You are here

International Review of Administrative Sciences

International Review of Administrative Sciences

An International Journal of Comparative Public Administration

eISSN: 14617226 | ISSN: 00208523 | Current volume: 91 | Current issue: 2 Frequency: Quarterly


International Review of Administrative Sciences (IRAS ) is an international peer-reviewed journal devoted to academic and professional public administration. Founded in 1927 it is the oldest scholarly public administration journal specifically focused on comparative and international topics. IRAS seeks to shape the future agenda of public administration around the world by encouraging reflection on international comparisons, new techniques and approaches, the dialogue between academics and practitioners, and debates about the future of the field itself.

IRAS is the official journal of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS), the European Group of Public Administration (EGPA) and the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA). IRAS is published in three different language editions - English, French and Chinese.

"As the global village is evolving understanding the diversity of national perspectives on a growing variety of issues is an essential necessity, not a luxury. The careful selection of topics and articles in the International Review of Administrative Sciences provides a wealth of information for developing such understanding and meeting the needs of practitioners and academics." Arie Halachmi, Institute of Government at Tennessee State University, USA and Zhongshan University, China

"I have been doing research and editing in comparative public administration for the last twenty five years. I have always found the International Review of Administrative Sciences indispensable reading. It provides us with articles containing glimpses of new theoretical thinking, but also with accounts of best practices introduced by governments around the world." Ignacio Pichardo, Former President of IIAS, El Colegio Mexiquense

"International Review of Administrative Sciences offers thought-provoking contributions from both scholars and practitioners on a wide variety of topics related to international and comparative administration. Few journals can match IRAS in presenting timely analysis, dialogue, and debate on administrative issues from the industrialized countries of the global North, both in Europe and the Americas, and from the developing and transitioning nations of the global South." Derick W. Brinkerhoff, RTI Senior Fellow in International Public Management Research Triangle Institute

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

All issues of International Review of Administrative Sciences are available to browse online.

Submit your manuscript today at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/iras

International Review of Administrative Sciences is an international peer-reviewed journal devoted to academic and professional public administration. Founded in 1927 it is the oldest scholarly public administration journal specifically focused on comparative and international topics. IRAS seeks to shape the future agenda of public administration around the world by encouraging reflection on international comparisons, new techniques and approaches, the dialogue between academics and practitioners, and debates about the future of the field itself.

IRAS is the official journal of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS), the European Group of Public Administration (EGPA) and the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA). IRAS is published in four different language editions – English, French, Spanish and Chinese.

The IIAS exists to advance the study and practice of public administration and public management. It operates at a global level and is funded by states world-wide; but is independent of any of them and, through its links with the United Nations, seeks to develop a voice and vision that is neutral, as objective as possible and grounded in the exigency of the fact. Although it has existed for over seventy years (since 1930), the Institute's focus is on the present and the future. How governance is done and how it could be done better; how the law of administration applies and how it might be applied more correctly; and how the management of public affairs is conducted and how it might be done best - all of these reflect its activities. Accountability is a core value for the institute. Those who exercise authority must account for its use to those on whose behalf they use it. Public Administration is the key activity that connects between the power-holders and the citizen. We believe it should be effective, efficient and economical in its execution of the duties and rights of the state. We support modern governance and proper public administration and believe these should be carried out in a way that actively acknowledges diversity, that is respectful of identity and serious belief and that reflects balance.

