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The internal perceptions gap in European public administration: Understanding academic views of the discipline

Dion Curry Orcid Logo, Louis Bromfield, Jack Tudor

Administrative Theory & Praxis, Pages: 1 - 21

Swansea University Authors: Dion Curry Orcid Logo, Louis Bromfield, Jack Tudor

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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/10841806.2026.2635780

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We assess the validity of perceived cleavages within Public Administration by examining the tensions between the focus of research and how the discipline is perceived by European academics, drawing on a survey of PA academics in 28 countries and a bibliometric analysis of over 18,500 pieces of acade...

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ISSN: 1084-1806 1949-0461
Published: Informa UK Limited 2026
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