Frank De Zwart
Biographic Data
| ID | 255524 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Frank De Zwart |
| GIVEN NAMES | Frank |
| FAMILY NAME | De Zwart |
| SIGNATURE | DE ZWART F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 87 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Why aren't they there? The political representation of women, ethnic groups and issue positions in legislatures
This study aims to explain differences between countries in the extent to which women, ethnic groups, and issue positions are represented in legislatures. It is a large-N research, covering well ov
Unintended but not unanticipated consequences
The concept Bunanticipated consequences,^coined by Robert K. conflation suggests that Bunintended^consequences are also Bunanticipated,^effectively obscuring an interesting and real category of phenomena-consequences that are both unintended and anticipated-that warrant separate attention. The first part of this article traces the conflation of Bunintended^and Bunanticipated,^and explains why it occurred. The second part argues the need for a cle…
Pitfalls of top-down identity designation
Les statistiques ethniques aux Pays-Bas
Redistribution and Ethnic Diversity in the Netherlands
Redistributive policies concerning migrants in The Netherlands bear a striking degree of ethnic specificity. This characteristic seems to follow from the doctrine 'integration with maintenance of own culture' that has long informed Dutch minority policies. However, both central and local governments stopped subscribing to this doctrine at least a decade ago, while ethnically specific policy arrangements have continued to grow. This article explai…
Targeted policy in multicultural societies
Targeted redistribution in multicultural societies can pose "the dilemma of recognition": the beneficiary groups have to be officially recognised, defined, and sometimes mobilised, which accentuates group distinctions and thus threatens to contribute to conflict, discrimination, and inequality instead of combating it. Many governments are well aware of this dilemma, and to resolve it they modify the category system used in redistributive policies…
The dilemma of recognition
Analyse du discours de travailleurs confrontés à des changements organisationnels
peer reviewed
Administrative Practice and Rational Inquiry in Postmodern Public Administration Theory
This article explores postmodern reasoning in academic public administration. It argues that the antiscience and proliberation arguments that abound in postmodern writing in public administration are informed by a fallacy: conflating administrative practice and the scientific study of that practice. In effect, postmodernists confuse wrongs of bureaucracy with arguments against modern science and then propagate relativism to clear up the muddle th…
The Logic of Affirmative Action
Most social scientists today agree that identity is a social construction, not a primordial given. They also agree that the state (through its power to dominate discourse) is a key agent in the process of identity construction. The literature on caste in India is illustrative. Caste used to be thought of as an ancient fact of Hindu life, but contemporary scholars argue that the caste system was constructed by the British colonial regime. The soci…
The Bureaucratic Merry-Go-Round
Why are government workers in India so frequently transferred? The official explanation is that this policy was adopted to prevent corruption and promote efficiency. In reality, according to this thought-provoking new analysis, this policy is a cause of corruption and inefficiency. The author wonders why frequent transfers persist if they defeat their own aims. Using extensive fieldwork data and literature analyses, he discusses politics, history…
The Logic of Affirmative Action
Most social scientists today agree that identity is a social construction, not a primordial given. They also agree that the state (through its power to dominate discourse) is a key agent in the process of identity construction. The literature on caste in India is illustrative. Caste used to be thought of as an ancient fact of Hindu life, but contemporary scholars argue that the caste system was constructed by the British colonial regime. The soci…
Unintended but not unanticipated consequences
The concept Bunanticipated consequences,^coined by Robert K. conflation suggests that Bunintended^consequences are also Bunanticipated,^effectively obscuring an interesting and real category of phenomena-consequences that are both unintended and anticipated-that warrant separate attention. The first part of this article traces the conflation of Bunintended^and Bunanticipated,^and explains why it occurred. The second part argues the need for a cle…
The dilemma of recognition
Redistribution and Ethnic Diversity in the Netherlands
Redistributive policies concerning migrants in The Netherlands bear a striking degree of ethnic specificity. This characteristic seems to follow from the doctrine 'integration with maintenance of own culture' that has long informed Dutch minority policies. However, both central and local governments stopped subscribing to this doctrine at least a decade ago, while ethnically specific policy arrangements have continued to grow. This article explai…
