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What is JPART’s theoretical and methodological orientation? What kinds of topics should I expect to see covered?

The journal is committed to theoretical and empirical scholarship and serves as an outlet for the best theoretical and research work in the field. It works to further the application of vigorous empirical testing of theoretical questions and the theoretical questioning of research findings and seeks to focus theory through research. JPART seeks the development of relevant theory and aims to be theoretically and methodologically inclusive.

The journal accepts the full range of rigorous empirical methods practiced in the social sciences – including field-based observation, “thick description,” case study research, ethnography, surveys, experimentation, historical analysis, economic analysis, and policy analysis.

JPART also publishes research syntheses, bringing together and summarizing a field or body of research, particularly where this identifies gaps in our knowledge, points out theoretical issues or problems, or provides a framework for future research.

The journal’s scope includes but is not limited to, the following areas: bureaucracies, decision theory, public choice theory, collaborative governance, population ecology, social equity, power, group theory, motivation, legitimacy, citizenship, contingency theory, action theory, systems theory, network theory, productivity, implementation, role theory, communication, management, representation, federalism, legislative-administrative relations, ethics, comparative administration, public administration and culture, elected executive-administrative relations, professionalism, theories of the state, and development administration.

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