The sustainability of institutions
An unstable condition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9963241 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patrizia Santoro (0000-0002-8278-3701, University of Messina, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 609-626 |
| Publication date | 2018-02-12 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Review of Administrative Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8523 • E-ISSN: 1461-7226 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0020852317741533 |
| OpenAlex | W2792182543 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 49 |
This article uses the concept of institutional sustainability to examine how institutions survive in a context, such as the current one, in which a problematic economy (a decrease of resources), politics (e.g. a crisis of parties and decline in voter participation) and social environment (corruption, wastefulness and administrative malpractice) weaken their legitimacy. Specifically, the purpose of this article is to suggest a conceptual model of institutional sustainability different from the one generally used in the literature on sustainable development to analyse the capacity of institutions to strengthen their roles, tasks and functions with the limited (quantitative and qualitative) resources (e.g. human, economic and instrumental) that they may already have or are given. To this end, the article attempts to ‘operationalize’ the concept of institutional sustainability, starting with the technical-managerial and political nature of administrative action, and to suggest analytical factors that fall within the sphere of functional autonomy and legitimacy. Points for practitioners This article aims to make the concept of institutional sustainability smoother and more precise by focusing on the intrinsic value of a sustainable way of life for institutions. The specific focus is public administration, now increasingly burdened by the need to combine the political reorganization of public debt with development planning and the provision of services. I suggest some necessary requirements (functional autonomy and legitimacy) to guarantee and/or increase sustainability
Autonomy · Business · Context (archaeology · Economic system · Economics · Enforcement · Institutional theory · Language change · Legitimacy · Operationalization · Political science · Politics · Social sustainability · Sustainability · Sustainability organizations · Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting · Law · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Regulation and Compliance Studies
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Public Management
The Double-Edge of Organizational Legitimation
From old public administration to new public management
What to do when Stakeholders matter
Global sustainability
Conceptualizing Accountability
The New Public Governance? 1
Global Financial Crisis, Public Administration and Governance
Strategic Management in the Arts
Staatswissenschaften und Staatspraxis
Democratic Deficit
The Legitimation of Power
Institutional Theories of Organization
Cuts and reforms — Public services as we move into a new era
Sustainable Development in Public Administration
Two Narratives of Intergenerational Sustainability
Public Value Management
Sustainability, Intergenerational Social Equity, and the Socially Responsible Organization
Financial autonomy and consistency of central government policy towards local governments
Capacity to Sustain Sustainability
Managing for Results in State Government
Sustainability as a Conceptual Focus for Public Administration
On Political Institutions and Social Movement Dynamics
The Quality of Democracy
Administrative Reform in Public Management
Comparative Federalism and Decentralization
A Public Management for All Seasons
Prolegomena to a Theory of Social Institutions
Technology and Politics
Creating Political Legitimacy
Institutionalized Organizations
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |