Denita Cepiku
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4398974 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Denita Cepiku |
| PRENOMES | Denita |
| SOBRENOME | Cepiku |
| ASSINATURA | CEPIKU D |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Rome Tor Vergata |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5314-6770 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 57 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2007 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Understanding co-production with vulnerable populations
Co-production emerged to engage users in public services as an intrinsic source of value and a democratic right, generating empowerment and social capital. This normative promise is undermined by an equity problem: vulnerable populations face barriers to full participation and are systematically excluded from co-productive processes despite having the greatest need for public services. Although attention to this issue has grown, the literature la…
Factors shaping the use of performance information by public managers
Intersecting public management and social equity Introduction to the special issue of Public Management Review
This introduction to the special issue stems from the assumption that the field of public management is the necessary, missing catalyst to make tangible progress towards social equity. We begin by outlining the concept of social equity and highlighting the value of improving the field’s understanding of how we can use the foundations of public management to advance social equity principles, practices, and theories, across all forms of oppression.…
What drives network effectiveness? A configurational approach
Scholars have been trying to fully comprehend the drivers of the performance of public networks. Based on the multilevel performance model proposed by Cepiku, this article employs a fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) to study twelve UNESCO’s Heritage Sites in Italy with the aim of investigating configurational conditions that impact community-level network performance. The analysis reveals different but functionally equivalent con…
Comparing strategies against Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has all features of a wicked problem. It is not only a crisis of intensive care but also a more complex health, social, economic, and humanitarian crisis. Moreover, its risks will continue until mass vaccination is undertaken, hence, the control of contagiousness relies on citizens’ responsible behavior. Strategies to fight COVID-19 in Lombardy, Veneto (Italy) and in Ticino (Switzerland) have shown that a more balanced appro…
The Italian response to the economic and health crises
Purpose This article aims at shedding light on differences in terms of crisis management approaches adopted by the Italian government in order to tackle the two most impactful crises that heavily hit the entire globe in the last 15 years: the financial and economic crisis occurred in 2007/2008 and the health crisis occurred in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, the article makes conceptual previsions on the potential impact of the he…
Governmental accounting reforms at a time of crisis
Purpose Acknowledging fiscal crises as critical junctures for policy makers, this paper investigates how the recent fiscal crisis has affected the paradigmatic approach to the design of an ongoing governmental accounting (GA) reform. Design/methodology/approach This paper analyses the Italian GA harmonization as a peculiar instance of an ongoing GA reform at the crisis outbreak. A longitudinal narrative analysis of official documents is complemen…
Equity in Public Services
Since the New Administration perspective was introduced by Dwight Waldo, equity has played a key role in public administration and public policy studies. Much research has focused on employment, politics, jurisprudence, voting and many other issues, while neglecting the role of public services. As gross societal inequities in the world still abound, this article aims at mapping the structure of the knowledge on equity in public services as well a…
Leadership and performance in intermunicipal networks
Purpose The purpose of this research is to highlight the impact of integrative leadership behaviors on network performance in local government networks. Design/methodology/approach The data were retrieved from a survey conducted on 362 local government network leaders in Italy. Their leadership behaviors were compared with the level of network performance anonymously self-reported. Findings The findings show that high frequency in the usage of a …
Coproduction of Public Services
Local Governments Managing Austerity
The global financial and economic crisis that hit Western countries between 2007 and 2008 has generated an extensive literature. Several policy responses are now recognized, based on the way governments reallocate scarce public resources across budget categories; these approaches have a differential impact on the sustainability of cuts and on performance and trust. What determines the choice of one approach over another is a relevant, yet unexplo…
Public administration PhD programmes in Italy
PhD programmes in public administration (PA), although contributing to the development of the human side of the public sector and being responsible for the production of the producers of knowledge, are less investigated than other levels of education. Recent comparative research ascribes differences to the countries’ administrative cultures. The article aims at reviewing the ‘state of play’ of PA doctoral education in Italy, building on the hypot…
Public administration reform in transition
This article investigates the contribution of public administration (PA) reforms to sustainable development, with particular reference to countries in transition. The case study of Albania is analysed with a specific focus on the scope, contents and sequence of reforms as well as on the role of international institutions. The Albanian transition clearly demonstrates how development achieved without paying attention to public administration and ma…
Equity in Public Services
Since the New Administration perspective was introduced by Dwight Waldo, equity has played a key role in public administration and public policy studies. Much research has focused on employment, politics, jurisprudence, voting and many other issues, while neglecting the role of public services. As gross societal inequities in the world still abound, this article aims at mapping the structure of the knowledge on equity in public services as well a…
Local Governments Managing Austerity
