The Formative Effects of Government Agency Action: Diverse Perspectives

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Session Description

This roundtable brings together scholars who study the formative effects of government agency action from diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives. From studies of policy feedback and administrative burdens to normative theories of the proper role of public administration in the polity, such scholarship examines the resource and interpretive effects of policy design and implementation on citizens. To explore connections that will lead to new research collaborations, the members of the roundtable will bring theory and findings to bear on questions about the extent to which policy design and administrative action shape the citizenry and the character of the regime. The conveners will develop questions to structure the roundtable exchanges. In connection with the annual meeting’s theme, “populism and privilege,” one of those questions will be whether the effects of government agency action can be found in the rise of populist proclivities, and if so, what the implications might be.

Sub Unit

• DIVISION 24: Public Administration

Chair

• Brian J. Cook Virginia Tech

Presenters

• Juniper Katz University of Colorado Denver

• Christopher K. Ansell University of California, Berkeley

• Anthony Michael Bertelli Pennsylvania State University

• Sarah Bruch University of Delaware

• Donald P. Moynihan Georgetown University