Conceptualizing Policy Work as Activity and Field of Research
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Conceptualizing Policy Work as Activity and Field of Research
Original language description
The area of policy work and policy workers within government bureaucracies is encompassing a large field of activities and research. This article aims to provide a synthesised perspective on policy work in relating theoretical and empirical accounts of policy workers, identifying points of convergence and linking them to essential assumptions on research in policy work. We conceptualize policy work as activity within government bureaucracies from three interrelated perspectives: the professional identity of policy workers based on knowledge, performance, and motivation; empirical evidence of policy work activities in different contexts; and accounts of main approaches to policy work research. By this conceptualisation, we hope to contribute to the consolidation of present-day knowledge on the policy work field and possibly outline some promising avenues of research into it. We argue that it seems to be necessary, sooner or later, for further development of policy work research, to clar
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AD - Political sciences
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GAP404%2F12%2F0725" target="_blank" >GAP404/12/0725: Policy Workers in the Czech Public Administration: Practices, Professional Values and Identity</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
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Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Name of the periodical
Central European Journal of Public Policy
ISSN
1802-4866
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Volume of the periodical
7
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
30
Pages from-to
28-58
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