The 20th Accountability Day of the Netherlands House of Representatives is a fitting occasion to investigate whether Dutch Members of Parliament use performance information (PI). Performance information used by managers and politicians is a basic assumption for managing and guiding Performance-based Budgeting. Ironically, based on a literature review on performance use, we know that politicians and especially parliamentarians do not use performance information for decision making or scrutiny. This is specifically so when PI reports are long. Using the framework of accountability of Bovens (2007) and using content analysis of the questions, motions and debates of the Standing Committees on the annual reports, this article shows that MPs use performance information in all phases (informing, debating, sanctions). Contradicting earlier research on parliamentarians, we found that they use annual reports and reports of the Court of Audit as their main sources in the debates. This article shows that the use of PI in parliament is steadily rising. The growing importance of performance information for accountability is further illustrated by the strengthening of the accountability forum. |
Zoekresultaat: 2274 artikelen
Van Slingelandtlezing |
Een korte samenvatting van het WRR-rapport ‘Voorbereiden op digitale ontwrichting’ |
Tijdschrift | Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 1 2020 |
Auteurs | Erik Schrijvers |
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Vrij artikel |
20 jaar Verantwoordingsdag: Inzicht voor KamercommissiesHoe inhoudsanalyse inzicht geeft in prestatiegegevensgebruik door Kamerleden |
Tijdschrift | Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 1 2020 |
Trefwoorden | performance information, accountability, Parliament, annual reports, Performance-based Budgeting |
Auteurs | Dr. Sjoerd Keulen |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
Thema-artikel |
Een kritisch-pragmatische bestuurskundeOxymoron of gelukkig huwelijk? |
Tijdschrift | Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 1 2020 |
Trefwoorden | critical pragmatism, public administration, energy justice, governance arrangements, regional energy strategies |
Auteurs | Dr. Tamara Metze |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
A pragmatic criticaster or a critical pragmatist is considered a schizophrenic in daily life: it seems impossible to be solution oriented and critical at the same time. You are either an optimist or a pessimist. This schism also seems to run between public administration and political scientists. Public administration is focused on (positive) problem solving, whereas political scientists – especially in a tradition of critical theory – examine the exertion of power. This essay proposes a combination of the two extremes: a critical-pragmatist approach for public administration. |
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Kritisch bestuurskundig onderwijsEen pleidooi voor productieve subversiviteit |
Tijdschrift | Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 1 2020 |
Trefwoorden | Public Administration, critical theory, education, subversive |
Auteurs | Dr. Mark van Ostaijen en Dr. Shivant Jhagroe |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
By analysing the current self-presentation of educational programs, this article problematizes the dominating instrumental knowledge within Public Administration. By foregrounding ‘productive subversion’, the authors provide a perspective on more reflexive types of knowledge and methods, to re-value educational programs within Public Administration. |
Van Slingelandtlezing |
Digitale ontwrichting en een ontwrichtende overheid?Een debat ten tonele van de Van Slingelandtlezing 2019 |
Tijdschrift | Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 1 2020 |
Vrij artikel |
Ontwerpprincipes voor betere burgerparticipatie |
Tijdschrift | Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 1 2020 |
Trefwoorden | citizen participation, equality, law-making, local policy |
Auteurs | Dr. Menno Hurenkamp en Prof. dr. Evelien Tonkens |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
Citizen participation is a regular feature of recent legislation and policymaking. However, more often than not, the goals of participation remain implicit. As a consequence, exclusion mechanisms well known from the literature keep coming back. A current example is the Dutch Environment and Planning Act, which is expected to enter into force in 2021. In this article we use this Act to identify the exclusion mechanisms at work and suggest an alternative wording. |
Van Slingelandtlezing |
Zonder overheid gaat het niet |
Tijdschrift | Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 1 2020 |
Auteurs | Dr. Erik Schrijvers |
Auteursinformatie |
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Tijdschrift | Beleidsonderzoek Online, april 2020 |
