Research Handbook on Public Affairs

Connecting Evidence and Strategy

Buch | Hardcover

416 Seiten

2024
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80392-027-6 (ISBN)

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In this innovative Research Handbook, Arco Timmermans brings together a diverse range of experts to scrutinise the current field of public affairs, what can be learned from it and its compatibility with democracy and open society. Through this multidisciplinary focus, the Research Handbook aims to closely connect the spheres of research and practice within public affairs.

Chapters map out the roots and foundations of public affairs, including its status as a discipline and profession, and dissect perspectives on its context, from direct organisational settings to the wider environment. Contributors analyse research for the evidence basis of public affairs, competencies in the field, and the role of ethics, especially in the relationship between lobbying and public interest. Ultimately, this Handbook assesses the current landscape as well as proposing future perspectives in an area where attention to further development is crucial.

Providing a nuanced exploration of an expanding field of research and practice, this Research Handbook will prove a vital reference point to scholars and students of public affairs, political science, communication, management science, public administration, and regional government. Its practical applications will also make it relevant to public affairs practitioners, as well as journalists and media professionals looking to build their knowledge of the field.

Edited by Arco Timmermans, Leiden University, the Netherlands

Contents

Preface and acknowledgments xvii
Introduction: the case for connecting research and practice in public affairs 1
Arco Timmermans
PART I FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AS A DISCIPLINE
AND PROFESSION
1 The analytical and normative basis of public affairs 9
Arco Timmermans
2 Managing and practicing public affairs around the globe 24
Craig S. Fleisher
3 The emergence of public affairs and prospects for its existence as
a discipline in research and education 39
Danny Moss
4 The public affairs profession reinvents itself—again 50
Douglas G. Pinkham
PART II CONTEXT FOR EMBEDDING AND ORIENTING PUBLIC
AFFAIRS
5 Organizational settings and corporate affairs: building trust for thriving
in a polarized world 67
Jennifer J. Griffin
6 The political system and cultural conditions: a comparative perspective 85
Direnç Kanol
7 Population ecology of actors in public affairs: types of interests and
policy domains 99
Joost Berkhout
8 The rise of challengers in the arenas of lobbying and advocacy 116
Erik van Venetië and Arco Timmermans
9 Corporate social responsibility and management of reputation: a close
look at enterprise—public relationships 131
Anil Yasin Ar
PART III RESEARCH FOR THE EVIDENCE BASIS OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
10 The dynamics of issues and agenda denial 147
Ana Cláudia Niedhardt Capella
11 Analyzing frames in public and media venues 163
Ketil Raknes and Øyvind Ihlen
12 Coalitions in public affairs 177
Wiebke Marie Junk
13 Routes of access and influence 192
Anne Skorkjær Binderkrantz and Helene Helboe Pedersen
14 Measuring the effectiveness of lobbying 206
Patrick Bernhagen
PART IV REPERTOIRE OF COMPETENCIES FOR STRATEGY AND
SUCCESS
15 The nature of competencies: towards a multidimensional competency
framework for public affairs 222
Paul Shotton and Arco Timmermans
16 Knowledge management and digital tools for lobbying and public affairs 240
Marialessandra Carro, Claudio Di Mario and Alberto Bitonti
17 Real or robot? Risks and benefits of Generative Artificial Intelligence:
a practical guide for public affairs 256
Jason Voiovich
18 A game of plots: storytelling, narrative competition, and stakeholder
characterization in public affairs 269
Karel Joos
19 Issues management: a new model for a key function in public affairs 282
Shannon A. Bowen, Alessandro Lovari and Arco Timmermans
PART V IMPACT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
20 Ethical competencies and analysis in an age of socially and digitally
influenced public affairs 299
Shannon A. Bowen and Alessandro Lovari
21 Public accountability of lobbying in democracies 314
Alberto Bitonti and Jean-Patrick Villeneuve
22 Enhancing the relationship between business and society: a public
affairs maturity model 328
Christiaan Luca, Marjolijn Vencken and Paul Beijer
23 Regulation of lobbying: comparative state of the art and developments 344
John Hogan and Alberto Bitonti
24 A behavioral perspective on the receiving end in public affairs:
a taxonomy of responses 359
Arco Timmermans and Erik van Venetië
Conclusion: the future of public affairs research and education 376
Arco Timmermans
Index 381

Erscheinungsdatum	23.05.2024
Reihe/Serie	Elgar Handbooks in Public Administration and Management
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	169 x 244 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-80392-027-0 / 1803920270
ISBN-13	978-1-80392-027-6 / 9781803920276
Zustand	Neuware