In celebration of public administration: the sustaining significance of power – introductory perspectives

Abstract

The symposium is introduced here as heralding the beginning of a new era for the journal. Significant aspects of public administration are addressed concerning power as its lifeblood and basis of its institutional-organisational configurations, roles, responsibilities, control and legitimacy. The discussion of these matters sets the scene for the analyses in the following articles.

Keywords:

• public administration
• management
• governance
• power
• integrity
• legitimacy