Auteurs | Hans Boutellier |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
Naar aanleiding van 25 jaar Vereniging voor Beleidsonderzoek staat dit artikel stil bij de rol van beleidsonderzoek. Het belang daarvan wordt nogal eens onderschat – zowel door beleidsmakers als onderzoekers zelf. Vanuit een wat breder perspectief bezien blijkt het voor de huidige samenleving – getypeerd als ‘een pragmacratie’ – echter een onmisbare functie te vervullen. Beleid en praktijk zijn vaak indirect gebaseerd op wetenschappelijke concepten, onderzoeksresultaten en toekomstverkenningen. Vooral de sociale wetenschappen maken zichtbaar wat mogelijk is, en beleidsonderzoek doet dat dan ook nog eens op een tijdige, oplossingsgerichte manier. Daarbij zijn er verschillende manieren om impact te hebben, waarbij de beleidsonderzoeker moet vasthouden aan zijn onafhankelijkheid en controleerbaarheid. |
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Tijdschrift | Beleid en Maatschappij, Aflevering 1 2020 |
Trefwoorden | political representation, Women, Dutch politics, Political recruitment |
Auteurs | Dr. Liza Mügge en Zahra Runderkamp MA |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
Celebrating 100 years of women’s suffrage in 2019 is an excellent reason to reinvigorate the debate on the position of women in politics and public administration in the Netherlands. In this essay, we look at trends and figures, as well as discuss the measures that Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations Kajsa Ollongren puts forward in her recent letter to Parliament: (1) inclusive selection and selection procedures; (2) actively inviting and recruiting candidates; and (3) good equipment for political office. We try to inform the debate about the position of women in politics with new insights and knowledge from academic research. |
Dossier |
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Tijdschrift | Beleid en Maatschappij, Aflevering 1 2020 |
Auteurs | Dr. Cody Hochstenbach en Dr. Claartje Brons |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
Despite notable progress, women remain heavily underrepresented in virtually all layers of the Dutch political system. Only one in three Dutch MPs is currently female. The Minister of the Interior has recently made a number of suggestions to increase gender diversity in politics, in light of 100 years of active voting rights for women. Gender in politics is about much more than the number of women though: it is about the role and position of women in politics as well as about the uneven gendered influence of politics. This introduction discusses the importance of focusing on women and gender in politics, and introduces the four contributions to this Dossier. We specifically call for an intersectional perspective and the various dimensions of gender in and of politics. |
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Een voorstel voor een basisinkomen voor ouderen |
Tijdschrift | Beleid en Maatschappij, Aflevering 1 2020 |
Trefwoorden | Basic income, Labour-market position of older workers, Retirement age, Labour supply, Government budget |
Auteurs | Prof. Dr. Harrie Verbon |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
This paper lays out a proposal for a basic income system for the elderly. The proposed basic income allows elderly people to retire from the work place, or to keep on working (full time or part time). In the latter case employers are allowed to take part of the basic income into account in calculating the wages for their older workers. This characteristic makes employing older workers financially more attractive to employers. On the other hand, the basic income enables workers in physically and/or mentally challenging jobs, which are mostly low-paid jobs, to quit their job early. The effects on the government budget are calculated, based on different assumptions on the labour-participation effects of such a basic-income system. If the starting age of the basic income is 60 years and if the system incites older workers to increase their labour participation, introducing a basic income can have minor effects on the government budget. On the other hand, if the basic income has the same the labour-supply effects as the previous, but far more generous early-retirement schemes, the budgetary effects can be strongly negative. With a starting age of 65, however, positive budgetary effects can be obtained relatively easy. |
Reflectie & debat |
Overheid en individu in een lege polder |
Tijdschrift | Beleid en Maatschappij, Aflevering 1 2020 |
Auteurs | Albert Jan Kruiter |
Dossier |
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Tijdschrift | Beleid en Maatschappij, Aflevering 1 2020 |
Trefwoorden | Gender diversity, Public administration, Ethnic diversity, Inclusion, Emancipation, Leadership |
