Sociology

- Course contents- Part 1 – The reform of the public administration: birth and development of modern bureaucracy - Paradigms and Public Administration Reform – Public Sector Reform in Italy – Public Policy: an introduction Part 2 – The ICT for a new relationship between Public Administration and citizens: from eGovenment to Digital Agenda - Working groups on the quality of the public eServices

No specific requirements.

- References/Bibliography - The following texts are to be considered basic and compulsory reference: 1) Coccia M. e Gobbino A. (2006), La burocrazia nella ricerca pubblica. Parte 1. Una rassegna dei principali studi, in Ceris-Cnr, W.P. N° 4 /2006 (limitatamente alle pagine 1-17) (Stable URL: http://www.ceris.cnr.it/ceris/workingpaper/2006/WP_4_06_COCCIA_GOBBINO.pdf) 2) Osborne D.(1993), Reinventing Government, in "Public Productivity & Management Review", Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 349-356 (Stable URL: http://www.jstor.com/stable/3381012) 3) Weiss J.A. (1995), Reviewed Work(s): Reinventing Government: How the Entrepreneurial Spirit is Transforming the Public Sector by David Osborne and Ted Gaebler: From Red Tape to Results: Creating a Government That Works Better and Costs Less by National Performance, in The Academy of Management Review, Vol. 20, No. 1 , pp. 229-235, (Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/258896) 4) Dickinson H. (2016), From New Public Management to New Public Governance: The implications for a ‘new public service’, in Butcher, J. R., & Gilchrist, D. J. (Eds.),"The Three Sector Solution: Delivering public policy in collaboration with not-for-profits and business", pp. 41-60, (Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1rqc9kc.12) 5) Giannelli, N. (2022). Il cammino delle riforme della pubblica amministrazione nella svolta pragmatica del PNRR. Studi Urbinati, A - Scienze Giuridiche, Politiche Ed Economiche, 72(3-4), 25–56. (Stable URL: https://doi.org/10.14276/1825-1676.3254) 6) Bassanini F. (2018), L’amministrazione pubblica in Italia: riforma fallita, riforma tradita, riforma incompiuta?, in “Astrid Rassegna” n. 291/2018 (Stable URL: https://www.bassanini.it/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/b75c94d821ea301384b9fd138cccaa99.pdf) 7) Pommier Vincelli D. (2017), “La “riforma Madia” della Pubblica Amministrazione: contesto politico, analisi teorica e implementazione“, Rivista trimestrale di Scienza dell'Amministrazione, n. 3/2017 (Stable URL: http://rtsa.eu/RTSA_3_2017_Pommier.pdf) 8) Vecchi G. (2019) Progettare il passato? I disegni di riforma amministrativa in Italia negli ultimi decenni: dalle idee di modernizzazione all’incrementalismo senza strategia", Rivista italiana di Politiche Pubbliche n.3/2019 pp. 383-410 (Stable URL: https://www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.1483/95210) 9) Moini G. (2017), New Public Management e neoliberismo. Un intreccio storico. pp.71-79. In ECONOMIA & LAVORO - ISSN:0012-978X vol. 2 (Anno LI) 10) L.Franceschetti (2019) "Depoliticizzazione: il caso delle nuove tecnologie nelle amministrazioni pubbliche italiane" in d’Albergo E., Moini G. (a cura di) “Politica e azione pubblica nell’epoca della depoliticizzazione Attori, pratiche e istituzioni”, Sapienza Università Editrice, Roma, pp.143-164. (Stable URL: http://www.editricesapienza.it/node/7867)

Lectures, classroom exercise, personal e group review

Attendance is strongly recommended but not mandatory.

Students who have attended the lessons will be evaluated by: a written exam at the end of the first part of the course an final essay carried out in group, on the recent processes of the digitalization of the PA, described in the second part of the course. Non-attending students have to take a written exam, in the form of an essay questions.

Lectures, classroom exercise, personal e group review