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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

Swansea University Authors: Dion Curry Orcid Logo, Louis Bromfield

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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
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