Original scientific paper

Embracing Disciplinary Diversity: Public Administration Education in Italy

Denita Cepiku ; University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

Abstract

The paper presents a statistical analysis exploring public
administration education at Italian universities. It aims at
verifying whether the administrative law approach to university-
based public administration teaching is still prevalent
in Italy. The research also highlights the main specificities
of public administration education in Italy with
reference to the disciplinary character, the geographical
distribution, the type and level of PA programmes, etc. Information
from 204 faculties of 72 universities has been
gathered and 2,198 education programmes at different
levels have been registered and classified. Overall evidence
suggests that the legal cluster, including but not limited
to administrative law, is not the prevalent approach in
teaching public administration in Italy. The public cluster
– mainly political sciences and public economy approach –
is widespread at Italian universities. Furthermore, there isa strong, yet more recent, development of the managerial
approach.

Keywords

public administration; education; training; disciplinary approaches; administrative culture

Hrčak ID:

130638

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/130638

Publication date:

18.5.2013.

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