Editor
Sabine Kuhlmann Potsdam University, Germany
Deputy Editors
Gene Brewer University of Georgia, USA
Ricardo Correa Gomes FGV São Paulo School of Business Administration, Brazil
Shamsul Haque National University of Singapore, Singapore
Sara Melo Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Martial Pasquier Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration, Lausanne, Switzerland
Tobias Polzer WU Wien, Austria
Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar Universidad de Granada, Spain
Journal Manager
Frederico Ganz Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany
Global Editorial Committee
Naomi Adiv University of Toronto, Canada
Martial Fanga Agbor University of Religions and Denominations, Iran
Ricardo Bello-Gomez Rutgers University–Newark, Colombia
Céline du Boys Aix-Marseille Université, France
Noam Brenner Minerva Stiftung, Germany
Ylva Noren Bretzer University of Gothenburg, Sweden
David Carassus University of Pau, France
Christopher A. Cooper University of Ottawa, Canada
Tie Cui University of Edinburgh Business School, UK
Marco De la Cruz Public Governance Institute – KU Leuven, Belgium
Mehmet Akif Demircioglu Carleton University, Canada
Christoph Demmke University of Vaasa, Finland
Patrick Diamond Queen Mary University of London, UK
Matthias Döring University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Mauricio Ivan Dussauge-Laguna FLASCO, Mexico
Patrice A. Dutil Ryerson University, Canada
Giovanni Esposito Centre for the Study of Public Policies & Admin (CEPAP), ULB, Belgium
Isabelle Fortier ENAP, Canada
Diego Galego Rutgers University, USA
Sharon Gilad Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Alexandre Gomide Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA), Brazil
J. Ignacio Criado Grande Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Marcel Guenoun Université Aix Marseille, France
Gyorgy Hajnal Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
Are Vegard Haug Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet), Norway
Eva Marin Hlynsdottir University of Iceland, Iceland
Diana-Camelia Iancu National Univ of Political Studies & Public Admin, Romania
Tobin Im Seoul National University, South Korea
Yijia Jing Fudan University, China
Åge Johnsen Public Policy, Dept of Public Management, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway
Desislava Kalcheva Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria
Erkki Karo Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Estonia
Masao Kikuchi Meiji University, Japan
Tanja Klenk Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Germany
Ivan Kopric Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Praveen Kumar Central University of South Bihar, India
Yoshiko Kuni Tokyo Gakugei University, Japan
Martin Laffin Queen Mary University of London, UK
Wai-Fung Lam University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Elke Loeffler University of Birmingham, UK
Gabriela Lotta Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Brazil
Vincent Mabillard Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium
Elize Massard Sao Paulo School of Business Administration, Brazil
Andrew Massey Kings College London
Albert Meijer Utrecht University, Netherlands
Ines Mergel University of Konstanz, Germany
M. Jae Moon Yonsei University, South Korea
Bogdana Neamtu Babe?-Bolyai University, Romania
Juraj Nemec Department of Public Economics, Masaryk University, Czechia
Oliver Neumann Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Sue Newberry University of Sydney,Australia
SoonAe Park Seoul National University, South Korea
Pietro Pavone Department of Political Sciences, University of Naples, Italy
François Pichault University of Liège, Belgium
Isabella Proeller University of Potsdam, Germany
Rafael Martinez Puon Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico
Pierre-Charles Pupion Université de Poitiers, France
Daniel Rauhut Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Adrian Ritz University of Berne, Switzerland
Seriye Sezen Ankara University, Turkey
Hiroko Shimada Kyoto University, Japan
Carine Smolders Department of Public Governance and Management, Ghent University, Belgium
Ed Stazyk University at Albany, USA
Xuhong Su University of South Carolina, USA
Markku Suksi Åbo Akademi University, Finland
Tao Sun Nankai University, China
Evrim Tan KU Leuven, Belgium
O. Tserenchimed National Academy of Governance of Mongolia, Mongolia
Emil Turc IMPGT Aix-Marseille University, France
Jiro Uno Hokkaido University, Japan
Sandra Van Thiel Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Netherlands
Frédéric Varone University of Geneva, Switzerland
Sylvia Veit Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Germany
Diana Vicher Public Management Dept, Guanajuato University, Mexico
Jean-Patrick Villeneuve Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland
Ellen Wayenberg Ghent University, Belgium
Dominika Wojtowicz Kozminski University, Poland
Wilson Wong The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
  • CD-ROM - International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences
  • CD-ROM - International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Lterature on the Humanities and Social S
  • CD-ROM International Bibliography of Periodical Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences
  • CD-ROM International Bibliography of Periodical Literature on the Humanities and Social Sciences
  • CSA Political Science & Government: A guide to Periodical Literature
  • Current Contents / Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Current Contents/ Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • DELNET - Developing Libraries Network (Members Only)
  • Documentation in Public Administration
  • GEOBASE
  • Geo Abstracts: Human Geography
  • IBZ: International Bibliography of Periodical Literature
  • IBZ: International Bibliography of Periodical Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences
  • International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences
  • International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature on the Humanities and Social Sciences
  • International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
  • International Political Science Abstracts
  • Middle East Abstracts & Index
  • OCLC Public Affairs Information Service
  • Online - International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Online - International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature on the Humanities and Social
  • Online - International Bibliography of Periodical Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Online - International Bibliography of Periodical Literature on the Humanities and Social Sciences
  • PAIS Bulletin
  • Periodical Abstracts
  • Public Administration Abstracts
  • Research Alert
  • Social SciSearch
  • Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
  • Southeast Asia Abstracts & Index
  • Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
  • Manuscript submission guidelines can be accessed on Sage Journals.

    Individual Subscription, Print Only


    Institutional Subscription, E-access


    Institutional Subscription & Backfile Lease, E-access Plus Backfile (All Online Content)


    Institutional Subscription, Print Only


    Institutional Subscription, Combined (Print & E-access)


    Institutional Subscription & Backfile Lease, Combined Plus Backfile (Current Volume Print & All Online Content)


    Institutional Backfile Purchase, E-access (Content through 1998)


    Individual, Single Print Issue


    Institutional, Single Print Issue