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Philippine Public Administration: 5Es and an A

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Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance

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Expansion of classic framework of Public Administration; Government principles; Philippine Public Administration

Definition

5 Es and an A is a conceptual framework that seeks to expand the classic framework of Public Administration given the context of a developing country like the Philippines that grapples with well-entrenched issues of inequality, lack of inclusive growth, nepotism, and corruption.

Introduction

The discipline of Public Administration has many times been considered a sub-field of the general field of management and administration, and thus, tends to focus on the three general classic concerns of economic, efficiency, and effectiveness, also referred to as the 3 Es of Public Administration. However, given the context of the Philippines, a developing country that has been confronted with deeply rooted issues on inequalities, lack of inclusive growth, nepotism, and corruption, Public Administration has always gone beyond the traditional 3Es – and it is not...

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  1. University of the Philippines National College of Public Administration and Governance, Quezon City, Philippines

    Alex B. Brillantes

  2. Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

    Maria Pilar Lorenzo

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    Ali Farazmand

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Brillantes, A.B., Lorenzo, M.P. (2021). Philippine Public Administration: 5Es and an A. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_4134-1

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