Democratic Crisis in the 21st Century and Research Challenges in Public Administration

Elisabete Santos; Renata Alvarez Rossi

Authors

Elisabete Santos Universidade Federal da Bahia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8565-1125
Renata Alvarez Rossi Universidade Federal da Bahia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7070-7050

Keywords:

administração pública, democracia, extrema-direita, participação, interdisciplinaridade

Abstract

Public administration research is constantly challenged to reflect on the complex relations between administration and democracy. The national and international reemergence of far right political forces, which use democratic ground rules as tools against classic liberal democracy, poses additional theoretical and epistemological challenges to the field. Which knowledge production challenges and perspectives appear in the field of administration, especially regarding the articulation between management models and democracy, considering society projects and development models? Such a debate requires mobilizing critical knowledge, redesigning study subjects, reframing participation, deepening the interdisciplinary character of research, and clarifying the political dimensions of the relationship between res publica and democracy

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biographies

Elisabete Santos, Universidade Federal da Bahia

PhD in Social Sciences from University of Campinas, Brazil. Associate Professor at the School of Business Administration, Federal University of Bahia. Associate editor at Revista Organizações & Sociedade. Researcher at CIAGS – Interdisciplinary Center for Social Development and Management (UFBA) and NPGA – Center of Graduate Studies in Business Administration. Coordinator at the Águas Research Group (Grupo Águas/CNPQ). Has research and publications on urban-environmental policy and management, public service management, environmental and water policy, sustainability, public policies and the right to the city, and urban-environmental indicators.

Renata Alvarez Rossi, Universidade Federal da Bahia

PhD in Business Administration from Federal University of Bahia, Brazil. Assistant Professor at the School of Business Administration, Federal University of Bahia. Researcher at Águas Ambiente e Sociedade Research Group (DG/CNPq), NPGA – Center of Graduate Studies in Business Administration and CIAGS – Interdisciplinary Center for Social Development and Management (UFBA). Has research and publications on Public Administration, Focusing on State regulation, structure and change, as well as socialenvironmental conflicts.