Pitfalls of top-down identity designation
Targeted policy in multicultural societies
Targeted redistribution in multicultural societies can pose "the dilemma of recognition": the beneficiary groups have to be officially recognised, defined, and sometimes mobilised, which accentuates group distinctions and thus threatens to contribute to conflict, discrimination, and inequality instead of combating it. Many governments are well aware of this dilemma, and to resolve it they modify the category system used in redistributive policies…
Administrative Practice and Rational Inquiry in Postmodern Public Administration Theory
This article explores postmodern reasoning in academic public administration. It argues that the antiscience and proliberation arguments that abound in postmodern writing in public administration are informed by a fallacy: conflating administrative practice and the scientific study of that practice. In effect, postmodernists confuse wrongs of bureaucracy with arguments against modern science and then propagate relativism to clear up the muddle th…
Why aren't they there? The political representation of women, ethnic groups and issue positions in legislatures
This study aims to explain differences between countries in the extent to which women, ethnic groups, and issue positions are represented in legislatures. It is a large-N research, covering well ov
Analyse du discours de travailleurs confrontés à des changements organisationnels
peer reviewed
The Bureaucratic Merry-Go-Round
Why are government workers in India so frequently transferred? The official explanation is that this policy was adopted to prevent corruption and promote efficiency. In reality, according to this thought-provoking new analysis, this policy is a cause of corruption and inefficiency. The author wonders why frequent transfers persist if they defeat their own aims. Using extensive fieldwork data and literature analyses, he discusses politics, history…
The Logic of Affirmative Action
Most social scientists today agree that identity is a social construction, not a primordial given. They also agree that the state (through its power to dominate discourse) is a key agent in the process of identity construction. The literature on caste in India is illustrative. Caste used to be thought of as an ancient fact of Hindu life, but contemporary scholars argue that the caste system was constructed by the British colonial regime. The soci…
Administrative Practice and Rational Inquiry in Postmodern Public Administration Theory
This article explores postmodern reasoning in academic public administration. It argues that the antiscience and proliberation arguments that abound in postmodern writing in public administration are informed by a fallacy: conflating administrative practice and the scientific study of that practice. In effect, postmodernists confuse wrongs of bureaucracy with arguments against modern science and then propagate relativism to clear up the muddle th…
Analyse du discours de travailleurs confrontés à des changements organisationnels
peer reviewed
Targeted policy in multicultural societies
Targeted redistribution in multicultural societies can pose "the dilemma of recognition": the beneficiary groups have to be officially recognised, defined, and sometimes mobilised, which accentuates group distinctions and thus threatens to contribute to conflict, discrimination, and inequality instead of combating it. Many governments are well aware of this dilemma, and to resolve it they modify the category system used in redistributive policies…
The dilemma of recognition
Redistribution and Ethnic Diversity in the Netherlands
Redistributive policies concerning migrants in The Netherlands bear a striking degree of ethnic specificity. This characteristic seems to follow from the doctrine 'integration with maintenance of own culture' that has long informed Dutch minority policies. However, both central and local governments stopped subscribing to this doctrine at least a decade ago, while ethnically specific policy arrangements have continued to grow. This article explai…
Les statistiques ethniques aux Pays-Bas
Pitfalls of top-down identity designation
Why aren't they there? The political representation of women, ethnic groups and issue positions in legislatures
This study aims to explain differences between countries in the extent to which women, ethnic groups, and issue positions are represented in legislatures. It is a large-N research, covering well ov
Unintended but not unanticipated consequences
The concept Bunanticipated consequences,^coined by Robert K. conflation suggests that Bunintended^consequences are also Bunanticipated,^effectively obscuring an interesting and real category of phenomena-consequences that are both unintended and anticipated-that warrant separate attention. The first part of this article traces the conflation of Bunintended^and Bunanticipated,^and explains why it occurred. The second part argues the need for a cle…
Political science (11 works) · Law (9 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Law and economics (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Bureaucracy (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works)