Relational public administration: a synthesis and heuristic classification of relational approaches

Koen Bartels and Nick Turnbull

Public Management Review, 2020, vol. 22, issue 9, 1324-1346

Abstract: Interest in the relational dimensions of public administration is growing. However, the significance of relationality has not been understood, nor has the diversity of relational approaches been synthesized into a coherent research agenda. Relational public administration developed from the decline of rational policy models and the advent of network governance. We draw on relational sociology to formulate a relational perspective of larger scope, integrating relational process ontology, practice theory, social network analyses, and interpretive policy analysis. A heuristic framework classifies relational public administration research in four types: Connected Actors, Co-Creation Networks, Interactive Performance, and Dynamic Systems.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2019.1632921

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