Auteurs | Dr. Saniye Çelik |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
This article reflects on the proposed measures of the Dutch Government to increase the number of women in the Dutch public administration. Based on the lessons learned from the practice of the public sector, this study concludes that there is still much work to be done with regard to female participation in the Netherlands, but when it comes to the ethnic minorities, the situation is alarming. Politicians directly elected by the citizen, such as MPs and councillors, do see a representation of the ethnic diversity of society. Where the citizen has no direct influence, such as the king’s commissioners, mayors, and aldermen, the percentages are zero or slightly higher than zero. It is argued that mechanisms such as selection procedures are hindering gender and ethnic diversity at the top of the public organizations. It is, therefore, suggested that introducing quota could bring more diversity in public administration. |
Reflectie & debat |
De proteststem van Pim Fortuyn is nog springlevend |
Tijdschrift | Beleid en Maatschappij, Aflevering 1 2020 |
Auteurs | Dr. Fabian Dekker |
Auteursinformatie |
Reflectie & debat |
Voorbij het stigma van de populistische demonstrant: protest heeft een centrale functie in onze democratie! |
Tijdschrift | Beleid en Maatschappij, Aflevering 1 2020 |
Auteurs | Dr. Nanke Verloo |
Auteursinformatie |
De blinde vlek |
Biodiversiteit en de blinde vlek van natuurbeleid |
Tijdschrift | Beleid en Maatschappij, Aflevering 1 2020 |
Auteurs | Prof. dr. Esther Turnhout |
Auteursinformatie |
Boekensignalement |
Het nut van wetenschappelijke debunking van migratiemythen |
Tijdschrift | Beleid en Maatschappij, Aflevering 1 2020 |
Auteurs | Prof. dr. Monique Kremer |
Auteursinformatie |
Dossier |
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Tijdschrift | Beleid en Maatschappij, Aflevering 1 2020 |
Auteurs | Dr. Maria Kranendonk |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
The man-woman ratio in municipality councils in the Netherlands varies tremendously. Why does local politics attract women in some municipalities but not in other? The author attempts to answer this question by conducting interviews with municipality clerks and female council members of municipalities where the man-women ratio is even and municipalities where men are in the overwhelming majority. Additionally, the author conducts seven in depth interviews with former local and regional politicians about their motives to quit. Based on the interviews the author concludes that the political culture varies locally, making feel women more or less welcome. Sexist comments were mentioned several times, more often coming from respondents who worked in councils where men were in the majority. Finally, the balance between work, local politics and family life was often mentioned as a major hurdle for young parents (both men and women) for becoming or staying politically active. The author suggests to explore ways to change the political culture, to combat sexism and to find ways to reduce the workload in order to create more equal access to the local political arena. |
Artikel |
Verschillend organiseren, verschillend functioneren?De invloed van de organisatie van Jeugd- (en Gezins)teams op het teamfunctioneren |
Tijdschrift | Beleid en Maatschappij, Aflevering 1 2020 |
Trefwoorden | Youth Care, Youth Team, Team functioning, Self-management, Organization |
Auteurs | Laura Nooteboom MSc, Janna Eilander MSc, Dr. Joris van der Voet e.a. |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
Objective: there are regional differences in the organization of local Youth Teams, that have been given a crucial role in delivering Youth Care since the transition of Youth Care in 2015. The aim of this article is to examine the influence of the organization of Youth Teams on several aspects of their functioning. |
Dossier |
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Tijdschrift | Beleid en Maatschappij, Aflevering 1 2020 |
Trefwoorden | Women’s suffrage, Colonial history, The Netherlands, Political equality, Voting rights |
Auteurs | Devika Partiman |
SamenvattingAuteursinformatie |
In 2019, throughout The Netherlands, 100 years of women’s suffrage was celebrated. This celebration is historically incorrect: the voting law from 1919, broadly seen as the law that gave all Dutch women the right to vote, was a discriminatory law. It excluded many women – mostly those living in the former colonized parts of the Kingdom of The Netherlands – for decades after the laws implementation. This article shares a more complete history of women’s suffrage in The Netherlands, through the history of the voting law in the entire Kingdom of The Netherlands. The article gives insight into how this historical political exclusion still contributes to a lack of representation of many women in The Netherlands. |