The course begins by identifying the features of the bureaucratization process, the relationship between this and the power system. We will look at the advantages and disadvantages of the bureaucracy process. The characteristics common to all public and private bureaucratic apparatus will be examined. In the second part of the course a short review of bureaucracies will be made in some major western democracies: Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Great Britain and the United States of America with particular attention to their recent evolution. For non-attending students, a reading of a text explaining what role the state has played in the field of innovation for the economic growth of some countries from the United States of America

The traditional power, charismatic and legal-rational and the different types of administrative apparatus according to Max Weber

The concentration of powers of the modern state and the development of the liberal state.

State constitutional law and social birth of the welfare state.

Efficiency and rationality of administrative

Division of labor and professionalization of the officer

Hierarchical organizational and functional differentiation of the modern state

The duty of impartiality of the official and the coldness of the relationship with citizens.

Legal formalism, ritualism and rules of self-reference of the offficials

The defense of the privileges of the official

The relationship between democratization and extension username bureaucracies.

From the concept of government to that of goverance

The advantage of the specialized knowledge of the official

The slowness of the adaptive capacity of the bureaucracy

The distortions of the hierarchical pyramid model

The remedy to the distortions: proliferation of committees and working groups

The system of incentives as an instrument of government

Cost-benefit analysis and technocratic dream

Market and regulatory state

The phenomenon of regulatory capture

The decision as a result of balance of power

The iron law of oligarchy Michels

The benefits of the market in resource allocation

Coase and transaction costs

The conservatism of the political leadership

The principle of efficiency

The neo-institutionalism

The revolution of the New Public Management

The professionalization of the civil service

The ENA and schools of public administration (the Oxbridge model)

The esprit de corps of the administration

Processes of decentralization / devolution administrative

Deverticalisation ministries

The German cooperative federalism

Consultation and the neo-corporatism

The Spoils System American

Access to the contest / competition

The advance for appointment or co-optation or seniority

The relationship between politics and administration

Cabinet offices and organs of staff

Specialism / generalist of the bureaucratic culture

The process of departmentalization and agenzificazione

The importance dellautonomia management and accountability systems.

Managing by objectives, contracts and haughty forms of managerialism and outsourcing.

Privatization form and substance.

The transparency of the acts of the PA

Controls stretegy and management

The responsibility of leadership through monitoring and evaluation

Service charters and codes of ethics

The basic elements of public administration sociology will come from examples to make students understand their analytical utility in disparate cases. In addition to understanding the concepts, the ability to link concepts in the vertical sense is required to understand the evolution of processes and horizontally in order to compare institutions and contexts of different countries. Understanding should also show the learner's ability to distinguish between ideal types and concrete cases and to highlight the common features of different cases and the elements of their differentiation. The illustration of the various physiognomies of the central bureaucratic apparatus of Italy, Spain, France, the United Kingdom and the United States of America will have to develop in the student the conceptual comparative and modeling ability that will increase his autonomy of judgment and abstraction abilities Of reference to concrete cases. Lesson papers and some moments of collective reflection will be aimed at stimulating your ability to compare with peers and oral exposure. The exercises will be designed to develop its synthesis skills and conceptual connection in writing

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Students can get support during reading and writing

Teaching

Lessons in class and support in studying and writing

Attendance

Two third of lessons must be attended

Course books

Text in english will be suggested taking into account interests an curriculum of students. Texts in french or spanish language are possible.  

Assessment

Oral examination in italian, in english, french or spanish and/or presentation of a paper

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Course books

Text in english will be suggested taking into account interests an curriculum of students. Texts in french or spanish language are possible.  

Assessment

Oral examination in italian, in english, french or spanish and/or presentation of a paper

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

For any kind of need or information, please contact teacher at nicola.giannelli@uniurb.it