Looking Ahead: How ”Smart” Can Public Administration Get Through Social Innovation?
Looking Ahead: How ”Smart” Can Public Administration Get Through Social Innovation?
Author(s): Cristina PătrașcuSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Public Administration, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Editura Universității „Dunărea de Jos”, Galați
Keywords: smart public administration; smart public service; social innovation: digitalization;
Summary/Abstract: 21st century public administration faces numerous challenges that make its activities difficult to organize and coordinate and be at the same time in synchronicity with the increasing needs of its citizens. The only way public administration can address these challenges has to be its will and vision to adapt to harsh conditions of environment and the pressure to perform better with less. In order to become more efficient, public administration has to get ahead these problems and become „smarter”. In an age when social innovation appears to be the response at hand, it seems equally easy for public administration to go forward by using it.The present article explores concepts such as „smart public administration”, „social innovation”, digitalization and „smart” public service.
Journal: Public Administration & Regional Studies
- Issue Year: 14/2021
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 14-24
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English