The global financial and economic crisis that hit Western countries between 2007 and 2008 has generated an extensive literature. Several policy responses are now recognized, based on the way governments reallocate scarce public resources across budget categories; these approaches have a differential impact on the sustainability of cuts and on performance and trust. What determines the choice of one approach over another is a relevant, yet unexplo…
Public administration PhD programmes in Italy
PhD programmes in public administration (PA), although contributing to the development of the human side of the public sector and being responsible for the production of the producers of knowledge, are less investigated than other levels of education. Recent comparative research ascribes differences to the countries’ administrative cultures. The article aims at reviewing the ‘state of play’ of PA doctoral education in Italy, building on the hypot…
Public administration reform in transition
This article investigates the contribution of public administration (PA) reforms to sustainable development, with particular reference to countries in transition. The case study of Albania is analysed with a specific focus on the scope, contents and sequence of reforms as well as on the role of international institutions. The Albanian transition clearly demonstrates how development achieved without paying attention to public administration and ma…
Public administration PhD programmes in Italy
PhD programmes in public administration (PA), although contributing to the development of the human side of the public sector and being responsible for the production of the producers of knowledge, are less investigated than other levels of education. Recent comparative research ascribes differences to the countries’ administrative cultures. The article aims at reviewing the ‘state of play’ of PA doctoral education in Italy, building on the hypot…
Local Governments Managing Austerity
The global financial and economic crisis that hit Western countries between 2007 and 2008 has generated an extensive literature. Several policy responses are now recognized, based on the way governments reallocate scarce public resources across budget categories; these approaches have a differential impact on the sustainability of cuts and on performance and trust. What determines the choice of one approach over another is a relevant, yet unexplo…
Leadership and performance in intermunicipal networks
Purpose The purpose of this research is to highlight the impact of integrative leadership behaviors on network performance in local government networks. Design/methodology/approach The data were retrieved from a survey conducted on 362 local government network leaders in Italy. Their leadership behaviors were compared with the level of network performance anonymously self-reported. Findings The findings show that high frequency in the usage of a …
Coproduction of Public Services
What drives network effectiveness? A configurational approach
Scholars have been trying to fully comprehend the drivers of the performance of public networks. Based on the multilevel performance model proposed by Cepiku, this article employs a fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) to study twelve UNESCO’s Heritage Sites in Italy with the aim of investigating configurational conditions that impact community-level network performance. The analysis reveals different but functionally equivalent con…
Comparing strategies against Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has all features of a wicked problem. It is not only a crisis of intensive care but also a more complex health, social, economic, and humanitarian crisis. Moreover, its risks will continue until mass vaccination is undertaken, hence, the control of contagiousness relies on citizens’ responsible behavior. Strategies to fight COVID-19 in Lombardy, Veneto (Italy) and in Ticino (Switzerland) have shown that a more balanced appro…
The Italian response to the economic and health crises
Purpose This article aims at shedding light on differences in terms of crisis management approaches adopted by the Italian government in order to tackle the two most impactful crises that heavily hit the entire globe in the last 15 years: the financial and economic crisis occurred in 2007/2008 and the health crisis occurred in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, the article makes conceptual previsions on the potential impact of the he…
Governmental accounting reforms at a time of crisis
Purpose Acknowledging fiscal crises as critical junctures for policy makers, this paper investigates how the recent fiscal crisis has affected the paradigmatic approach to the design of an ongoing governmental accounting (GA) reform. Design/methodology/approach This paper analyses the Italian GA harmonization as a peculiar instance of an ongoing GA reform at the crisis outbreak. A longitudinal narrative analysis of official documents is complemen…
Equity in Public Services
Since the New Administration perspective was introduced by Dwight Waldo, equity has played a key role in public administration and public policy studies. Much research has focused on employment, politics, jurisprudence, voting and many other issues, while neglecting the role of public services. As gross societal inequities in the world still abound, this article aims at mapping the structure of the knowledge on equity in public services as well a…
Intersecting public management and social equity Introduction to the special issue of Public Management Review
This introduction to the special issue stems from the assumption that the field of public management is the necessary, missing catalyst to make tangible progress towards social equity. We begin by outlining the concept of social equity and highlighting the value of improving the field’s understanding of how we can use the foundations of public management to advance social equity principles, practices, and theories, across all forms of oppression.…
Understanding co-production with vulnerable populations
Co-production emerged to engage users in public services as an intrinsic source of value and a democratic right, generating empowerment and social capital. This normative promise is undermined by an equity problem: vulnerable populations face barriers to full participation and are systematically excluded from co-productive processes despite having the greatest need for public services. Although attention to this issue has grown, the literature la…
Factors shaping the use of performance information by public managers
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