Chronicle of the Institute—IIAS, its Sections and Members

Published date01 December 1999
DOI10.1177/0020852399654010
Date01 December 1999
Subject MatterArticles
Chronicle of the Institute — IIAS, its sections and members
First International regional Conference, Bologna (Italy) 19-22 June 2000
The Italian Section of the IISA has the great pleasure to announce the First
International Regional Conference of the International Institute of Administrative
Sciences. The Institute, following the Italian Section’s proposal, appointed
Bologna, capital of European culture for the year 2000, as the main Conference
venue. The Italian Section is pleased to welcome this event, to be held from 19-22
June 2000 at the University of Bologna, while the final day of work will take
place in the Repubblica di San Marino.
Call for papers
Theme: ‘Public Administration and Globalisation: international and supranation-
al administrations’.
General Rapporteur: Carol Harlow, Professor of Public Law, London School of
Economics and Political Science, UK.
Introduction: problems of multi-layered administration
Public administration is a dynamic phenomenon which must always respond to
changing social environments. Thus the spread of democratic forms of govern-
ment in this half-century has brought a concern for accountability and in turn a
search for new political and administrative machinery to secure that elusive goal.
Burgeoning bureaucracies, followed by a period of shrinking resources, generat-
ed a search for efficiency in management and effective service delivery.
Accelerating globalisation has stimulated interest in transnational modes of
governance. It has rekindled interest in definitions of citizenship, exploring the
border with human rights. At the same time, fear of globalisation has provoked a
retrenchment to subsidiarity. Decentralization and the devolution of power is
fragmenting the nation state. The impact of globalisation, we are beginning to
see, is not always benign. The repercussions for national government and admin-
istration of growing interdependence have been brushed too easily aside.
Problems of multi-level governance are starting to emerge. It is of primary impor-
tance that they be identified, confronted and subjected to scrutiny by scholars
before they arrive on the citizen’s doorstep. It is therefore very fitting that the
IIAS should make a major contribution to the study of public administration at
international and transnational level which is beginning to open up.
Although we are all familiar with the terms ‘globalisation’ and ‘global gover-
nance’, they are often used without any degree of precision. Globalisation here
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