undertaken toward modernization and simplification. Notwithstanding laudable intentions, however, progress remains limited. This analysis is a case study of two reforms...

On average, higher per capita GDP is correlated with improved health outcomes. In parallel, improved population health also seems to foster higher GDP. Yet health and growth need not increase proportionately with one another, nor is this relationship universal. Patnaik highlights potential...

We present a comprehensive multi-scale test of the diversity-deficit hypothesis that posits a negative association between diversity and development. We develop a "scale-flip hypothesis" that formalizes how the political salience of diversity is contingent on the level of analysis. We also...

Research on tribal governance in the United States is scarce among public administration scholars. Nonetheless, tribal governance is a pre-Columbian practice that predates its acknowledgment in the U.S. Constitution and federal law. This article gives attention to work from other disciplines,...

The State vested with the political right to govern over the sovereign must engage in ensuring prosperity among its citizens. In a harmonious society this is achieved through provision of space to individuals and groups to co-exist with differences, such differences in skills and beliefs...

The paper aims at assessing indicators and individual elements of e-government of selected countries in 2009-2010, and the interrelation of e-government with corruption in the public sector. The authors explore possible causal and dependency relations of the established interlink between...

Development, as a term, signifies growth or change for the better in any aspect of a social process. Applied to economy, it means growth in its different sectors like, production, distribution, education, living, civilization and wages of the workers etc. Political development similarly means...